  Facing the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Congress rammed through the CARES Act — which economist Michael Hudson explains is not a "bailout" but a massive, $6 trillion giveaway to Wall Street, banks, large corporations, and stockholders. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the systemic financial scam with Hudson, who shows how the economy actually works, with the Federal Reserve printing money so rich elites don't lose their investments. VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=N-8m5fBbLgQ TRANSCRIPT:  moderaterebels.com/transcript-us-coronavirus-bailout-michael-hudson PART 1 OF 2 Part 2: "How the US makes countries pay for its wars: Economics of American imperialism with Michael Hudson" Michael Hudson's website: michael-hudson.com (Interview recorded on April 13, 2020)  

US coronavirus 'bailout' scam is $6 trillion giveaway to Wall St - Economist Michael Hudson explains

Moderate Rebels was a political podcast and video show hosted by journalists Max Blumenthal and Benjamin Norton. It ended in January 2022.

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Puerto Rican public workers are protesting the neoliberal policies imposed by US colonialism and Washington's unelected Financial Oversight and Management Board.  I speak with Ángel Rodríguez Rivera, president of the Puerto Rican Association of University Professors, about how teachers are rising up, after the minimum wage hasn't increased in 13 years. VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=hCKxWXuEYUc

Puerto Ricans rise up against US-imposed austerity, protest poverty wages

 Journalist Rania Khalek talks about her reporting trip to Ethiopia, where armed group the TPLF is waging war on the central government, apparently with Western support, and Eritrea, one of the world's most sanctioned countries. We discuss the geopolitical importance of the Horn of Africa, and how the area has been affected by the US new cold war on China.   PART 2 OF 2   VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=LZ4Q9zIB2xA     Follow Rania's reporting at BreakThrough News: breakthroughnews.org     And follow Rania at twitter.com/RaniaKhalek 

Inside Ethiopia and Eritrea, facing war and sanctions, with journalist Rania Khalek

Moderate Rebels has ended as of January 2022, but this show will be continuing under the new name Multipolarista, hosted by Benjamin Norton. The show will report once or twice a week on the end of US unipolar hegemony and the transition to a multipolar world. Follow Multipolarista's website: multipolarista.com

Introducing Multipolarista – New podcast reporting on end of US unipolar hegemony

For years corporate media outlets accused Cuba, China, Russia, and other US adversaries of attacking spies and diplomats with hi-tech "pulsed microwave weapons" or "directed-energy weapons." But now the CIA has admitted that "Havana Syndrome" is not caused by attacks by a foreign hostile power, but rather stress or natural causes. Benjamin Norton interviews Doctor Robert Bartholomew, a medical sociologist and leading expert on mass hysteria and social panics, explains how he predicted this in his 2020 book "Havana Syndrome: Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria." VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=LnpaqWVi76U Robert Bartholomew's website: rebartholomew.com

Doctor explains CIA's 'Havana Syndrome' conspiracy is mass hysteria - not Russian ray gun attacks

Pepe Escobar discusses the failure of the US-Russia talks in Geneva, NATO's refusal to make any diplomatic concessions, and if war could be on the horizon. We address the impact on Ukraine, Europe, Germany, and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. PART 2 OF 2

US coronavirus 'bailout' scam is $6 trillion giveaway to Wall St - Economist Michael Hudson explains

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