Geopolitical Economy Report

Liberal feminist icon Gloria Steinem, a close ally of warmonger Hillary Clinton, has passed away at age 92. What many people don't know is that she was a CIA agent. Ben Norton explains how the CIA has cultivated a pro-imperialist, anti-communist "compatible left", who spread propaganda portraying the US empire as a "progressive" force, while the USA oppresses the Global South, waging nonstop wars and organizing countless coups d'etat.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQCeMM9fOK8

Topics
0:00 Gloria Steinem, CIA agent
1:42 Hillary Clinton, warmonger
2:57 US-NATO war brought slavery to Libya
3:44 Imperialist 'feminism'
4:38 Steinem's work for the CIA
6:18 CIA's 'compatible left'
8:18 (CLIP) Steinem admits to CIA work
9:37 CIA coup in Iran
10:46 CIA coup in Guatemala
12:08 CIA meddling in foreign elections
12:26 CIA interfered in Italy's 1948 elections
13:41 US empire opposes real democracy
14:31 US-backed atrocities in Indonesia
17:45 Imperialist feminists for war
19:02 US wars cause millions of deaths
20:42 US interventions
21:31 Congress for Cultural Freedom
22:52 Propaganda on 'totalitarianism'
23:17 Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany
25:02 CIA supported Hannah Arendt
27:58 CIA funded anti-communist intellectuals
30:48 'Democracy vs autocracy' narrative
33:24 AOC's liberal imperialism
34:49 US empire's true face
36:22 Outro

Poll after poll shows that the world increasingly prefers China over the United States. So why are people in so many countries, especially the youth, "Chinamaxxing"? Ben Norton explains how China has developed a new political, economic, and technological model; promoted a non-interventionist foreign policy, which supports the sovereignty of the Global South; and built a socialist market economy, which offers an alternative to the neoliberal capitalism imposed by the West.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYgRMgKtup0

Topics
0:00 Polls show China more popular than USA
0:54 Global South prefers China
2:31 Global South tired of US interventions
4:21 Even Europe now prefers China
5:41 Younger people prefer China
6:17 Why China is more popular
6:47 Multipolarity vs US-led unipolarity
7:11 Media propaganda on "Chinamaxxing"
8:12 Media attacks Hasan Piker
9:06 Why are people "Chinamaxxing"?
9:35 War on Iran
10:36 US empire's war on international law
12:23 China's alternative vision for world
12:57 US vs China: imperialism vs multipolarity
13:31 (CLIP) Marco Rubio praises colonialism
15:11 (CLIP) Wang Yi promotes multilateralism
16:26 Foreign policy: China vs USA
17:32 Why young people like China
19:27 US political-economic system in crisis
20:17 Increasing interest in socialism
22:10 China's poverty reduction
24:36 Alternative to neoliberal capitalism
26:09 China's socialist market economy
27:37 Public ownership in China
28:40 State-owned enterprises (SOEs)
29:15 Perspective on socialism: USA vs China
31:13 Capitalist propaganda
32:27 China's peaceful alternative
33:03 China's technological progress
34:45 Global Governance Initiative
37:08 Growth of new multipolar world order
38:19 Why China is increasingly popular
39:11 Outro

An enormous scandal is unfolding in Latin America, which says everything about politics in the 21st century. Far-right Argentine election meddling specialist Fernando Cerimedo was arrested in Bolivia after hiring hitmen to try to assassinate his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Nadia Beller. They failed, and she is now revealing the truth.

Cerimedo has deep links to the US government and Donald Trump's top allies, such as Marco Rubio. Cerimedo worked for many US-backed right-wing leaders in Latin America, including Argentina's Javier Milei, Bolivia's Rodrigo Paz, Brazil's Bolsonaro family, and Honduras' Nasry "Tito" Asfura. Cerimedo is now also being investigated for drug trafficking.

Ben Norton explains this insane scandal, which exposes how powerful US-backed right-wing groups, with funding from rich oligarchs, are manipulating elections and destroying democracy.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqIJDC5gsl8

Sources and links here: https://www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/fernando-cerimedo-elections-latin-america-trump-us

Topics
0:00 Huge election meddling scandal
1:05 Criminal Fernando Cerimedo
1:40 La Derecha Diario
3:06 Attack on Nadia Beller
4:18 Drug trafficking allegations
5:26 Bot farms spread disinfo
7:36 Bots dysfunction after arrest
8:49 US government propaganda
9:36 Shield of the Americas
11:03 Neocolonial Donroe Doctrine
11:33 Op against Latin American left
13:29 Argentina's Javier Milei
13:57 Elon Musk in Argentina
14:42 Corruption in Argentina
18:42 Bolivia's Rodrigo Paz
21:01 Honduras' Nasry "Tito" Asfura
21:42 Trump pardons drug lord JOH
22:17 Election meddling in Honduras
24:22 Election interference
25:18 Coup attempt in Brazil
26:41 Bolsonaro family
28:15 Mar-a-Lago & Latino Wall Street
30:48 Cerimedo's links to US gov't
31:35 Damián Merlo, lobbyist
32:50 Mauricio Claver-Carone, Trump advisor
33:50 Lobbying in Washington
35:02 Marco Rubio & María Elvira Salazar
36:20 Brad Parscale, Trump campaign chief
39:58 La Derecha Diario erases evidence
40:58 Javier Negre, new owner
42:17 La Derecha Diario's fake news
44:18 Javier Negre takes credit for elections
45:31 US neocolonialism in Latin America
46:23 This is NOT "democracy"
47:33 Outro

Donald Trump has restarted his trade war with Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney revealed that the US government made last-minute demands for control over Canada's trade deals, critical minerals, and French language policies, violating the country's sovereignty. Ben Norton explains how the trade war could blow back, given the USA's dependence on Canadian oil, exacerbating the global energy crisis caused by Trump's war on Iran.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D97iyWy4-KU

Check out our related video explaining why the US lost its trade war with China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtuYVMrXmAM

Topics
0:00 US trade war with Canada
1:17 US dependence on Canada's oil
2:35 Potential blowback on US economy
3:25 Trump sabotages his own USMCA
4:52 Trump's "art of the deal"
5:52 US violated deals with Iran
6:48 US "power play" with Canada
7:57 (CLIP) PM Mark Carney on sovereignty
9:03 US demands of Canada
9:52 (CLIP) PM Carney on trade deals
10:14 Canada's critical minerals
11:02 French language in Canada
13:11 "51st state" threats
14:41 Canadians see USA as top threat
14:57 US official talks of war with Canada
15:48 (CLIP) Transport Secretary Sean Duffy
16:11 Canada's trade surplus with USA
17:40 Canada defends itself
19:31 Prime Minister Mark Carney
21:38 (CLIP) Carney admits Western hypocrisy
22:20 Canada moves closer to China
23:33 Carney's speech on trade war
23:57 (CLIP) Carney: USA can't be trusted
24:48 More US demands of Canada
26:00 (CLIP) Canada energy exports to US
26:40 Canadian crude and US refineries
28:24 US oil imports
32:18 US energy vulnerability
32:46 US oil reserves running out
34:09 Gasoline prices rise before midterms
34:54 Why Trump will likely lose
36:56 Trump lost his trade war with China
37:48 Outro

Colombia's former President Gustavo Petro formally accused the USA and Israel of meddling in his country's election to put in power new far-right leader Abelardo de la Espriella, a US citizen and Trump ally who worked as a lawyer for years in Miami, Florida, defending drug traffickers. Ben Norton explains.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rBhz7_rlg0

Check out our related video on the Sandinista Revolution and Nicaragua's resistance against US imperialism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIXMyFvMeMc

Topics
0:00 US & Israeli meddling in Colombian election
2:34 US-backed coups in Latin America
4:23 Abelardo de la Espriella, US citizen
6:36 De la Espriella defended drug traffickers
8:19 US govt supports drug traffickers
11:17 De la Espriella's business interests
12:14 De la Espriella's botox scandals
13:40 Far-right paramilitaries in Colombia
15:42 Sociopathy
16:23 Colombia's new right-wing regime
16:52 Marco Rubio
17:27 US military alliance with Colombia
18:27 US-backed narco leader Álvaro Uribe
19:58 Marco Rubio's extremist ties
20:34 War on Drugs 2.0
22:13 Ecuador's narco-dictator Daniel Noboa
23:38 Operation Condor 2.0
25:27 Colonialist Donroe Doctrine
26:53 Gustavo Petro cut ties with Israel
28:48 Israel's new alliance with Colombia
29:53 Colombia: the Israel of Latin America
31:08 Israel occupies Syria's Golan Heights
32:50 Morocco occupies Western Sahara
33:23 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
36:00 Morocco supports Israel
36:53 US backs Morocco in Western Sahara
38:09 Colombia's relations with China
39:39 US Cold War Two against China
40:22 US puppet regimes in Latin America
41:15 US National Security Strategy
42:45 Neocolonialism
43:56 Anti-imperialist resistance
45:23 Outro