BRICS challenges US dollar, Saudi considers selling oil in other currencies: Financial multipolarity
The BRICS bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) is “developing a fairer system of monetary exchange” to challenge the “dominance of the dollar”. Saudi Arabia is considering selling oil in ...
21 Jan 202335min
Peru resource battle: CIA-linked US ambassador talks 'investments' with mining/energy ministers
Peru has large reserves of copper, gold, zinc, silver, lead, iron, and natural gas. After a coup overthrew left-wing President Pedro Castillo, the US ambassador, CIA veteran Lisa Kenna, met with minin...
19 Jan 202326min
Richest 1% took 2/3rds of global wealth since 2020 - twice as much as 99% of population earned
In 2020 and 2021, the wealthiest 1% of the world’s population took nearly two-thirds of all new wealth – six times greater than the wealth made by the poorest 90% of workers. Yet while billionaires ge...
18 Jan 202325min
End of Juan Guaidó: US-appointed Venezuelan coup leader ousted by ex allies
The US claimed unelected coup leader Juan Guaidó was "interim president" of Venezuela from January 2019 to December 2022, when his former allies in the right-wing opposition removed him from the posit...
16 Jan 20231h 13min
'World War 3 has already started' between US and Russia/China, argues French scholar
Prominent French intellectual Emmanuel Todd argues the Ukraine proxy war is the start of WWIII, and is “existential” for both Russia and the US “imperial system”, which has restricted the sovereignty ...
14 Jan 202329min
Economists Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson explain multipolarity, decline of US hegemony
Introducing Geopolitical Economy Hour: This is the first episode of a show being hosted every two weeks by economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson. They present the program and discuss the rise of...
13 Jan 202357min
Analyst suffered 20 years in US prison for helping Cuba, still condemns 'suffocating' blockade
Former DIA analyst Ana Belén Montes was imprisoned for 20 years for sharing intelligence with Cuba that helped it prevent US attacks and sabotage. Upon being released, she condemned the “suffocating e...
11 Jan 202321min
China 'counters US dollar hegemony' with gold reserves, Argentina yuan currency swap deal
China is advancing the global movement toward de-dollarization. Beijing's central bank is boosting its gold reserves while signing currency swap deals in yuan with countries like Argentina, encouragin...
10 Jan 202352min
