Latin America refuses to send Ukraine weapons, despite Western pressure
Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia have refused to send weapons to Ukraine, despite pressure by the US and EU. Left-wing leaders in Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Honduras have also urg...
31 Jan 202321min
How Western empires meddled to exploit Indonesia's huge gold reserves (with historian Aaron Good)
Historian Aaron Good explains how Western colonial powers meddled in Indonesia to try to control its massive gold reserves. He also discusses the Suez Crisis in Egypt in 1956, and the Dwight Eisenhowe...
29 Jan 20231h 16min
What causes inflation? Economists Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson explain
In this episode of Geopolitical Economy Hour, economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss inflation: what it is, what causes it, and what are the problems in how the Federal Reserve and other ...
27 Jan 20231h 3min
German foreign minister: 'We are fighting a war against Russia'
"We are fighting a war against Russia", Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told the Council of Europe. "We can fight this war only together" she said, calling to send tanks and more weapons ...
26 Jan 202323min
Ukraine’s Zelensky sends love letter to US corporations, promising ‘big business’ for Wall Street
In a video address to a US corporate lobby group, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky thanked companies like Black Rock, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Starlink, insisting “everyone can become a big bu...
25 Jan 202329min
New cold war math: US Fed exaggerates China's military spending with absurd graph
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis published a jaw-droppingly misleading graph that portrays China as spending more on its military than the US. In reality, the Pentagon’s budget is roughly three t...
25 Jan 202317min
Brazil and Argentina preparing new Latin American currency to 'reduce reliance on US dollar'
Brazil and Argentina are making plans for a Latin American currency called the Sur, to “boost regional trade and reduce reliance on the US dollar”. Lula had pledged it while running for president. VI...
24 Jan 202335min
How CIA overthrew Guatemala's elected president for United Fruit Company (with historian Aaron Good)
Historian Aaron Good explains how the CIA organized a coup against Guatemala's democratically elected left-wing President Jacobo Árbenz to stop land reform and help the United Fruit Company (Chiquita ...
22 Jan 202350min
