Geopolitical Economy Report Ben Norton
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US senator says Ukraine is 'gold mine' with $12 trillion of minerals West 'can't afford to lose'
Ukraine is a "gold mine" with $12 trillion worth of critical minerals, US Senator Lindsey Graham insisted in a TV interview. Ben Norton discusses how Western companies want these resources, and how Washington hopes to block China's access to them to hurt its technology industries.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TRPk3N8FyQ
Zelensky is literally selling Ukraine to US corporations on Wall Street: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/09/09/zelensky-selling-ukraine-wall-street/
Topics
0:00 Intro
1:35 Clip: US Senator Lindsey Graham wants Ukraine's minerals
2:24 Ukraine war has nothing to do with democracy
5:44 US also wants to 'weaken' Russia in Ukraine
6:21 Wall Street buys up Ukraine
8:08 Military-industrial complex profits
10:07 Washington Post on Ukraine's 'battle for minerals'
11:55 Russia
12:48 US seeks to block China's access to minerals
15:44 Multiple reasons for Ukraine war
17:10 Trump wanted to take Venezuela's oil
19:16 Exxon CEO ran US State Department
20:29 US plan to seize Russia's $300B in FX reserves
21:20 Clip: Lindsey Graham calls to seize Russia's reserves
21:43 Debate over Russia's central bank reserves
23:07 De-dollarization
24:38 Outro -
94% of Americans want to end Ukraine war, but US rejects China peace deal, opposes talks with Russia
Polling shows that the vast majority of people in the US and Western Europe want a negotiated settlement to end the war in Ukraine, but NATO opposes a peace proposal made by China and Brazil, while refusing to invite Russia to a so-called "peace conference" in Switzerland. Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=l5eQd1E_Huo
Topics
0:00 Intro
1:30 Biden authorizes attacks inside Russia
2:12 France plans to send military forces to Ukraine
3:52 US discusses increased nuclear weapon deployments
4:57 Poll: most people in US & W Europe want peace
7:04 China & Brazil propose peace plan
9:38 West's "peace conference" didn't invite Russia
11:26 China wants peace in Ukraine
15:45 Nicaragua backs China-Brazil peace plan
16:05 Outro -
Mexico's political rebellion: Following AMLO, new President Claudia Sheinbaum paves multipolar path
In Mexico, a new independent left-wing movement has defeated the country's elites. Following current President AMLO, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum and their Morena party won the 2024 election in a landslide. Ben Norton is joined by journalist José Luis Granados Ceja to discuss what their "Fourth Transformation" (4T) means for the US, China, Russia, Latin America, and the global economy.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=M0k0WU7JKgM
Check out Soberanía, the Mexican Politics Podcast: https://youtube.com/@SoberaniaPodcast
Follow José Luis on Twitter: https://x.com/GranadosCeja
Mexico Solidarity Media website: https://mexicosolidarity.com
Our related video "Mexico's AMLO has 80% approval, despite media lies & US meddling": https://youtube.com/watch?v=-2PQPJUn6KU
Topics
0:00 Claudia Sheinbaum wins election
1:36 Geopolitics: Mexico, US, China, Russia
3:19 AMLO boosts minimum wage, reduces poverty
3:45 Economy & natural resources
6:09 US corporations are angry
7:34 Introducing guest
8:18 Why Sheinbaum's victory is historic
13:01 AMLO & 4th Transformation
21:43 Morena & defeat of PRI-PAN-PRD establishment
32:38 Mexico's economy
44:24 Geopolitics: US new cold war on China & Russia
53:28 Latin American regional integration
1:01:02 Everyday life in Mexico
1:08:21 Outro -
How Wall Street buys US elections: Blackstone funds Trump, BlackRock backs Biden
While BlackRock veterans run Joe Biden's Treasury, Donald Trump's presidential campaign is financed by Wall Street's highest-paid CEO, of Blackstone, the world's largest commercial landlord. Ben Norton explains how Wall Street investment companies, asset managers, and banks essentially buy US elections.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZJaJ4BST6Nc
Check out our related video - "How the dollar's 'exorbitant privilege' enriches the USA (and global elites)": https://youtube.com/watch?v=jYkiMcR1Rj8
TOPICS
0:00 Wall Street always wins US elections
0:57 Blackstone CEO funds Trump
2:58 BlackRock backs Biden
3:48 BlackRock vs Blackstone - What's the difference?
7:30 Wall Street's highest paid CEO, Stephen Schwarzman
10:15 Oil & gas industry moguls fund Trump
10:53 Fossil fuel profits tripled under Biden
13:15 Oligarchs back fellow billionaire Trump
15:14 Biden promised: "Nothing would fundamentally change"
15:54 10% of Americans own 93% of stocks & 67% of all wealth
17:23 USA is not a democracy; it's an oligarchy
18:43 Wall Street funded Barack Obama
19:20 Wall Street funded Mitt Romney
20:07 US government represents Wall Street
21:54 BlackRock veterans run Biden's Treasury
25:08 Goldman Sachs veterans ran Trump's Treasury
27:16 Blackstone: the largest landlord in the US (& on Earth)
30:53 De-industrialization & financialization
32:25 Private equity destroyed Toys“R”Us
33:11 Private equity firms buy up retirement homes, hospitals, vets
34:53 2008 crisis & subprime mortgages
37:22 Financial parasites
38:39 Outro -
US & Israel destroy international law in Gaza, while preaching 'rules-based order'
As Israel bombs Rafah with US support, both are blatantly defying the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and International Criminal Court (ICC). Ben Norton documents the hypocrisy of the Biden administration's claims to uphold the "rules-based international order" as it sponsors Netanyahu's crimes against humanity in Gaza.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q2B6wkbO6vw
Check out our related video - "US threatens ICC, warning 'If they [prosecute] Israel, we're next!'": https://youtube.com/watch?v=ChZZ3GKiNE0
Topics
0:00 Intro
1:30 ICJ orders Israel to stop attacking Rafah
2:38 Israel bombs tent camp in Rafah
3:51 US & UK help Israel violate ICJ rulings
4:34 UN expert calls for sanctions on Israel
6:28 Netanyahu: "Nobody will stop us - not the Hague"
7:19 US threatens to sanction ICC
8:19 Israeli spy chief threatened ICC
9:23 Trump & Biden attack ICC
9:50 Hypocrisy of "rules-based order"
13:02 US House Speaker Mike Johnson threatens ICC
13:48 US "rules-based order" vs. international law-based order
14:40 UK PM Rishi Sunak praises "rules-based order"
15:00 Germany's hypocrisy on Israel
17:55 Western neocolonialism
23:58 China defends international law
26:16 Outro -
China & Russia strengthen friendship, blasting Western 'neocolonialism' & US militarism
Putin met with Xi Jinping in Beijing, where China and Russia released a joint statement blasting Western "colonialism and hegemonism", supporting a multipolar world and more representation for the Global South, and calling for de-dollarization and expansion of BRICS. Ben Norton analyzes the historic document.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ufjxmDLQyBU
Full text of the joint statement with links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/05/24/china-russia-joint-statement-new-era-75th-anniversary/
Topics
0:00 Intro
0:49 Putin's visit to China
1:42 Summary of the joint statement
4:58 Russia deepens economic integration with China
7:18 China expands trade with anti-hegemonic nations
8:50 Note on translation of joint statement
11:20 75th anniversary of China-Russia relations
13:46 Supporting Global South & multipolar world
17:58 Condemning Western neocolonialism & hegemony
20:49 Expanding cooperation
23:03 "True multilateralism"
25:14 Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter
27:35 Shanghai Cooperation Organization
28:33 Expanding BRICS
30:10 Nuclear weapons
30:33 Condemning US militarism
34:26 Climate change & pollution
36:01 Ukraine war
38:58 Non-interference
40:29 ASEAN
40:46 East Asia
41:33 North Korea
42:36 West Asia (Middle East) & Palestine
44:07 Afghanistan
45:18 Africa
46:25 Latin America
48:17 Outro