Description:
Geopolitical analyst and host of Geopolitical Economy Report Ben Norton joins the show to discuss stunning intel revelations on Iran's military capabilities as Iranian officials warn of full locked and loaded targets in the event of a restart to war. Trump has landed in China and has already suffered big humiliation the face of China's rise and Iran's victory on the battlefield.
Description:
Oil has been at the center of the war on Iran. Ben Norton explains how the United States became the biggest oil producer on Earth, and how the US empire uses petroleum as a geopolitical and economic weapon, pushing for monopolistic Big Oil corporations to dominate the global market. Ben also discusses why Trump pressured the UAE to withdraw from OPEC, and he debunks the myth that the USA is "energy independent".
Timeline:
0:00 Iran war and oil
0:36 Petrodollar
1:52 USA is biggest oil producer
3:39 US oil exports increase
4:32 Oil price skyrockets
5:03 Corporate profits rise
5:37 Strait of Hormuz
6:30 UAE withdraws from OPEC
7:31 Abraham Accords
8:37 OPEC history
9:14 Seven Sisters: Big Oil
11:01 OPEC members
12:13 OPEC+ participants
13:18 Goal of OPEC
14:25 State-owned oil companies
15:12 Why USA dislikes OPEC
16:56 Oil is political
17:18 Venezuela economic war
19:06 Big Oil execs in US govt
20:55 Cuba oil blockade
22:29 Energy and food crisis
23:36 US "energy independence"
25:06 US oil imports
26:12 Types of crude oil
27:26 US oil refineries
28:47 US imports by country
30:36 Oil benchmarks
32:47 Oil futures market
33:53 Price predictions
36:04 Economic crisis fears
37:02 Outro
Description:
The war on Iran is part of a larger attempt by the US empire to reverse the decline of Western hegemony and recolonize the Global South. After invading Venezuela, Donald Trump wants to "take" Cuba, Greenland, and Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel is annexing the West Bank and colonizing southern Lebanon. Ben Norton explains the imperialist plan.
Topics
0:00 Geopolitical context of Iran war
0:37 (CLIP) Trump vows to 'enlarge' USA
0:56 Plans to expand US empire
1:21 Colonial Donroe Doctrine
2:13 (CLIP) Trump wants Venezuela's oil
2:32 US military attacks Latin America
3:17 Lula: "They want to colonize us again"
3:51 US dominance declines, China rises
4:59 Trump threatens BRICS
6:25 Plans to revive Western colonialism
7:19 (CLIP) Marco Rubio praises colonialism
8:32 Marco Rubio
9:13 US oil blockade of Cuba
10:19 (CLIP) Trump hopes to "take Cuba"
10:49 US plan to recolonize Cuba
12:31 (CLIP) Trump on Cuban sugar barons
12:47 Exiled Cuban oligarchs in Florida
13:05 Cuban Revolution
13:48 Miami mafia
14:42 When Cuba was a US colony
15:39 US plans to colonize Greenland
15:53 Critical minerals supply chain
17:03 US attempt to save hegemony
17:45 (CLIP) Trump: USA will "own" Gaza
18:08 Israel is annexing West Bank
18:24 Israel invaded South Lebanon
19:48 Oil and gas in Middle East
20:21 Netanyahu's colonial Iran speech
20:56 (CLIP) Netanyahu on "barbarians"
21:32 (CLIP) Pete Hegseth on "savages"
21:48 Colonial rhetoric
22:25 (CLIP) Trump cites Manifest Destiny
22:45 Colonial propaganda
24:36 Gilded Age redux
26:39 Attempt to reverse decolonization
27:53 Will war backfire on US empire?
29:43 Outro
Description:
Ben Norton joins the show to discuss Iran's powerful response to Trump's threats, China & Russia's critical support which has ramped up in recent days, and why the US is on the back foot on all fronts against Iran and the multipolar world.
Description:
Trump tapped out of his own war with Iran at the last minute, leading to a complete collapse of the regime change operation against the country says geopolitical analyst Ben Norton who joins the show to break down why the US failed to strike Iran despite major preparations, and what it says about the current state of America's declining empire.
Description:
Trump's war on Venezuela is already backfiring and his new national security strategy only makes things worse says geopolitical analyst Ben Norton who joins the show to break down what China and Russia did to make Trump back off, and whether this new shift is part of something much bigger, and more dangerous.
Description:
US president Donald Trump faces down an unprecedented economic & geopolitical crisis of his own making as China wins big and the American empire crumbles. Journalist Ben Norton joins to break down the economic and geopolitical seismic waves crashing into America, and how the wars raging in Ukraine and brewing in Venezuela and beyond factor into the chaos.
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