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US hybrid warfare in Latin America, the new phase of imperialism: Behind Nicaragua coup attempt Sep 08, 2021

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Ben Norton was invited to give this talk on US hybrid warfare in Latin America. He analyzes how imperialism has evolved in the 21st century, and looks at Washington's interventionist campaigns across the region, from Bolivia to Venezuela. Then Ben discusses the case of the 2018 coup attempt in Nicaragua.

The talk goes from the beginning to 1:00:00. A 30-minute Q&A then follows after.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=X87h8kh_8cI

How elite US groups created Afghanistan's neoliberal President Ashraf Ghani, who stole $169 million Sep 06, 2021

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Ben Norton discusses his The Grayzone investigation "How elite US institutions created Afghanistan's neoliberal President Ashraf Ghani, who stole $169 million from his country": https://thegrayzone.com/2021/09/02/afghanistan-ashraf-ghani-corrupt

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bgTu7MC3gVc

Watch Ben's weekly show Propaganda Today, where he streamed this video, and get access to exclusive content over at Rokfin: https://rokfin.com/benjaminnorton

Exposing deceptive defectors and dissidents, from North Korea to Iraq, China to Syria Sep 03, 2021

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On Foreign Agents, Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton expose the biggest frauds recruited as defectors and dissidents to lie about Official Enemies by the US regime, from North Korea's Yeonmi Park to Kuwait's Nayirah to Syria's Bana al-Abed.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=pJCY7dS7StU

You can watch Max's show Foreign Agents at Rokfin and subscribe to get all exclusive content here: https://rokfin.com/stream/8605/Foreign-Agents-5--Dissidents-defectors--deceivers-of-the-US-regime

How US meddling in Ethiopia & Eritrea is destabilizing strategic Horn of Africa Aug 28, 2021

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We discuss how the US government is destabilizing the strategic Horn of Africa with Eritrean journalist Elias Amare. We talk about the conflict in Ethiopia, the TPLF's attacks on the government in the Tigray region, and the role of the Biden administration's sanctions and meddling.

Is the United States using the "humanitarian interventionist" playbook like it used to justify the devastating NATO regime-change war on Libya in 2011?

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=v8vRaWgI86Q

Follow Elias on Twitter at twitter.com/eliasamare

Afghanistan: Pipelines, minerals, and CIA opium ratline Aug 21, 2021

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We continue our discussion with geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar of the end of the 20-year US/NATO war in Afghanistan, the opium ratline the CIA used to fund dirty covert ops, the fight over pipelines, and the estimated $1 trillion worth of untapped mineral reserves in the country, as well as Washington's "pivot to Asia" and how Afghanistan is central in the new cold war on China and Russia.

PART 2 OF 2

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QiF3TQZSxhs

Historic US defeat in Afghanistan: Is it 'most important geopolitical event of 21st century'? Aug 20, 2021

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Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the end to the 20-year US/NATO war in Afghanistan with journalist Pepe Escobar, who has extensive experience reporting in the country and was even arrested by the Taliban.

We talk about how the geopolitics of the conflict, how the Taliban has changed, what the future government could look like, and the corruption of US puppet President Ashraf Ghani and other CIA assets.

PART 1 OF 2

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QiF3TQZSxhs

Meet US govt-backed regime-change guru Gene Sharp, mastermind of soft coups Aug 16, 2021

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Max Blumenthal discusses US government-backed regime-change guru Gene Sharp with scholar Marcie Smith Parenti. They talk about Sharp's NED-funded Albert Einstein Institution; his explicitly neoliberal, pro-corporate, and pro-imperialist politics; and the manuals Sharp wrote teaching people how to do so-called "color revolutions" (ie, soft coups) against Washington's targets, from Yugoslavia to Venezuela to Hong Kong.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ruu9aDHTqJU

Read Marcie's article "Change Agent: Gene Sharp's Neoliberal Nonviolence": nonsite.org/change-agent-gene-sharps-neoliberal-nonviolence-part-one

You can watch the censored part two of their discussion over at Rokfin: rokfin.com/stream/8188/Foreign-Agents-3--meet-regime-change-guru-Gene-Sharp-and-CDCFDA-vaccine-misogyny

US-funded cultural counter-revolution in Cuba: How CIA cutouts use musicians to stir unrest Aug 06, 2021

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Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss how the US government laid the groundwork for unrest in Cuba, the Biden administration's escalation of the economic war, and how CIA cutouts like USAID and the NED have cultivated a counter-revolutionary cultural network of rappers, artists, and social media influencers to push propaganda.

We had planned on speaking with Havana-based journalist Cristina Escobar, but at the last minute when we started recording she unfortunately was unable to join us.

Read Max's report "Cuba's cultural counter-revolution: US gov't-backed rappers, artists gain fame as 'catalyst for current unrest'" here: https://thegrayzone.com/2021/07/25/cubas-cultural-counter-revolution-us-govt-rappers-artists-catalyst

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=KLMuuGtaxes

US eviction catastrophe and cynical Democrat photo ops Aug 06, 2021

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Max Blumenthal discusses his reporting at the US Capitol on the protests demanding an eviction moratorium, the huge impending economic crisis, the opportunism of the Squad, and how Democratic Party warmongers like Adam Schiff cynically exploited it to do a photo op.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3aHgChJxsdg

US govt, celebrities, bots fuel astroturfed Cuba protests to push regime change Jul 13, 2021

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We briefly discuss how the US government and corporate media are heavily amplifying small protests in Cuba to destabilize the country. While Washington suffocates the Cuban people with an illegal, 60-year blockade that the entire world just voted against at the UN, C-list celebrities are promoting #SOSCuba propaganda, and thousands of bots are spreading fake news on social media.

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