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In week 4 of the U.S.-Israeli war of aggression on Iran, the global economy has been pushed to the brink. Iran’s disruption of the Strait of Hormuz shows just how key it is to global energy markets, supply chains, and food systems, putting millions at risk. So what happens when the U.S. no longer has a monopoly on economic coercion? Has Trump overplayed his hand? Are we witnessing the limits of American power and the beginning of a more chaotic global order? To break it all down, Rania Khalek is joined by Marxist economist Prabhat Patnaik, professor emeritus at Jawaharlal Nehru University and co-author of Capital and Imperialism: Theory, History, and the Present. 👉 This is just part of the episode. Watch the full interview by becoming a Breakthrough News member at https://www.patreon.com/BreakthroughNews

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As Sudan’s devastating civil war enters its fourth year, the conflict is at a critical stalemate, but the war in West Asia is now reshaping the battlefield. With the UAE backing the RSF and Iran supporting the Sudanese army, the ripple effects of the Iran-Israel war are deepening what many describe as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Journalist Isma’il Kushkush discusses these regional impacts and the growing risk of regional spillover. #breakthroughnews

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ICE agents illegally detained an unidentified woman with a young child at San Francisco International Airport Sunday night. SF police shielded the agents while making the arrest. Trump is deploying ICE agents to over a dozen airports across the country amid an ongoing partial government shutdown.

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Hassan Ahmadian, associate professor of West Asian studies at the University of Tehran, joins us from Doha to break down how the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has already failed at regime change, and why targeting energy infrastructure is now a desperate act of "collective punishment" that is only pushing Iranians closer to their government. #breakthroughnews

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Support our work: http://novara.media/support The most powerful CEO in history is barely a person anymore. But it’s not just his X-addled brain that has transformed him. Elon Musk has deeply integrated himself into the ‘cyborg collective’ – a world of electrons, brain implants, fantastical promises, bots, and memes. Henry Ford gave his name to Fordism. According to historian Quinn Slobodian and technologist Ben Tarnoff, we’re entering a globe-spanning era of capitalism we might soon call ‘Muskism’. They’re the authors of *Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.* It’s a whistle-stop tour of the world that made Musk, from the fortress futurism of Apartheid South Africa to the financial fabulations of the Bay Area and the cyborg world that Musk is now making for all of us. They told Richard Hames about Musk’s massive power grab in space, his plan for brain implants, his obsession with prepping for the end of the world, and how Musk has come to define an entirely new way of making technology. Do Your Own Research is a new video podcast from Novara Media about the systems that make the modern world possible. Join Richard Hames as he attempts to map everything that has ever mattered, and everything that ever will. Music by Iglooghost. 00:00 - The Cyborg CEO: What is Musk-ism? 08:15 - The Orbital Land Grab: X, AI, and SpaceX 22:24 - Fortress Futurism: Origins in South Africa 33:53 - Vertical Integration & The Rejection of Globalism 40:45 - Technocracy & The "Rule of Engineers" 53:15 - Attention Alchemy: Turning Tweets into Billions 01:07:27 - The "Woke Mind Virus" & The Biden Era Conflict 01:17:10 - Palantir & The State 01:28:32 - The New Robber Baron 01:39:13 - Carbon, Contractor, & The Future of Musk Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/ Discuss the show on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Novara/_Media/

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Is the Iran war about to trigger a global economic collapse? Ashok Kumar, associate professor of political economy at Birkbeck, University of London, explains how the expansion of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is sending shockwaves through global markets and threatening to destabilize the world economy. He warns that disruptions to Gulf oil and gas flows could drive inflation, deepen crises across the Global South, and insists that the idea the United States can be "inoculated or insulated" from the economic fallout is "pure fantasy." #breakthroughnews

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A top advisor to Donald Trump, billionaire venture capitalist David Sacks, warned that, if the war on Iran continues, "Israel could just be destroyed", or it could even use a nuclear weapon. Ben Norton explains how Washington sabotaged multiple peace deals with Tehran, putting the world on the path toward catastrophe. Topics 0:00 (CLIP) US official warns of nuclear war 0:22 Israel's nuclear weapons 2:04 UN vote against nukes in Middle East 3:00 US hypocrisy on Israel & Iran 3:34 Trump advisor David Sacks 4:55 (CLIP) Trump advisor on Israel & Iran 6:04 David Sacks, Silicon Valley billionaire 8:35 US military escalates war on Iran 9:24 This war is unpopular 10:00 Iran wants deterrence 10:53 Israel is running out of interceptors 13:33 Reports of damage in Israel 14:09 Censorship in Israel & Gulf regimes 16:36 Limited water in Persian Gulf 17:48 (CLIP) Gulf regimes in danger 18:56 Dangerous to be a US "ally" 20:31 Ali Khamenei opposed nukes 21:38 New leader Mojtaba Khamenei 22:35 Iranian military criticized fatwa 23:37 Will Iran get nuclear weapons? 25:16 Iran negotiations with USA 26:48 US-Israeli surprise attack in 2025 27:19 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) 28:09 Conclusion 29:27 Outro || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/Support Subscribe to our newsletter: https://geopoliticaleconomy.report/ Join our community on Patreon: https://patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy

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Three weeks into the war on Iran, the conflict is expanding more than ever. The Strait of Hormuz is closed, energy infrastructure is under attack, and U.S. bases are increasingly vulnerable. Israel and Washington are escalating. According to Middle East expert Vali Nasr, this is actually all part of Iran's strategy. Iran isn’t trying to win quickly. To “win” is to survive — and for that it wants to make the war longer, more expensive, and politically unsustainable for the United States. In this conversation with Rania Khalek, Nasr explains: -Why Trump gets weaker the longer the war extends -How energy and Hormuz became the central battlefield -What Washington fundamentally miscalculated -Why regime change is unlikely -The role of Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iraqi factions -And whether any real off-ramp still exists -If this war continues, the consequences won’t just be regional, they will be global. #breakthroughnews

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The Iranian foreign minister has warned that letting the US use British bases constitutes “participation in aggression”. Plus: Trump is considering a complete takeover of Kharg Island, and Steven Methven reports from Havana amid the illegal US energy blockade of Cuba. 00:00 Intro 00:57 UK Support In US And Israel’s Illegal War On Iran 15:41 Kharg Island And Economic War 28:16 Dispatches From Cuba 33:21 Do Your Own Research 42:12 Bernie Against AI With Michael Walker, Phil Miller, Esfandyar Batmanghelidj and Richard Hames. Support our work: http://novara.media/support Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/ Discuss the show on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Novara/_Media/

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Aaron Bastani sat down with Novara Media’s own Ash Sarkar, to celebrate the paperback release of her bestselling book, Minority Rule. 'Minority rule' is the term Ash used to describe the irrational fear that minorities are trying to overturn and oppress majority populations. She revealed how minority elites rule majorities by creating the culture wars that have taken over our politics, stoking fear and panic in our media landscape. Together before a live audience at EartH Hackney, Ash and Aaron dug into the question of what has changed since the book was published. What can be learned from Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York? Does the left hate Britain? What do we need to do, in order to establish a ‘majority rule’? And is there such a thing as a middle-class dog? 00:00 Intro 01:47 Who Did Ash Write ‘Minority Rule’ For? 06:39 On Being Deliberately Misrepresented by the Right 09:39 Melanie Phillips’ Transphobia 11:31 Do Right-Wingers Believe in Anything Other Than Advancing Their Own Status? 12:02 Politicians Are Pundits Now 14:36 The Left Is Winning Culturally, the Right Is Winning Everywhere Else 19:12 Larry Ellison, TikTok, Bari Weiss & The Free Press 22:50 Infinite Jest & Social Connection 25:29 Is All Social Media Bad? 27:52 How to Build Power 30:15 Dogs & Class 34:34 Does the Left Hate Britain? 40:05 On National Identity 42:28 The Crisis of Masculinity 46:37 Delete Your Dating App 51:19 What Happened to Your Party? 54:34 Your Party’s Social Networks Can Survive 55:54 Why Did Your Party Fail? 57:49 Building Solidarity Across Identity Groups 1:01:49 Who Is National Identity For? 1:06:32 What Can We Do About Stopping Reform? Support our work: http://novara.media/support Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/ Discuss the show on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Novara/_Media/ Sign up for the new Downstream Newsletter here: https://novaramedia.com/newsletters/the-downstream-newsletter/

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Cliff Albright, co-founder and executive director of Black Voters Matter, discusses the Trump-backed SAVE Act currently being debated by Congress, warning it is “nothing but voter suppression” that could disenfranchise millions. He explains how the legislation disproportionately targets Black, brown, and marginalized communities while creating chaos and fear to undermine democratic participation, cautioning, “One way of canceling an election is simply by canceling everybody who’s got the ability to vote, and that’s what’s being set up with this.” #breakthroughnews

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Four former chemical lobbyists control America’s pesticide regulations, letting pesticide companies pump the country full of toxins. For every 1 meeting with an environmental group, the EPA met 25x with corporate interests. We revealed the corporate lobby poisoning America: Producer: Alec Opperman Editor: Marielena Planas Motion Designer: Marielena Planas Videographers: Addison Post, Dmytro Savchuk, Daree Wynn Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaye Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens Video Production Fellow: Astrid Dong

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A fracture between the US and Israel has emerged as the two countries begin openly briefing against each other over the war on Iran. Plus: The illegal US blockade of Cuba intensifies, shadow minister Nick Timothy’s comments on Islam earn him an endorsement from Tommy Robinson, and Trump’s former counterterrorism chief hits out at Israel in a tell-all interview with Tucker Carlson. 00:00 Intro 00:54 Israel & US Split Over Iran 30:02 Cuba Under Energy Siege 36:04 Tommy Robinson Backs Top Tory 52:33 Trump Insider Calls Out Israel With @NoJusticeMTG, Andreas Krieg & Barry Malone. Support our work: http://novara.media/support Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/ Discuss the show on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Novara/_Media/

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As "tradwives" go viral, groups like Turning Point USA are urging Gen Z women to leave work and have babies. So we talked to tradwives who aren't rich influencers. One told us about relying on SNAP and Medicaid during her pregnancy — the exact programs the GOP is gutting.  Reporter: Madeline Peltz Producer: Sanya Dosani Video Editor: Anthony Mascorro Motion Designer: Gerald Lane Videographers: Harry Aaron, Colin Bell, Clara Haizlett, Josh Hansen Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens Production Sound Mixer: Huck Vaughan Video Production Fellow: Astrid Dong Video Editing Fellow: Daria Nastasia Check out more of Madeline's reporting here: https://numbertwopencil.substack.com/

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Oil price soars after Israel strikes the world’s largest gas field. Plus: Israel’s decapitation strategy in Iran. 00:00 Intro 01:13 Oil Price Soars After Israel Strike 41:07 Israel’s Plan For The Middle East With Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and Trita Parsi. Support our work: http://novara.media/support Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/ Discuss the show on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Novara/_Media/

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TODAY: The Israeli air force continues its bombing campaign in Lebanon and targeting civilian infrastructure, including an apartment building in central Beirut. Israel has killed over 900 Lebanese — including over 100 children, since March 2.

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In response to the US-Israeli war, Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz, the most important oil chokepoint on Earth, causing energy prices to skyrocket. However, Tehran is allowing Chinese tankers through, and says other ships can pass if they agree to sell oil in China's currency, the renminbi (aka yuan). Iran is also targeting offices of major American corporations, and wants to force them out of the Middle East (West Asia), while trying to expel US military bases. Ben Norton explains how this war affects the petrodollar system, and the dominance of the dollar as the global reserve currency. Topics 0:00 Iran war causes energy crisis 0:29 Oil price skyrockets 0:56 Fears of economic crisis 2:07 Strait of Hormuz 3:21 Iran permits Chinese oil tankers 4:17 Iran says: sell oil in RMB, not USD 4:43 Dollar dominance & petrodollar 6:28 Asymmetric warfare 6:59 US military bases in Middle East 7:47 Iran strikes CIA stations 8:46 Iran hits US refueling planes 9:10 US empire underestimated Iran 10:32 Iran targets US corporations 12:03 Economic warfare 13:07 (CLIP) Scott Bessent on sanctions 14:05 New leader Mojtaba Khamenei 15:21 Iran strategy spelled out 17:08 Tehran wants revenge 18:51 Yemen, Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab 22:16 US war on Yemen in 2025 23:23 Anti-colonial wars 24:16 Trump sends more US troops 25:21 Iran's Kharg Island 26:21 Global energy crisis 27:24 Trump wants military coalition 29:02 Iran allows Chinese ships 29:59 US dollar dominance 30:37 US current account deficit 31:20 Exorbitant privilege of dollar 32:19 Dedollarization 32:52 West seized Russia's reserves 33:49 Central banks buy gold 34:16 US Treasury securities 34:47 Oil sales in dollars 36:26 Trump threatened BRICS 37:16 Iran promotes dedollarization 37:42 China & Russia de-dollarize 38:33 India 39:34 UAE 40:18 Saudi Arabia 41:04 Iran & Indonesia join BRICS 42:14 Iran proposes BRICS currency 42:31 Divisions within BRICS 43:12 Struggle against imperialism 45:12 Outro || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/Support Subscribe to our newsletter: https://geopoliticaleconomy.report/ Join our community on Patreon: https://patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy

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