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 ||| Moderate Rebels ||| Please consider supporting us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ModerateRebels Website: https://moderaterebels.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/moderate_rebels Facebook: https://facebook.com/moderaterebelsradio Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/moderaterebels Minds: https://minds.com/moderaterebels #ModerateRebels ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQTE7cz-SIc

Economist Michael Hudson explains how American imperialism has created a global free lunch, where the US makes foreign countries pay for its wars, and even their own military occupation. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the economics of Washington's empire, the role of the IMF and World Bank, BRICS and attempts to create alternative financial systems, and the new cold war on China and Russia. TRANSCRIPT, show notes, and links here: https://moderaterebels.com/transcript-economics-american-imperialism-michael-hudson PART 2 OF 2 // Watch part 1 here: https://moderaterebels.com/transcript-us-coronavirus-bailout-michael-hudson Michael Hudson's website: https://michael-hudson.com PDF of his book Super Imperialism: https://michael-hudson.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/superimperialism.pdf (Interview recorded on April 13, 2020) ||| Moderate Rebels ||| Please consider supporting us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ModerateRebels Website: https://moderaterebels.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/moderate_rebels Facebook: https://facebook.com/moderaterebelsradio Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/moderaterebels Minds: https://minds.com/moderaterebels Steemit: https://steemit.com/@moderaterebels #ModerateRebels ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paUgY6SGlgY

Journalist Ali Abunimah speaks about the "zombie peace process," in which the US and international institutions reiterate — like zombies — that Israel is supposedly committed to a "two-state solution," while it colonizes more and more Palestinian land. This is an excerpt from the Moderate Rebels episode on Jerusalem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL4Kej2ei6U PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ModerateRebels Please consider supporting Moderate Rebels on Patreon. Website: http://moderaterebelsradio.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/moderateradio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moderaterebelsradio Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/moderaterebelsradio ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B-ty973yTc

In his first United Nations address, Peru's President Pedro Castillo called for a "social transformation" that guarantees "economic rights," while reducing hunger, poverty, and inequality Read more at https://benjaminnorton.substack.com/p/perus-new-leftist-president-at-un ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPsgOLqZg2I