Rules-Based Disorder with Ben Norton

I discuss Nancy Pelosi's reckless visit to Taiwan and the US war drive against China. I then respond to questions from callers Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I talk about the latest in the proxy war in Ukraine and discuss my report on the little known Ukraine Recovery Conference in Switzerland where Western governments and corporations met to plan harsh neoliberal economic policies to impose on post-war Ukraine, calling to cut labor laws, “open markets,” drop tariffs, deregulate industries, and “sell state-owned enterprises to private investors.” Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I discuss how the US is threatening to start a war with China over Taiwan, while simultaneously waging a proxy war on Russia via Ukraine. I then respond to questions from callers about Western fascism and the Global South. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I discuss the economic crisis in Europe, caused largely by sanctions on Russia, as well as how Western debt has trapped Sri Lanka and an economic crisis. I then respond to questions from callers. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I discuss the growth of far-right ultra-nationalists in Japan, like Shinzo Abe, who went to restore the empire and deny its genocidal crimes in World War II. I then respond to questions about the Gulf monarchies and fascism in the West. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I begin discussing NATO's summit in Madrid and its new plan pushing for a new cold war on both Russia and China. I then respond to callers' questions about Syria, Kurdish militant groups, and Russian politics. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I discussed the NATO summit in Madrid, the decision to add Sweden and Finland as members, and Turkey's double game. I then respond to questions about Europe pushing for more war on Russia, the EU's hypocritical double standards, and gun control in the US. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I discuss how the unelected theocrats appointed for life to the Supreme Court and their ability to take away any rights at a moment's notice exposes the lack of democracy in the US authoritarian regime. I then respond to questions from callers. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I discuss the right-wing freakout over the victory of center-left candidate Gustavo Petro in Colombia's presidential election, as well as Biden appointing a member of the colonial junta imposing austerity on Puerto Rico to oversee Social Security. I then respond to questions about Nicaragua, Russia, and drug trafficking in Latin America. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I discuss how the British government's decision to extradite journalist and political prisoner Julian Assange to the US threatens freedom of speech and the press everywhere. I then respond to questions about the US labor movement, the left in Latin America, and the Progressive Era. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I discuss the inflation crisis in the US and around the world, the Federal Reserve's trillion dollar bailouts of big banks, corporations, and wealthy bondholders, and how NATO aggression started the war in Ukraine. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I discuss the end of the US Summit of Americas, the threat of far-right Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro organizing a coup. I then take questions about Nicaragua solidarity and imperialism in the Middle East / West Asia. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I discuss the US government's complete diplomatic disaster with the Summit of the Americas, and the historic rebellion in Latin America. I also take questions about apartheid Israel's murder of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Al Jazeera's bias, and Argentina's right-wing former president Macri.. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

On the anniversary of the violent coup attempt in Tiananmen in 1989, I discuss how CIA cutout the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) boasted of funding regime change in China. I then respond to questions about Colombia's elections, Nicaragua's Sandinistas, women's rights and abortion in Latin America, and Turkey's colonialism in Syria. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I discuss how Western propaganda narratives on Russia's war in Ukraine are falling apart. Then I respond to questions about inflation and neoliberalism, the World Economic Forum, and Christianity and its role in politics in Nicaragua and Latin America more generally Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I discuss US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's speech calling for containment of China, as well as the growing boycott of the US government's Summit of the Americas. I then respond to questions about US sanctions on Venezuela, oil, and the Iran nuclear deal. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I respond to the questions and discuss the epidemic of mass shootings in the United States, the hypocrisy of the drug war, the role of cartels in Colombian politics, and ridiculous propaganda demonizing Nicaragua. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I respond to questions and discuss DEA corruption, eco-fascism, and China, and debate Russia's military intervention in Ukraine Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I respond to questions about Western government support for Nazis in Ukraine, the concept of "neoliberal fascism," media propaganda, and Palestinian resistance against Israel apartheid. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I discuss NATO expanding into Scandinavia, warnings of far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro planning a military coup in Brazil, African countries' different views of Russia and the war in Ukraine, and the cynical attempt to portray right-wing Republicans as "anti-war." Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I discuss Mexican President AMLO's historic trip to Cuba, debate the anti-imperialist position on Russia's war in Ukraine, and talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the growing Latin American left. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

Join me to discuss the US government's information war and the new "Disinformation Governance Board" created by the authoritarian Department of Homeland Security, which oversaw the War on Terror, and now uses bogeymen Russia, China, and Iran to silence dissent. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I take questions from listeners about Palestine, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, MMT, and more Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

Benjamin Norton is joined by Danny Haiphong to discuss new cold war hypocrisy: from NATO escalation in Ukraine to US threats against the Solomon Islands after it signed a security agreement with China Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com