Podcasts about carnegies

By the early 1900s Frederick Weyerhaeuser was known as the “Lumber King” and had amassed a fortune in the Pacific Northwest. The wealth generated from his timber empire was on par with the Rockefellers, the Carnegies, and the Vanderbilts and as it kept getting passed down to the next generation, it kept growing. But it also made his family a target, specifically his great grandson George Weyerhaeuser, in what turned out to be one of the most bizarre kidnappings in American History. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join   Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial.   On YouTube, subscribe to INFAMOUS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage.   For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com. Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram, and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I veckans avsnitt av Analyspodden tar vi oss an ett nytt tema; konsult- och utbildningstjänster i förändringens tid. Först ut har vi BTS Group som representeras av VD Jessica Skon. BTS är ett globalt konsultbolag specialiserat på strategigenomförande, affärssimuleringar och ledarskapsutveckling. Jessica berättar om bolagets resa, internationella expansion och vad som gör dem är ledande inom sin nisch. Vi diskuterar hur BTS påverkats av globala förändringar, hur de använder AI för att skapa kundvärde samt hur de strategiskt arbetar mot uppsatta finansiella mål. Avsnittet avslutas med DNB Carnegies aktieanalytiker Johan Sundén, som ger sin syn på BTS ur ett aktiemarknadsperspektiv. Hur värderas aktien idag – och vilka tre faktorer ser han som avgörande för en uppvärdering från nuvarande nivåer? Länk till fullständiga analyser på BTS Group: www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/btsg

I den avslutande delen av våra tre poddar med konsumentnära bolag tar vi ett kliv bakom kulisserna – till flödet som möjliggör leveranserna. I veckans avsnitt gästas vi av Magnus Nilsson, VD för logistik- och tryckerikoncernen Elanders. Magnus delar med sig av sin 26 åriga resa inom koncernen och berättar om bolagets transformation från traditionellt tryckeri till global logistikaktör. Hur positionerar sig Elanders mellan globala jättar och lokala aktörer, och hur möter de kundernas krav i en värld präglad av snabb förändring? Vi pratar också om hur bolaget arbetar strategiskt för att nå sina finansiella mål – och Magnus delar sin syn på framtiden, både vad gäller organisk tillväxt och expansion genom förvärv.I senare delen av avsnittet delar DNB Carnegies aktieanalytiker Markus Almerud sina tankar kring Elanders ur ett aktiemarknadsperspektiv.Länk till fullständiga analyser på Elanders: www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/elanders

Vi fortsätter vår sensommarserie med konsumentnära bolag och i dagens avsnitt riktar vi strålkastarljuset mot bokbranschen. Vi har intervjuat Bokusgruppens VD, Maria Edsman, som delar med sig av sina tankar kring bolagets resa, strategi och framtid. Hur navigerar Bokusgruppen i ett landskap där digitalisering, förändrade konsumtionsmönster och hård konkurrens präglar marknaden? Maria berättar om bolagets utveckling från traditionell bokhandel till en modern aktör med flera starka varumärken – Akademibokhandeln, Bokus och Bokus Play. Vi pratar om hur bolaget arbetar med kundupplevelsen samt vilka möjligheter som finns för fortsatt tillväxt både online och i fysisk butik.I senare delen av avsnittet delar DNB Carnegies aktieanalytiker Örjan Rödén sina tankar kring analys av Bokusgruppen ur ett aktiemarknadsperspektiv.Länk till analyserna: https://www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/bokus/

Carnegies förvaltare Linn Hansson om augustimånadens starka uppgång på småbolagsindex. Novo Nordisk lyfter en positiv studienyhet. Hör Handelsbankens analytiker Mattias Häggblom. Programledare: Fredrik Lennander

Vi är tillbaka från sommaruppehållet och kickstartar sensommarens poddavsnitt de kommande veckorna med en trio av konsumentnära bolag. Först ut i dagens poddavsnitt har vi intervjuat Björn Borgs VD, Henrik Bunge. Hur ser framtiden ut för Björn Borg, ett av Sveriges mest kända internationella varumärken? Henrik delar sin resa och sin syn på hur bolaget har utvecklats de senaste 10 åren och ska fortsätta utvecklas – från underkläder, sportmode och varumärkesbyggande till fortsatta möjligheterna att växa i Europa. Vi pratar om Björn Borgs strategiska fokus, hur de arbetar för att stärka sin position på en konkurrensutsatt marknad, samt vilka mål och ambitioner som driver bolaget framåt. I del 2 av avsnittet ger Hjalmar Jernström, DNB Carnegies aktieanalytiker för Björn Borg, en inblick i bolaget ur ett aktiemarknadsperspektiv. Länk till analyserna: www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/bjornborg

Hur har affärsmodellen för kontraktstillverkande bolag utvecklats över tid? I veckans avsnitt gästas vi av analytiker Jakob Söderblom för att diskutera kontraktstillverkningens roll igår, idag och imorgon. Vi går igenom affärsmodell, geografisk exponering och kundportfölj för de nordiska kontraktstillverkna. Med konjunkturens svängningar som bakgrund diskuterar vi branschens utveckling och vilka sektorer som driver efterfrågan. Vi reder ut förutsättningarna för både organisk och förvärvsdriven tillväxt framöver och reflekterar över hur det återspeglas i dagens värdering av sektorn.Länk till analyserna:https://www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/scanfil/https://www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/hanza/

I andra avsnittet med fokus på kontraktstillverkare så gästas vi av Scanfils VD Christophe Sut. Bolaget har närmare 50 års historik och är en av de större europeiska tillverkarna med global närvaro med 11 fabriker i 9 länder. Vi diskuterar Scanfils affärsmodell, bolagets styrkor och de strategiska initiativ som har initierats för att öka effektivitet och driva fortsatt lönsam tillväxt. Med oss i podden har vi även DNB Carnegies analytiker Jakob Söderblom som delar sina tankar kring bolagets operativa och finansiella utveckling samt sin syn på positionering och värdering av aktien.Länk till analyserna: https://www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/scanfil/

Nordiska kontraktstillverkare spelar en avgörande roll i industrin – men hur ser framtiden ut för dem? I en serie av 3 avsnitt utforskar vi utmaningar, möjligheter och vad som krävs för fortsatt framgång och värdeskapande. I veckans avsnitt intervjuar vi Erik Stenfors, VD och grundare av HANZA. Erik delar sin resa – från idé till skapandet av en av de större europeiska aktörerna – och vad som gör HANZA unikt. Vi pratar om HANZAs tillväxtresa, skapad av både organisk och förvärvad tillväxt, hur marknaden ser ut idag samt hur de arbetar för att nå upp till sin finansiella målsättning för 2025. I del 2 av avsnittet ger Jakob Söderblom, DNB Carnegies aktieanalytiker för HANZA, en inblick i bolaget utifrån ett aktiemarknadsperspektiv.Länk till analyserna: https://www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/hanza/

I dagens avsnitt diskuterar vi utsikter för aktiemarknaden och den gröna omställningen i Europa. Vi gästas av Michael Grundberg, aktiestrateg, och Amanda Welander, hållbarhetsanalytiker på DNB Carnegie. Michael uppdaterar oss kring marknadsläget och diskuterar vad man som investerare ska väga in när man ser på utsikterna för marknaden 2025. Vi får därefter en uppdatering av på temat ESG och hur direktivet RePowerEU förväntas påverka samhälle och sektorer. Hur bör investerare navigera i en snabbt föränderlig marknad, och vilka bolag står redo att dra nytta av den gröna omställningen? Följ med oss i dagens avsnitt!

I veckans avsnitt avrundar vi temat projektverksamhet med exponering mot energi, konstruktion & byggnation och lär oss mer om industribolaget HAKI Safety, ett företag med en vision och ambition att förbättra säkerheten på arbetsplatser i tuffa miljöer. Vi gästas av VD Sverker Lindberg och CFO Tomas Hilmarsson, som delar med sig av den strategiska resa bolaget gjort de senaste åren, vilka industrier de är exponerade mot och vilka geografiska marknader de verkar på idag och varför. Vidare diskuterar vi marknadsutsikterna och resan mot att nå det finansiella målet om att omsättning om 2 miljarder SEK 2027. Vi följer upp med Mathias Carlson, DNB Carnegies aktieanalytiker för HAKI Safety, som resonerar kring potential och risker samt hur vi positionerar bolaget och värderar aktien.Länk till analyserna: https://www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/haki/

I veckans avsnitt fortsätter vi på temat projektverksamhet inom energi, konstruktion & byggnation. Vi fördjupar oss i energibolaget Arise och gästas av bolagets VD, Per-Erik Eriksson. Vi går igenom affärsmodellen, hur bolaget succesivt breddat sig i värdekedjan, samt deras strategiska val av geografiska marknader. Vidare diskuterar vi marknadsutsikterna samt möjligheterna till att nå uppsatta mål. Vi följer upp med Örjan Rödén, aktieanalytiker för Arise, som delar sin vy på bolagets potential och utmaningar samt ger sin syn på hur man som investerare bör tänka kring positionering och värdering av aktien. Länk till analyserna: www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/arise

Den här veckan påbörjar vi ett nytt kapitel med tre avsnitt där vi fokuserar på bolag med projektverksamhet inom energi, konstruktion & bygg. Vi börjar med att fördjupa oss i energibolaget Eolus och gästas av bolagets VD, Per Witalisson. Vi går igenom affärsmodell, bolagets plats i värdekedjan och hur Eolus de senaste åren växt och expanderat till att bli en bredare leverantör av olika kraftslag och teknologier inom förnyelsebar energi. Bolaget går nu in i en ny strategiperiod och Per berättar hur de arbetar för att uppnå målen för 2025-27. Vi följer upp med ansvarig aktieanalytiker för Eolus, Örjan Rödén, som delar med sig av sina tankar kring projektmodellen, potential, utmaningar och vad investerare bör tänka på kring bolagets fundamenta och aktie.Länk till analyserna: www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/eolus

Making games better and getting them into the world seems like the thing to do when your dad passes and you need money. Sounds like Monopoly. Dave Young: Welcome to The Empire Builders Podcast, teaching business owners the not-so-secret techniques that took famous businesses from mom and pop to major brands. Stephen Semple is a marketing consultant, story collector, and storyteller. I'm Stephen's sidekick and business partner Dave Young. Before we get into today's episode, a word from our sponsor, which is, well, it's us, but we're highlighting ads we've written and produced for our clients. So here's one of those. [Tapper's Jewelry Ad] Dave Young: Welcome back to The Empire Builders Podcast. I'm Dave Young, and I'm here with Stephen Semple, who's been researching yet another empire for us to dissect and discuss. And today it's Parker Brothers, the game mogul. Were these guys on Game Row? Didn't we talk about it in another episode, the inventor of a game that was like he was over there in the part of town where all the games come from? I'm assuming. Stephen Semple: No, this kind of predates that. This sort of predates that. We're going way back. Dave Young: I mean, Parker Brothers, I know the name and I'm trying to even think of a game that's Parker Brothers. Parker Brothers. Who are these guys? Stephen Semple: We're going way back. The business was started by George Parker when he was 16 years old back in 1883. Dave Young: See, I was thinking you were going to go back farther than that. Stephen Semple: Really? Dave Young: These guys invented the stick. But 1883, that's okay. 1883 or 18... Stephen Semple: 1883. Dave Young: 1883. Okay. Stephen Semple: Yeah, so we're going back a little bit here, going back here a little bit. And one of the things that was happening around that time, because we're talking about the early stages of the Industrial Revolution, and one of the things that was being created was the eight-hour workday, which actually started to build leisure time for people. Dave Young: Because before that, the work day was waking hours. Wasn't it? It was just like... Stephen Semple: Basically. Pretty much. Yeah, pretty much. And so board games had started to come out, but most board games at that time were developed with an agenda. They were dealing with the moral decline of America is what a lot of them were. And they weren't really all that interesting or fun. And basically, George Parker was the youngest of two older brothers, and his father was a successful merchant, but had passed away and he had to find a way to make money. And what he noticed was at this time, capitalism was really changing. It was becoming actually acceptable. So for example, in 1840, there were 60 millionaires in the United States. By 1880, there were 1,000. Dave Young: Wow! Stephen Semple: Wealth was exploding, and people were actually able to imagine being wealthy. It was not just the aristocracy. There were actually regular people breaking through. And the first game he creates is a game called Banking. Dave Young: Banking. I'm pretty sure he didn't invent banking. Stephen Semple: But he invented a game game called Banking. And it's rejected by several publishers, but he spends his life savings, prints 500 copies, takes a month off school to go and sell it. He does sell all the sets for a profit of 80 bucks, but it was a lot of work, but gives him kind of a taste of success. And this is in the era of tycoons, and they were being admired. And Parker wanted to create an idea that taps into this. Dave Young: The Vanderbilts and all the... Stephen Semple: Yeah, the Carnegies and all of that stuff. And he didn't like business, so he convinced his brother Charles to join, and they formed Parker Brothers. So basically, Charles is going to manage the business, and George is going to create the games.

I dagens avsnitt zoomar vi in på svenska småbolag och gästas av en av de mest namnkunniga i ämnet, Johan Ståhl. Johan startade Carnegies småbolagsprodukt för 30 år sedan och har ägnat större delen av sin karriär med att analysera och förvalta småbolag. Vi får även höra om några av de bolag som utvecklats bäst över åren och vilka några av framgångsfaktorerna bakom har varit. Vi knyter även an till dagens småbolagsprodukt och hur Carnegies analysavdelning arbetar för att hitta de mest intressanta aktieidéerna bland svenska småbolag!

Vilka är de vanligaste frågorna till Carnegies aktiemäkleri? Och vilka är våra bästa svar? Dessutom – hur kan privata investerare använda den ökade volatiliteten på börsen till sin fördel? Carnegies omvärldsstrateg Henrik von Sydow och aktiechefen Karl Hedberg uppdaterar inför påsk och inför rapportperiodens mest intensiva veckor. Denna podcast är utgiven av Carnegie Private Banking inom Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ). Risker Investeringar i finansiella instrument är förknippade med risk och en investering kan både öka och minska i värde eller komma att bli värdelös. Historisk avkastning är ingen garanti för framtida avkastning. Ingen del av podcasten skall uppfattas som en uppmaning eller rekommendation att utföra eller disponera över någon typ av investering eller att ingå några andra transaktioner. De uppfattningar som redogjorts för i podcasten återspeglar de medverkandes uppfattning för tillfället och kan således komma att ändras. Informationen i podcasten tar inte hänsyn till någon specifik mottagares särskilda investeringsmål, ekonomiska situation eller behov. Informationen är inte att betrakta som en personlig rekommendation eller ett investeringsråd. Adekvat och professionell rådgivning skall alltid inhämtas innan några investeringsbeslut fattas och varje sådant investeringsbeslut fattas självständigt av kunden och på dennes eget ansvar. Carnegie frånsäger sig allt ansvar för direkt eller indirekt förlust eller skada som grundar sig på användandet av information i podcasten.

I dagens avsnitt fokuserar vi på badrumskoncernen Svedbergs Group. Vi gästas av bolagets VD, Per-Arne Andersson, som berättar om bolagets resa från att bestå av ett svenskt varumärke till att blir en konsolidator på den europeiska marknaden. Vi går igenom varumärkena i gruppen, affärsmodellen och hur de olika geografiska marknaderna skiljer sig åt. Vi följer upp med ansvarig aktieanalytiker för Svedbergs Group, Markus Almerud, som delar med sig av sina tankar kring potential, utmaningar, positionering och värdering av aktien. Länk till analyserna: www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/svedbergs

I dagens avsnitt intervjuar vi Pontus Schröder, Carnegies expert på teknisk analys och kvant. Vi lär oss mer om de vanligaste nybörjarmisstagen, om teknisk analys som hantverk, vilka verktyg Pontus använder och hur dessa kan tillämpas på de finansiella marknaderna. Pontus delar även sina tankar kring vilka scenarion han ser för aktiemarknaden i ljuset av den nuvarande förhöjda marknadsoron efter de tullar som den amerikanska administrationen introducerat.

Idag lanseras Carnegies aktiehandelsplattform Montrose brett. Vd:n Alexander Boman tycker att konkurrensen måste öka i Sverige. Pensionsjätten Folksam meddelar att de dumpat allt aktieinnehav i Tesla. Bolagets chef över ansvarsfulla investeringar berättar mer om beslutet. Det råder tullfrossa inför Trumps presskonferens ikväll, där han ska specificera tullarna. Danske banks Sverige-vd Linda Fagerlund ger sin syn.Programledare: Helena Yohannes Magnusson

I dagens avsnitt intervjuar vi det svenska bolaget Carasents VD Daniel Öhman som berättar om hur deras journalsystem och kringprodukter hjälper till att förbättra kvalitet och effektivitet inom vården. Vi pratar lite mer om senaste förvärvet som adderer den tyska marknaden i tillägg till nuvarande nordiska, den transformationsresa bolaget genomgått de senaste åren samt hur de ska arbeta för att nå sina finansiella mål. Vi gästas även av Elvin Rolder, ansvarig aktieanalytiker för Carasent. Elvin delar med sig av sina tankar kring bolagets positionering, skalbarhet och hur vi värderar aktien. Länk till analyserna: www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/carasent/

I dagens avsnitt intervjuar vi det svenska generikabolaget EQL Pharmas VD Axel Schörling som berättar om varför bolaget valt att fokusera på nischgenerika, hur de verkar genom sina segment Retail, Hospital och Branded samt om senaste förvärvet som adderar 4 höglönsamma produkter till produktportföljen. Vi går dessutom igenom bolagets nyligen lanserade finansiella mål och vad som ska driva tillväxt och lönsamhet de kommande åren. Med oss i studion har vi även Arvid Necander, ansvarig aktieanalytiker för EQL. Arvid delar med sig av sina tankar kring bolagets affärsmodell, de nya finansiella målen och värdering av aktien.Länk till analyserna: www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/eql-pharma/

Vi intervjuar idag det svenska försvarsbolaget Mildef Groups VD, Daniel Ljunggren, som dels ger en introduktion till bolagets produkter men även berättar om hur bolaget klättrat i värdekedjan – från att ha varit underleverantör till att bli en helhetsleverantör. Vi går igenom Mildefs expansion till den tyska marknaden via förvärvet av Roda Computer och diskuterar hur bolaget navigerar potentialen och utmaningarna i en värld med växande försvarsanslag. I den andra delen av avsnittet delar Carnegies aktieanalytiker Hugo Lisjö sina tankar kring bolaget och dess aktie, med fokus på positionering, skalbarhet och potentialen i orderboken för de kommande åren. Länk till analyserna: www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/mildef/

Vi intervjuar idag Carnegies aktieanalytiker Hugo Lisjö och fördjupar oss i den högaktuella försvarssektorn. Vi tar del av slutsatser från Carnegies försvarsevent där försvarsminister Pål Jonson var en av huvudtalarna. Vi backar bandet för att reda ut hur vi hamnat där vi är idag med å ena sidan en eventuell fred i Ukraina men också fortsatt växande försvarsanslag under många år. Vilka bolag och sektorer är vinnare från ökade försvarsanslag? Och finns det ytterligare potential i dessa aktier efter den uppgång som varit?

Vi intervjuar idag det svenska försvarsbolaget W5 Solutions VD Evelina Hedskog som berättar om bolagets affärsområden Training, Power och Integration samt vilka produkter som bolaget erbjuder inom respektive segment. Vidare får vi höra mer om de organisationella förändringar som skett 2024, vad vi kan förvänta oss se mer av under 2025 samt hur målet om 1 miljard i omsättning ska nås 2027. Med oss i studion har vi även Hugo Lisjö, ansvarig aktieanalytiker för W5. Hugo delar med sig av sina tankar kring bolaget och dess aktie med fokus på orderbok, produktmix och eventuella utmaningar.Länk till analyserna: www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/w5/

Vi intervjuar idag vår analytiker Robert Redin och reder ut begreppet compounders, så kallade serieförvärvare. Frågan är, vad kännetecknar en serieförvärvare? Hur började det och vad är framgångsreceptet? Vad skiljer yngre bolag från de som haft samma modell i 20-30 år? Lyssna in för att lära er mer om affärsmodellen, fördelar, risker och vad vi tror om framtiden; hur länge kan den här typen av bolag kan fortsätta växa?

Vi intervjuar idag nordiska koncernen Relais Groups VD Arni Ekholm som berättar om bolagets affärsmodell som förvärvsdrivet bolag, varför de valt att specialisera sig på den nordiska fordonseftermarknaden. Arni ger oss en inblick i hur bolaget arbetar för att driva vinsttillväxt genom både förvärv och organiska initiativ. Med oss i studion har vi även Pia Rosqvist-Heinsalmi, ansvarig aktieanalytiker för Relais. Pia delar med sig av sina tankar kring potential, potentiella utmaningar och Relais positionering.Länk till analyserna: www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/relais/

Vi intervjuar idag serieförvärvaren Bergman & Bevings VD Magnus Söderlind som berättar om bolagets historia, deras förvärvsstrategi och hur de arbetar med sin fokusmodell för att förbättra lönsamhet och rörelsemarginal genom hela koncernen. Med oss i studion har vi även Markus Almerud, ansvarig aktieanalytiker för bolaget. Markus som följt bolaget i över 20 år delar med sig av sina tankar kring Bergman & Beving, aktien och bolagets sektor.

I dagens avsnitt uppdaterar vi formatet på Carnegies analyspodd. Vi kommer fortsatt att intervjua bolag men även våra aktieanalytiker som delar sina tankar och reflektioner.  Avsnitten kommer framöver att ledas av Viktor Lindeberg, Head of Small Cap, och Erika Langåker, Head of Commissioned Research. Välkommen till Analyspodden - Bolag och Aktier med Carnegie!Vi intervjuar idag Idun Industriers VD Henrik Mella som berättar om bolagets förvärvsresa, deras framgångsrecept och hur vägen ser ut framöver. Vi pratar även med Robert Redin, ansvarig aktieanalytiker för de serieförvärvande bolagen och får höra hans syn på Idun Industrier och vad som skiljer bolaget från andra serieförvärvare

Atlas Copco slår analytikernas förväntningar både vad gäller omsättning och resultat, men aktiekursen vände trots det ner under eftermiddagen. Börskoll pratar även med Carnegies analytiker Kristofer Liljeberg om Getinges utsikter efter rapporten som lyfter aktien.

Di:s korrespondent Emanuel Sidea rapporterar direkt från Washington inför Donald Trumps presidentinstallation. Medverkar i programmet gör även Carnegies omvärldsstrateg Henrik von Sydow som kommenterar maktskiftet i USA.

In what ways did author Sheila Athens transform her personal grief into a powerful source of resilience and creativity, leading to the release of her third novel?In this episode of "Every Soul Has a Story," host Dara Levan welcomes novelist Sheila Athens to share her inspiring journey from a corporate HR executive to a successful author. Sheila recounts her early passion for writing, which was reignited in her 40s after a serendipitous NPR ad and the support of her husband. Sheila's HR background had quite an impact on her storytelling, offering a unique perspective on human behavior that now enriches her narratives. Sheila opens up about navigating the grief of losing her husband and soulmate to cancer, finding resilience through writing and the support of a vibrant women's writing (and hiking!) community. Her experiences highlight the importance of maintaining work-life balance and remaining open to life's serendipitous messages. With her third novel on the horizon, Sheila's story is a testament to the transformative power of storytelling and the courage to follow one's creative calling.Sheila Athens writes smart fiction set where the South meets the Sunshine State. Her stories are about women navigating internal and external battles to find peace. Her stories resonate with readers who believe in everyday heroes making a difference. After growing up in the Ozarks, Sheila relocated to Northeast Florida, where she now enjoys life living near her two grown sons. From a career in corporate HR, she gained deep insights into human nature, which fuels her writing. A feminist, nature lover, and audiobook enthusiast, Sheila is also discovering the joys of cooking while embracing a quiet life of writing and reflection.In This Episode: (00:00) Sheila's path from an HR career in corporate America to novelist(03:15) Career shift from journalism to business, HR career and human behavior insights, a supportive spouse and NPR ad inspiring a writing career, moving to Florida(11:51) Grieving her husband's death and finding resilience, writing and community support during personal grief, creativity and planning life after loss(19:00) A family of men and boys, value of female friendships and writing community(23:30) Neena Lee is Seeing Things: the novel's unique premise, Cumberland Island, the Carnegies and Kennedys(28:15) Signs, synchronicities and messages, closing thoughtsLike and subscribe to hear all of our inspirational episodes!Resources:www.SheilaAthens.com We Should All Be MillionairesJennie NashSign up for Dara's NewsletterListen to other podcast episodes HereConnect with Dara on Instagram and FacebookVisit DaraLevan.comVisit DaraLevan.com

Dollarn fortsätter att stärkas och de amerikanska långräntorna närmar sig 5 procent inför Donald Trumps tillträde den 20 januari. Vad betyder det för aktiemarknaden? Och hur är utsikterna för den globala ekonomin i inledningen av 2025? Carnegies makro- och omvärldsstrateg Helena Haraldsson guidar privata investerare i ett samtal med Henrik von Sydow. Denna podcast är utgiven av Carnegie Private Banking inom Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ). Risker Investeringar i finansiella instrument är förknippade med risk och en investering kan både öka och minska i värde eller komma att bli värdelös. Historisk avkastning är ingen garanti för framtida avkastning. Ingen del av podcasten skall uppfattas som en uppmaning eller rekommendation att utföra eller disponera över någon typ av investering eller att ingå några andra transaktioner. De uppfattningar som redogjorts för i podcasten återspeglar de medverkandes uppfattning för tillfället och kan således komma att ändras. Informationen i podcasten tar inte hänsyn till någon specifik mottagares särskilda investeringsmål, ekonomiska situation eller behov. Informationen är inte att betrakta som en personlig rekommendation eller ett investeringsråd. Adekvat och professionell rådgivning skall alltid inhämtas innan några investeringsbeslut fattas och varje sådant investeringsbeslut fattas självständigt av kunden och på dennes eget ansvar. Carnegie frånsäger sig allt ansvar för direkt eller indirekt förlust eller skada som grundar sig på användandet av information i podcasten.

Donald Trump kopplar grepp om Washington, dollarn stärks och europeiska börser går mot en period av osäkerhet. I samtal med Henrik von Sydow lyfter Carnegies portföljchef Peter Nelson fram vinnare och förlorare och portföljens "America first"-position. Dessutom – vilka triggers kan bidra till att Europa får tillbaka momentum? Denna podcast är utgiven av Carnegie Private Banking inom Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ). Risker Investeringar i finansiella instrument är förknippade med risk och en investering kan både öka och minska i värde eller komma att bli värdelös. Historisk avkastning är ingen garanti för framtida avkastning. Ingen del av podcasten skall uppfattas som en uppmaning eller rekommendation att utföra eller disponera över någon typ av investering eller att ingå några andra transaktioner. De uppfattningar som redogjorts för i podcasten återspeglar de medverkandes uppfattning för tillfället och kan således komma att ändras. Informationen i podcasten tar inte hänsyn till någon specifik mottagares särskilda investeringsmål, ekonomiska situation eller behov. Informationen är inte att betrakta som en personlig rekommendation eller ett investeringsråd. Adekvat och professionell rådgivning skall alltid inhämtas innan några investeringsbeslut fattas och varje sådant investeringsbeslut fattas självständigt av kunden och på dennes eget ansvar. Carnegie frånsäger sig allt ansvar för direkt eller indirekt förlust eller skada som grundar sig på användandet av information i podcasten.

Rapportsäsongen går mot crescendo samtidigt som bara tolv dagar återstår till amerikanska presidentvalet. Vad har investerarna lärt sig av börsbolagens rapporter hittills? Vilka spår ser vi i marknaden inför presidentvalet i USA och vad kan vänta efter valhändelsen? Och hur agerar portföljchefen i sina portföljer? Henrik von Sydow samtalar med Carnegies portföljchef Peter Nelson. Denna podcast är utgiven av Carnegie Private Banking inom Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ). Risker Investeringar i finansiella instrument är förknippade med risk och en investering kan både öka och minska i värde eller komma att bli värdelös. Historisk avkastning är ingen garanti för framtida avkastning. Ingen del av podcasten skall uppfattas som en uppmaning eller rekommendation att utföra eller disponera över någon typ av investering eller att ingå några andra transaktioner. De uppfattningar som redogjorts för i podcasten återspeglar de medverkandes uppfattning för tillfället och kan således komma att ändras. Informationen i podcasten tar inte hänsyn till någon specifik mottagares särskilda investeringsmål, ekonomiska situation eller behov. Informationen är inte att betrakta som en personlig rekommendation eller ett investeringsråd. Adekvat och professionell rådgivning skall alltid inhämtas innan några investeringsbeslut fattas och varje sådant investeringsbeslut fattas självständigt av kunden och på dennes eget ansvar. Carnegie frånsäger sig allt ansvar för direkt eller indirekt förlust eller skada som grundar sig på användandet av information i podcasten.

Get ready for a game-changing episode of Connecting the Dots! Dr. Wilmer Leon and Caleb Maupin dive into the seismic shifts happening worldwide—where the U.S. is no longer the sole superpower and what that means for our future. They explore a growing movement challenging America's global influence and break down what the 2024 election could mean for the future of U.S. politics. If you care about where our country is headed, this is a must-listen. Don't miss out on insights that could change how you see the world!     Find me and the show on social media. Click the following links to find @DrWilmerLeon on X/Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Patreon and YouTube!   Hey everyone, Dr. Wilmer here! If you've been enjoying my deep dives into the real stories behind the headlines and appreciate the balanced perspective I bring, I'd love your support on my Patreon channel. Your contribution helps me keep "Connecting the Dots" alive, revealing the truth behind the news. Join our community, and together, let's keep uncovering the hidden truths and making sense of the world. Thank you for being a part of this journey!   Wilmer Leon (00:00:00): As we are living through a pivotal moment in world history, the shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world, anti-imperialism is at the core of this global movement as the US is at the center of this global shift. How did anti imperialism take hold in the us? Let's find out Announcer (00:00:27): Connecting the dots with Dr. Wilmer Leon, where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge. Wilmer Leon (00:00:35): Welcome to the Connecting the Dots podcast with Dr. Wilmer Leon and I am Wilmer Leon. Here's the point. We have a tendency to view current events as though they happen in a vacuum, failing to understand the broader historical context in which these events take place. During each episode, my guests and I have probing, provocative, and in-depth discussions that connect the dots between these events and the broader historical context in which they take place. This enables you to better understand and analyze the events that impact the global village in which we live. On today's episode. The issue before us, the issues before us, are the shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world. How is this happening and what does it mean? As well as the developing 2024 US presidential political landscape to help me work through these issues. Let's turn to my guest. He's an author, independent journalist, political analyst and reporter for RT, and his latest book is entitled “Out of the Movement to the Masses, Anti-Imperialist Organizing in America”. And he's also the author of Kamala Harris and The Future of America, an essay in Three Parts. He is Caleb Maupin, my brother. Welcome back! Caleb Maupin (00:01:53): Sure. Glad to be here. Wilmer Leon (00:01:55): So first of all, your thoughts on my introduction, is that a hyperbole or is that a fairly accurate description of the dynamics that we find ourselves dealing with? Caleb Maupin (00:02:13): Trying to stop the rise of a multipolar world would be a lot like trying to stop the sun from rising in the morning, maybe trying to stop gravity. That's the way the world is moving. But our leaders are committed to trying to keep the world centered around Wall Street and London and they are going to fail. The question is how much of a cost in terms of human lives, in terms of the economy, in terms of political repression, are we going to have to endure before they come to the terms of reality, which is that we're going to have a world where there are other centers of power and countries trade with each other on a different basis. So I would agree with you, Wilmer Leon (00:02:54): And so as we look at this changing dynamic from the unipolar to the multipolar, we've got China, we have Russia, we have India. There are a number of countries that over the years have been targets of American sanctions, regimes and all other types of pressure from the United States. With all of that or from all of that, we now have the rise of the BRICS nations, we've got Brazil, we've got Russia, we've got India, we've got China, we've got South Africa, and now what about how many, I've lost track now about 15 or 17 other countries that have joined this organization, this economic organization, which also seems to be an anti imperialist organization. Caleb Maupin (00:03:49): Sure. I mean, if you understand imperialism in the economic sense, imperialism is a system rather than a policy, right? Kind of layman's terms imperialism is when one country is mean to another country or attacks another country. But we're referring specifically to imperialism as an economic system when the world is centered around financial institutions, trusts, cartels and syndicates centered in the Western countries that dominate the world through the export of capital, sending their corporations all over the world to dominate the economies of developing countries, to hold back economic development, to keep countries as captive markets and spheres of influence. That process whereby countries are prevented from lifting themselves up, from electrifying, from building modern education systems, developing modern industries, developing their own economies, and just kind of used to dump the excess commodities of Western countries and have their economy dominated by a foreign country and a foreign monopolies and big corporations from another country from the west. (00:04:55): That process refers to, that's what I mean when I say imperialism. I'm referring to a global economic setup, and that economic setup is on its way out. And that's been pretty clear and a lot has gone on, went on in the 20th century to kind of erode imperialism. And in the 21st century, imperialism continues to be in the decline, and there is this new economy rising around the world, centered around the two U superpowers, Russia and China. They are kind of at the center, the linchpin of a global network of countries, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba. But then there's even other countries that are willing to trade and are kind of on the one hand friendly to the United States, but on the other hand are happy to work with Russia or China if they give them a better deal. The shape of global politics is changing, the world is changing, and this is just something we need to embrace. The world is not going to be centered around the West as it was for so long during the age of colonialism and sense. Wilmer Leon (00:05:54): In fact, what we're finding out is that on the 27th and the 28th of August, Moscow is hosting the sixth annual, the sixth International Municipal BRICS Forum. And what might surprise a lot of people is there are delegations from 126 countries that are expected to take part, more than 5,000 participants from 500 cities around the world. This isn't getting very much attention or coverage here in the western media, but folks need to understand, as we talked about the shift from the unipolar to the multipolar, this is a perfect example of that shift isn't happening, that shift HAS happened. Caleb Maupin (00:06:45): Sure. When I was at the Valdi Discussion Club in Sochi, Russia in the mountains near the city, I saw Ael Togi, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, and he pointed out that in the Eurasian subcontinent and outside of the Western countries, this is like a golden era. The amount of electrification that's going on, the amount of roads and railways that are being constructed, I mean, there is a whole exploding new economy happening in the world. And I saw that when I was at the Yalta Economic Forum in Crimea in 2018, and other people have seen it when they go to the Vladi Stock Economic Forum in the Russian Far East. People have seen it with the Belt and Road Initiative and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization that China is building. There is this whole new economy in the world now that is focused on development and growth, building power plants, building schools, building universities, building hospitals, and it's a really, really big part of the global economy. And our leaders are being very foolish by trying to just barricade it and blockade it and oppose it because they're locking the United States out of that economic growth. When somebody's growing economically, they have more money to spend, they have more products they can buy, and we could be benefiting from this new economy that's rising, but instead, our Western leaders are committed to maintaining their monopoly at all costs. And so we are getting locked out of an explosion of growth. It's just a very, very mistaken approach. Wilmer Leon (00:08:18): And I want to, with that intro shift to shift to your book out of the movement to the masses, anti-imperialist organizing in America, because as I said in the intro, one of the major elements I believe of this shift from the unipolar to the multipolar is anti imperialism. And you write in the second paragraph of your introduction, what made the Communist party USA important was that it was the first anti-imperialist organization to take hold in the country. There were certainly anti-war organizations such as Mark Twain's, anti-Imperialist League. There had been pacifists and socialists like Eugene Debs, who opposed War on a Class basis, but the Communist party of USA was founded on the ideological breakthroughs of the Bolshevik Revolution and Russia specifically the teachings of Vladimir Lenin. So I wanted to use this book out of the Movement to the Masses, which is a textbook, and wanted to start the conversation with what motivated you to write this book and what motivated you to write this as a textbook? Caleb Maupin (00:09:33): Well, it's important to understand that I think the ultimate interest of we the American people is in a society free from imperialism. I don't think that helping ExxonMobil and BP and Shell and Chevron dominate the global oil markets really benefits American working people in the long run. There might be some short-term bonuses, but those things are fading and that there is a long Wilmer Leon (00:09:57): Short-term bonuses such as, Caleb Maupin (00:09:59): Well, we've had a higher standard of living at least in the past, but that standard of living is in decline, and the future of the United States is not in this decaying western financial system. It's in a new order where we're trading with countries on the basis of win-win cooperation. And the reason I wrote the textbook is because I wanted people to be aware of the fact that there has been a strong anti-imperialist movement in this country, and that we can learn from these struggles of the past and these organizations that existed and what they achieved as we figure out in our time how we can build an anti-imperialist movement to rescue our country from the nightmare of the emerging low wage police state and the drive toward World War iii. And I mean, really, you don't have anti imperialism as we understand it, right? You don't have the rise of Russia and China. (00:10:50): You don't have the bricks. You don't have any of that without the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. That was a pivotal moment. That was a country that broke out of the Western imperialist system during World War I and started on an independent course of development. And it came out of the Bolshevik started out as part of the Marxist movement. Marxism was the ideology of the labor movement, right? The worker versus the employer. But there was a division in the labor movement increasingly between wealthy labor union bosses and higher paid skilled trade jobs that increasingly became supporters of empire and supporters of their country, colonizing countries in Africa and countries in Asia, et cetera. And the lower levels of the labor movement of more oppressed workers, the American Federation of Labor, the A FL was the big labor federation in the United States. And the people who started it, like Samuel Goer's, they were socialists or Marxists, but they were not anti-imperialist. (00:11:55): And by the time World War I came along, the A FL was a union that largely was for whites only. Most of the unions that were part of it banned black people from joining, banned people not born in the United States from joining, banned people who did not speak English as their first language from joining. And they were big supporters of World War I when it happened. And there was a divide in the labor movement and Marxism that had been the ideology of the labor movement got very much divided. And you had parties like the British Labor Party, the ruling party of Britain today. It originated as a Marxist party of labor organizers, but it became a pro imperialist party. Well, Bolshevism and the people who took power in Russia, the Bolsheviks, they were a breakaway from the Marxist movement that had developed this new theory of imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism. (00:12:48): And they said, we're not just fighting against regular capitalism. We're fighting against the monopolistic capitalism of Britain and France and Germany and America, and that means that we support nations, right? Originally, Marxists and the labor movement said, there are no nations workers of the world unite. It's just the workers versus the bosses. No borderers in our struggle. Well, Lenin says, actually, we do support nations in their fight against imperialism. And after the Bolsheviks took power in Russia, one of the first things they did is they called a conference in Baku in Azerbaijan. And at that conference, they invited all kinds of people from all over the world and they said, we will support you as long as you're fighting imperialism. And one of the people that came to that conference and was given military support by the Bolsheviks was the Amir of Afghanistan. And the Amir of Afghanistan was a conservative monarchist. (00:13:40): He was not a Marxist, not a socialist of any stripe. He was a conservative monarchist, a very conservative Muslim, but the Bolshevik said, you're fighting imperialism and so and so, we support you. And he gave them support. And many people around the world were inspired by the anti-colonial and anti-imperialist message that the Bolsheviks had, which was kind of a breakaway from the standard Marxist movement. The understanding was we're not just fighting capitalism, we're fighting against imperialism, and we support nations and colonized people of all different classes, workers, capitalists, whoever who are struggling against imperialism. That is the basis of this new movement that we are trying to build. And the Communist Party of the United States was the incarnation of that movement, and that's why it was embraced by many different sections of the population, most especially the black community in America, because they viewed black people as a colonized people, an oppressed nation within US borders. Marcus Garvey had been leading the black nationalist movement in the United States, the Back to African movement, and many black people saw African-Americans as a colonized people within the US borders. And the Communist Party agreed with that, and that was a winning point that they had with many people in the United States. And the Communist Party was supportive of anyone around the world who was struggling against British American or French imperialism. Wilmer Leon (00:15:04): And as we look at that history and we bring it forward to the current moment and the Russia phobia that we find ourselves subjected to, I submit, and please if I'm wrong, correct me that one of the things that's at the crux of this Russia phobia is the fact that America is an imperialist nation and a neo-colonial power, and Russia has the Soviet Union and then into Russia has been anti-colonialism, which is one of the reasons why we find now Russia gaining so much traction with countries on the continent of Africa. Caleb Maupin (00:15:53): Well, I got to tell you, just a few weeks after the special military operation in Russia began a couple of years ago, I was in New York City with Tanner, 15 of my friends, and we were marching around with American flags and Russian flags chanting, Russia is not our enemy, Russia is not our enemy. And we chanted this in Union Square, and then we went up to Grand Central Station, we marched around Grand Central Station chanting that, and while we were doing that, we got thumbs up from a lot of different people. Now, many people did not agree with us, but the people who did give us thumbs up, many of them were people that were not from the United States. New York City is a big international center. You have the United Nations that's there. You have Wall Street that's there. And I would say the majority of the people who gave us thumbs up and gave us support were from the continent of Africa. (00:16:40): They were people from West Africa, from Nigeria. They were people from South Africa. And that the economy of Africa is very tied in with the Russian economy, and Russia provides fertilizer to many countries. Russia has partnerships with many countries to help them develop their state run mining industries or their state run oil and natural gas industries. So support for Russia on the African continent is widespread. Now, this doesn't match the narrative of liberals. Liberals would have us believe that Russia is a white supremacist country, and that's why they rigged the elections in 2016 to get white supremacist. Donald Trump elected, and that just does not match reality. The Soviet Union, which modern Russia is built on the foundations of the Soviet Union, was the best friend of anti-colonial and liberation movements on the African continent, and those relationships still exist. When I was in Russia, I sat down with people from various African countries. (00:17:43): I sat down with people from Namibia. Well, the ruling party of Namibia is the Southwest People's Organization, which was a Soviet aligned, Soviet funded organization that fought for Namibia to become independent. The ruling party of South Africa, the African National Congress was armed and funded by the Soviet Union. If you go to Ghana, the man who created modern Ghana was Kwame Nkrumah, who was a big friend of the Soviet Union and was called himself an African socialist and developed his own interpretation of the Marxist philosophy that was specific to the African continent. I mean, there was Julius Nire, there was Gaddafi who built Libya into the most prosperous country on the African continent. There are just so many examples of how Russia is intimately tied in with the struggle against colonialism on the African continent with the struggle of African countries to pursue their own course of development. (00:18:43): And that is rooted in the foundation of the Bolshevik Revolution. And the Bolshevik ideology, which I will emphasize was a break with the standard Marxist view. Marx himself, he believed that the first communist revolution would happen in Germany, and it would be the European countries that had the communist revolution first because they were the most advanced. And it was Lenin who came along and said, well, actually, that's wrong. The center of revolutionary energy is going to be in the colonized and oppressed countries of the world. And the working class in the imperialist homeland is largely being bought off, and it's going to be the division between what we now some academics talk about the global north and the global south. It's going to be that division that brings socialism into the world. And that is kind of the defining aspect of what Lenin taught. And as much as the global anti-imperialist movement is not explicitly Marxist Leninist in the Soviet sense, they don't exactly follow that Soviet ideology. That understanding of imperialism and what happened in the 20th century with the Soviet Union, with later the Chinese Revolution, the Vietnamese revolution, the Cuban Revolution, all of that laid the basis for what exists today. And that understanding is important, and that's why I wrote this textbook. Wilmer Leon (00:19:55): And to your point about all of these myths and stories and fictions about Russia being involved in our election and all of this other foolishness, mark Zuckerberg just wrote a letter to Jim Jordan saying that he apologizes for having purged stories from Facebook regarding the Hunter Biden laptop and some of the other stories, because he has now come to understand that that whole narrative was not Russian propaganda as the FBI had told him, he now has come to understand that those stories are true. And I bring that up just as one data point to demonstrate how so much of this rhetoric that we've been hearing, so much of this propaganda that we've been hearing about China being involved in our elections and Russia being involved in our elections, and Iran, mark Zuckerberg, the head of Facebook, just sent a letter to Jim Jordan laying all this out, that it was bs. It was a fiction created by the FBI, Caleb Moin. Caleb Maupin (00:21:14): Well, we've been through this before, right after the Russian Revolution, just a few years later in London, in Britain, there was a scandal called the Enovia of letter. And the British people were told, oh my goodness, the Russians are meddling in our elections. They're trying to get the Labor Party to win the election. And Lloyd George, who was the conservative military leader, was playing up the idea that the Labor Party was being funded and supported by Russia, and they held up this piece of paper they said was the smoking gun. It was the proof, the Enovia letter, this letter supposedly from the Russian government official of Enovia to the Labor Party. Well, it was later proven to be a complete hoax. It was fake, right? But that was happening back in the 1920s. And we've been through this over and over and over again. When Henry Wallace ran for president, he was the vice president under Roosevelt, and then when Truman was president, he ran against the Democrats as they became a pro-war party, the party that was leading us into the Korean War, et cetera. (00:22:12): He ran as an independent candidate in 1948, and they acclaimed his campaign was a big Russian conspiracy, and it was a communist conspiracy. There's a whole history of this and the FBI, if you look at the number of investigations they've done into supposed Russian influence in American elections, it's endless, but it's always a hoax, right? American elections happen because of events in America, not because of Russia. However, there is no question that many people in the United States do want peace, and they do want peace with the Soviet Union or with modern Russia, and they may vote for candidates who they think are more likely to bring about that peace, but that's not a conspiracy. That's doing what you're supposed to be able to do in a democracy expressing yourself at the ballot box. And what they're really worried about is Americans thinking wrong. They're really worried about not having a monopoly over the information that we receive. They're really worried about us questioning what we're told and not marching in lockstep behind their agenda of war and dividing the world into blocks and isolating certain countries. And this story has happened over and over and over again in American politics. We've been through it so many times. Wilmer Leon (00:23:25): Final point on this, I don't want to get back to the book. As you just said, events happen in American elections due to America. Well, all of this chicken little, the sky is falling and the world is interfering in our elections. Well, there was a story in the New York Times about what, three months ago, about APAC spending $100 million to unseat what they consider to be left-leaning Democrats, whose position on Israel was not consistent with the Zionist ideology. I'm going to say that again. This was in the New York Times. I'm not making this up. This is an anti-Semitic dialogue. It was in New York Times APAC spending $100 million on primary campaigns to remove Democrats that they consider to be anti-Israeli. What happened in New York with Jamal Bowman? That's what happened in Missouri with, what's her name? I think she's in St. Louis, the Congresswoman. I'm drawing a blank on her. Anyway, and they were successful in a number of campaigns. So we're running around chasing ghosts, chasing Russian ghosts, and Chinese ghosts when the real culprits are telling you right upfront in the New York Times what it is they're doing and why it is they're doing it. With that being said, you can either respond to that or how did you organize your textbook and why is it organized in the manner in which it is? Caleb Maupin (00:25:16): Well, I went over like case studies of three different anti-imperialist movements or organizations in the United States. I started with probably the most successful, which was the Communist Party of the United States, which at one point had a huge amount of influence During the Roosevelt administration, they entered an alliance with Roosevelt, and in the late 1930s, the Communist party controlled two of the city council seats in New York City. They had a very close ally in the US Congress representing Harlem named Veto Mark Antonio. They also had a member of Congress in Minnesota who was their friend and ally and read their newspaper into the congressional record. They had meetings at the White House with President Roosevelt. On multiple occasions, members of the Communist Party or the Young Communist League were brought to the White House to meet with Roosevelt, and they led the CIO, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, which was a new labor federation they had created as an alternative to the American Federation of Labor. (00:26:14): And they were a very influential group in the labor movement among intellectuals in Hollywood. And they put forward an anti-colonial, anti-imperialist message, and their successes are worth studying. There were certainly mistakes that were made, and they were very brutally crushed by the FBI in the aftermath of the Second World War with the rise of McCarthyism. But there were studying then from there, I talked about the Workers' World Party, which was a Marxist Leninist political party that really came into prominence in the late sixties and really kind of peaked in its influence during the 1980s. And they were a party that took inspiration, not just from the Soviet Union, but from the wave of anti-colonial movements that emerged. They were sympathetic to Libya and Gaddafi. They were sympathetic to North Korea and others, and they did a lot of very important anti-war organizing, building anti-war coalitions. They were very close to Ramsey Clark, the former US Attorney General who left the Lyndon Johnson administration and became an international lawyer and an opponent of the International Criminal Court in his final years and such. (00:27:17): And then I talked about the new communist movement of the 1970s, which was a number of different organizations that emerged during the 1970s that were trying to take inspiration from China. They wanted to take guidance from the Chinese revolution. China had argued that the Soviet Union had kind of abandoned the global anti-colonial, anti-imperialist struggle. They felt it was holding back revolutionary forces, but China was at that point presenting itself as a bastion of anti imperialism. And so there were a number of new political parties formed during the 1970s that modeled themselves on China. And all three of these case studies, all three of these groups made big mistakes, but also had big successes. The most successful was the Communist Party prior to it being crushed by the FBI during the McCarthy period. All of them had big successes and were able to do big important things, and I studied all of them. (00:28:08): And then from there, the fourth chapter talked about divisions in the ruling class, and why is it that we see, at this point, we're seeing a big all-out fight between Donald Trump and those who oppose him. And when you talk about the Watergate scandal and you talk about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, what was really going on behind closed doors? And then in the final chapter, I tried to kind of take from all of that what we could take and what we could learn when trying to build a movement in our time. One thing I made a point of doing in the book is that every chapter is accompanied by a number of original texts from the period discussed. I have a number of texts from the Communist Party, from the Workers' World Party, from the new communist movement of the 1970s, so that we can hear from the horse's mouth, so to speak, what these people were preaching and what they believed as they were building their organizations. Wilmer Leon (00:29:01): So how does this history, how relevant is this history you just mentioned Donald Trump? How relevant is this history to where we find ourselves today with our politics? Caleb Maupin (00:29:15): I would argue it's extremely relevant. And if you look at Roosevelt and who opposed him, and if you look at the Kennedy assassination, and if you look at the Watergate scandal, there has always been a divide among the American elite between what you can call the Eastern establishment, the ultra rich, the ultra monopolies, the Rockefellers, the DuPonts, the Carnegies that are now at this point aligned with Silicon Valley, the tech monopolies, bill Gates and Jeff Bezos and others. There's always been a divide between these entrenched ultra monopolies and a lot of lower level rich people who are not part of the club and feel that those entrenched monopolies are kind of rigging things against 'em. And I quote, there's a very good text called the Anglo-American Establishment by Carol Quigley that talks about this divide. I think he was one of the first people to talk about it. (00:30:06): But then from there, you also have a great book by Carl Oglesby called The Yankee and Cowboy War that talks about this and specifically applies that analysis to what went on with the Watergate scandal, with the assassination of JFK and the political crisis in the 1960s and seventies. And I would argue that in our time, this is the fight that kind of defines things when we talk about trying to build a movement against colonialism and imperialism in the United States, these lower level capitalists would gain if America had paved roads, if America had a stronger economy, and if we were doing business with the countries around the world that are growing right now in alliance with China, right? If we were trading with them and some of that wealth was flowing into our economy, we would be benefiting. However, it is the ultra monopolies that are very much tied in with the intelligence apparatus, the people who brought us, Henry Kissinger, the people who brought us z, big new Brozinsky. (00:31:01): They are determined to keep the United States at the top and keep Western imperialist this financial system at the top of the world at all costs, even if that means kind of playing a long geopolitical game and if it means dramatically decreasing the standard of living and kind of collapsing the domestic economy of the United States. And so when Trump talks about America first and his supporters rail against globalists, this is really what they're getting at is the lower levels of capital are fighting against the Eastern establishment. And that creates an opening for those of us who want to build an anti-imperialist movement in this country to intervene. And I talk about that, and unfortunately, it seems like really since the 1970s and since kind of the end of the 1960s and seventies, political upsurge, much of the left has kind of just deteriorated into being the foot soldiers of that Eastern establishment. (00:31:56): They see those lower level capitalists as being the most hawkish and warlike as being the most anti-union and the most authoritarian. So they think, okay, we're going to align with the Eastern establishment against them. And I argue that that's not the correct approach because right now it is those lower level capitalists who feel threatened, and it is among them that you found support for Julian Assange that you find interest in being friendly with Russia and with China and anti-establishment sentiment, you find opposition to the tech monopolies and their censorship. And that really we're in a period where those of us who are anti-imperialist need to pivot into trying to build an anti-monopoly coalition. And that's what the Communist Party talked about at the end of the Second War as the Cold War got going, as they were being crushed by the FBI, they said their goal was to build an anti-monopoly coalition to unite with the working class, the small business owners, even some of the wealthy against the big monopolies in their drive for war. (00:32:54): And I would argue that's what we should be aiming to do in our time, is build an anti-monopoly coalition. And that's what I've pulled from that textbook and from that history going over what has been done and what has been successful and that the Communist Party really gained from having an alliance with Roosevelt that was very strategic on their part. And I would argue that similar alliances are necessary, but the main thing is that there needs to be a network of people that are committed to building anti-imperialist politics in America. We need a network of people who can work together, who can rely on each other and can effectively carry out anti-imperialist operations. And there are examples of this. I'm about to go to Florida to support the Yahoo movement, the Yahoo movement, the African People Socialist party. They are an anti-colonial, anti-imperialist organization, and they're doing it. And if you go to St. Louis, Missouri, and if you go to St. Petersburg, Florida, Wilmer Leon (00:33:50): Who, Cory Bush, I'm sorry, her name you said St. Louis, Cory Bush, sorry, is the other congresswoman that was defeated by the, sorry, I had to get it out. Go ahead. Okay. Caleb Maupin (00:34:01): But you'll see the huge community centers that they've built, the farmer's markets that they've built, I mean, they have built a base among the African-American community in these two cities where they are providing services to people while teaching an anti-colonial, anti-imperialist ideology. Now, I don't necessarily agree with their entire approach on everything, but I see why they're being targeted because they are laying the foundations of building a broader anti-imperialist movement. And what they are doing is a great model to look at. They are building a base among the population. The title of the book is Out of the Movement to the Masses. I've been going to anti-war protests, and I've been going to socialist and communist spaces, and very rarely did I ever encounter the African People's Socialist Party, but they were organizing where it counted not in these kind of obscure academic bohemian spaces. (00:34:54): They were organizing in communities and they were providing real services, and they were building community centers and having classes for pregnant mothers and having organic farmer's markets. And they were doing things among the masses of people, not among the, so-called movements of people that like to read books about communism or whatever. And that is why they're being targeted, because they are actually building the kind of movement that needs to be done. They're doing what the Communist Party did during the 1930s. They're doing what the new communist movement of the 1970s attempted to do and was pretty unsuccessful because of global circumstances, et cetera. They are doing what needs to be done to build a real anticolonial movement. And that's kind of what I'm in the text is we have to have a reevaluation and we have to figure out how we can reach the bulk of the American people and not confine ourselves to kind of left academic and intellectual spaces. Wilmer Leon (00:35:50): Is it too simplistic to, when you look at this battle between the elites, is it too simplistic to categorize it as the financials versus the industrialists? Caleb Maupin (00:36:01): Yes. It's a little bit too simplistic because there is a lot of financialization, a lot of the lower levels Wilmer Leon (00:36:07): Of capital. Caleb Maupin (00:36:09): Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's not exactly right, but you're pointing to a certain trend that there is one faction that favors economic growth because economic growth will mean more money for them. There's another faction that is not concerned about economic growth so much as they're concerned about maintaining their monopoly. And in order to maintain their monopoly, they need to slow down growth around the world, and they're actually pushing degrowth or slow growth economics. So that's probably the primary divide is pro-growth and anti-growth, right? You would think that every businessman would be pro-growth, but the ultra monopolies that are heavily involved in finance at this point, they're blatantly talking about degrowth as a way to stay at the top. Wilmer Leon (00:36:51): In fact, one of the ways that they maintain their position is through consolidation. One of the ways that the banks control their monopoly is by buying smaller banks and bringing the or. So that's just one example. Caleb Maupin (00:37:10): Sure, sure. I mean, we live in a time where at the end of the day, the issue is technology is that it is human labor that creates all wealth, right? It is only human labor that creates value at the end of the day, and it is the value that workers create that lays the basis for the profits that capitalists can make, et cetera. And we are in a period where the technological revolution is reducing the role of workers at the assembly line. There's a lot of jobs that are no longer in existence because of technological advancement. And in a rational society that would be great. But in our society where profits are in command, that's leading to an economic crisis. Great example is self-driving cars, self-driving cars should be a great thing. It should be great that this job called driving this chore, this human labor of driving cars is no longer necessary. (00:38:02): But if they introduce self-driving cars, you would immediately in this country have millions of truck drivers unemployed, millions of Uber drivers unemployed, millions of traffic court employees unemployed. You would have riots in the streets. And Andrew Yang talked about how if self-driving cars came to the United States, we would have a society-wide crisis of unemployment and chaos like we never seen. How is that rational? Why should technological advancement lead to greater poverty? And that is the problem that we are facing. Human creativity and brilliance has outstripped the narrow limits production organized to make profit. We need a rationally planned economy so that economic growth can continue and technological advancement leads to greater prosperity for all Wilmer Leon (00:38:46): That sounds like China. Caleb Maupin (00:38:47): Yeah. And China, by controlling their economy and by having the state assigned credit based on their five-year plans and having state controlled tech corporations that are in line with the Communist party's vision, they're able to continue having growth despite having technological advancement. And that's ultimately what we need to have. And that is what Marx wrote about. One of the writers I quote extensively from is a brilliant thinker from the new communist movement named Nelson Peery and his autobiography, black Radical, which is very good, talks about his involvement in the Communist Party and then getting kicked out of the Communist Party and FBI infiltration of the Communist Party and then starting the Communist Labor Party during the 1970s. But also his very important book that he published before he died, I believe in 2004, called The Future Is Up To Us, which really gets into this contradiction of technology leading to impoverishment. (00:39:42): And he's saying this like during the Bush administration before ai, before any of what we're saying now he's laying out how this is going to lead to a big economic crisis that's going to necessitate a new economic system. Nelson Period is a brilliant thinker who had this kind of understanding. I also draw from Fred Goldstein, from Sam Marcy from some of the other writers who said the same thing. But this has always been kind of the understanding is that technological advancement should not lead to impoverishment, it should lead to greater prosperity. I often quote, there's an old story called the coal miner's riddle, the coal miner. He's sitting in his house with his son. The son says, father, why is it so cold in the house? And he says, because I can't afford to buy any coal. And he says, well, why can't we afford to buy any coal? (00:40:30): And he says, because I lost my job at the coal mine. I was laid off. And he says, father, why were you laid off from the coal mine? Why did you lose your job? He says, because there is too much coal. That's capitalism, but that's not rational. It's poverty created by abundance. I keep hearing our politicians talk about a housing shortage. Have you heard this? A housing shortage in America, there's no housing shortage. I live in New York City, there's four empty apartments for every homeless person. There's millions of empty housing, there's no housing shortage in America. There's a shortage of affordable housing black, because the national economic system, Wilmer Leon (00:41:06): BlackRock bought up a lot of the housing stock and instead of putting those houses back on the market, they held those homes off the market and then put 'em out for rent. So in many instances, it's not a matter of oh, $25,000 credit to those first time home buyers allegedly to lower the price of housing or to make housing more affordable. No, all that's going to do is raise the price of houses by $25,000. What you need to do is get that housing stock that BlackRock has as bought up and put that on the market, make that available. Because if you look at the Econ 1 0 1 supply and demand, you put more houses on the market, chances are the price of houses is going to decline. Caleb Maupin (00:42:02): Absolutely. Absolutely. When we talk about imperialism and we talk about anti-imperialist movements, one great example is the situation with Yemen, right? Yemen right now, this is one of the poorest countries in the world, and right now, this country that has a big movement called the Houthis or Anah, they're shaking the world. But if you go and listen or read the sermons or the founder of the Houthis movement, Hussein Al Houthis, what he's fighting for is economic development because he points out that Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the world, but yet it has a huge amount of oil. It has a huge amount of arable land to grow food, but the people there are very, very poor. And the Houthis movement that is now at this point, stopping ships in the Mediterranean and standing with the Palestinians and sending drones to the Indian Ocean and just shaking the world. (00:42:56): That was a movement of very, very poor people in one of the poorest countries in the world that demanding to take control of their natural resources and take control of their economy. My understanding of imperialism and such very much had a lot to do with the fact that in 2015, I participated in a humanitarian mission attempting to deliver medical aid to Yemen after the upsurge of 2015 when the Houthis movement and their revolutionary committee took power, I went on a ship from the Islamic Republic of Iran with the Red Crescent Society, and we tried to deliver medical aid to Yemen, and we were blocked in doing so. And reading about this anti-colonial movement that was formed in Yemen, a very religious Shia Muslim movement, demanding economic development, demanding, taking control of their resources, reading about that was very inspiring in the aim of building an anti-colonial and anti-imperialist movement in the United States. (00:43:54): Now to see what the Houthis are doing as they're blocking ships to support the Palestinians as they're withstanding us attack, this is a movement of impoverished people fighting for their economic development and fighting to build a new country. This is a mass anti-colonial movement that is worth studying. And the fact that they align themselves with Russia and China, they're not blocking ships from Russia, they're not blocking ships from China. They are blocking ships from Israel and any country that trades with them, that shows you that this global anti-imperialist movement that is about mobilizing millions of people to fight for their rights, this global movement has a real strength. Wilmer Leon (00:44:34): Let's shift now to the 2024 presidential election. We've come out of the Republican Convention, we've now come out of the Democratic Convention and the Democratic Party convention, and Donald Trump was shocked when Joe Biden stepped down, Kamala Harris stepped in. That has changed the dynamic, at least in terms of the dialogue, and we're starting to see some shift in the numbers. Your thoughts on where we are now with this landscape. Caleb Maupin (00:45:09): I think that Kamala Harris is a completely manufactured candidate. She was created by the people who brought us the Hillary Clinton State Department when it was made clear that Hillary Clinton couldn't run for president once again in 2020, all of Hillary Clinton's financial backers put their money behind Kamala Harris. She was not popular with the American people, but yet powerful forces twisted Joe Biden's arm and put her on the ticket as vp. She has not been popular or successful as vp, but she is the candidate that the forces that are committed to regime change and all out efforts to oppose Russia and China at all costs. She is the one that they have invested the most in supporting. And I don't think she's going to win. I think that Trump will win the upcoming election. And that doesn't mean everything about Trump is good or I endorsed Donald Trump. (00:46:03): I'm just telling you that I think Trump is going to win. But I also believe that there are very powerful forces that see Kamala Harris as their best bet at getting what they want, which is more regime change wars, more destabilization around the world. I did write a book in 2020 about Kamala Harris four years ago, and I thought it was very odd that right after she got the Democratic nomination, this book that had been on sale for four years on Amazon suddenly got removed from Amazon. And for seven days my book was banned from Amazon and then restored with no explanation seven days later. I thought that was very, very odd. It raised a lot of eyebrows, but it also points to the amount of power the tech monopolies really have. It seems like everything was being done to support Kamala Harris. What I also thought was interesting is that in my book, I talked about Tulsi Gabbard and how Tulsi Gabbard kind of represents forces in the Pentagon that are really worried about another Arab Spring and what Kamala Harris and the Hillary Clinton State Department forces people like Samantha Power, people like Anne-Marie Slaughter, what they might engineer if they come back to office. (00:47:11): My book highlighted Tulsi Gabbard as being kind of a faction that is opposed to Kamala Harris. And the very same day that my book was pulled from Amazon, Tulsi Gabbard was added to the Quiet Sky's terrorism watch list by the American government. When she tried to board a plane, she found out she was accused of being a terrorist. And I thought that was interesting as well. And it just kind of points to, and there was all kinds of weird stuff going on in terms of social media and Google searches that was being manipulated around that time. But the book that I wrote about Kamala Harris and who has backed her and the ties that she has getting pulled from Amazon, it was interesting to see the timing, Wilmer Leon (00:47:52): The position of the Democratic Party as it relates to Gaza. And I was at the DNCI was also at the RNC conventions, but there were protestors in Chicago demanding a change in the US policy as it relates to the genocide in Gaza. Then you had uncommitted delegates that were able to have a sit-in at the DNC right outside the front door of the entrance to the United Center, demanding that a pro-Palestinian spokesperson be added to the speaker's list. And none of that was agreed to. In fact, it was basically dismissed summarily. So your thoughts on the dangers that the Democrats are playing with taking that position as it relates to the general election? Caleb Maupin (00:48:55): Well, if the Democrats are going to win this election, they're going to need lots of votes in Minnesota, lots of votes in Wisconsin and lots of votes in Michigan. And what do all three of those states have in common? Those swing states, Wilmer Leon (00:49:06): Large Arab populations. Caleb Maupin (00:49:08): That's right. Lots of Muslim Americans, lots of Arab Americans, and with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris giving a blank check to Israel to do what they're doing. I think it's very unlikely to see those folks lining up to vote for them. Now, Kamala Harris has made some noise about this or that, but she's basically the president already. If she was going to do something, she could do it right now. I mean, she's the vice president, but Joe Biden doesn't seem to be as actively involved in the political running of the country as some people might expect. That said, I will say that Donald Trump, I mean his position on Israel Palestine, I mean, is pretty reprehensible, and he continues to play up the idea that Kamala Harris and the Democrats are somehow anti-Israel, which they are not. What I think is interesting though, and I noticed that it seems like anti-Israel voices in the Trump camp, they may not be on the front stage, but they do have a lot of influence. (00:50:03): And I'm not saying all these people are doing what they're doing for necessarily good reasons, but I noticed when Elon Musk was interviewing Donald Trump in the chat, it just exploded. And all over Twitter, it exploded. The phrase, no war on Iran that came from Nick Fuentes. Now, Nick Fuentes is somebody that I don't agree with on many, many things and find a lot of his views and just his presentation style to kind of reprehensible and gross, but he, for his own reasons says no war with Iran. I also noticed that Candace Owens, who is a conservative and was very pro-Israel at one point, she was not pro-Israel enough. Now she's kind of moved for interesting reasons that are very different than anything I would say. She's moved into an anti-Israel direction and she has also got a lot of people in the Trump camp who listen to her and she is making noise, no war in Iran and urging Trump supporters not to support Israel. And this points to the fact that opposition to Israel, I think is much more widespread in both parties than anyone wants to recognize. (00:51:07): It's an element of the emperor has no clothes. Both parties pretend that everyone in their camp just supports Israel. But anyone who talks to a typical Democrat, you were at the Republican Convention and the Democrat Convention, and you could probably confirm that opposition to what Israel is doing is boiling beneath the surface, amid both political parties and amid all sections of this country. And that there is a lot of growing outrage about the influence and power of Israel and American politics, even among people who might support Israel otherwise, but just don't appreciate the arrogance and grip that they seem to have over policymaking. Wilmer Leon (00:51:46): And some people just help me understand why, but some people just have a problem with genocide. It's a bit os there are growing groups, Republicans for Harris, and there are those who are positing that this is because she's a stooge of the elite and this represents how she who's truly backing her. What about the argument that many of those in those types of organizations see her as an opportunity to reclaim the Republican party by getting rid of Donald Trump? And it's almost a any port in the storm kind of mentality, they see her as the stalking horse. If they can back her, if she can defeat Trump, they then can, the old school, the traditional Republicans can regain control of their party. What say you Caleb Opin? Caleb Maupin (00:52:58): Well, I would say that the Bush era Republican party is gone. It's never coming back. And Donald Trump is a symptom of that. And that's very clear. And that Donald Trump's recent embracing of Tulsi Gabbard and RFK, that indicates that Donald Trump is taking his campaign in an anti-establishment direction. Now, that doesn't mean that he's going to necessarily do good things as president. That just means that he's increasingly realizing that his appeal is to people that are opposed to the establishment. And I think that means the establishment is going to fight him a lot harder. There's no question about that. And that there are your regular traditional neo-conservative Republicans, my country, right or wrong, if you don't like it here, move to some other country, support the military, support the wars, support America dominating the world, and showing the world about our great American way of life. (00:53:51): Those folks are increasingly finding the Republican party to not be their home. And this is all very interesting. I noticed in Kamala Harris's DNC speech, she attacked the Republicans for denigrating America. And that made me smile because it reminded me of what I always heard about the far left, right? It was the far left. They hate America. They're always saying things are bad. Why are you always running down our country? And a lot of things that Kamala Harris said in her speech almost sounded like Neoconservatism. She attacked Donald Trump for meeting with Kim Jong-Un. She said he was cozying up to tyrants and being friendly with tyrants. And it seemed to me like there was very much the Republican Party, I believe over time is going to become more of a catchall populist, anti-establishment party, whereas the Democratic party is more and more becoming the party of the establishment of the way things are supposed to be. I think that what I would call the late Cold War normal in American politics is being flipped. It used to be the Republican party was the party of the establishment, and the Democrats were the party of opposition. Not very sincere opposition in many cases, but they were the party of, if you didn't agree with what you're supposed to think necessarily, if you're a little more critical, you become a Democrat. Well, Wilmer Leon (00:55:05): If you were proc civil rights, if you were pro-environment, if you were anti-war, that's where you went. Caleb Maupin (00:55:12): Yeah. And I think it's being flipped. And that doesn't mean that Republicans and the MAGA base that are talking a certain way are sincere at all. That just means who they're appealing to. The Republican party has an anti-establishment appeal more and more every day. The Democratic party has a ProE establishment appeal. And I think this Republicans for Harris is a great example of that. Wilmer Leon (00:55:32): So as we move now, spiraling towards November 5th, you've already said you believe that Donald Trump is going to win the election. One of the things that I find very, very telling, and I check it every day when you go to the Harris website, there's still no policy positions stated. There's no policy tab. In fact, when I asked that question a couple of times at the DNCC, I was told, oh, you don't understand. She hasn't had time. There hasn't been. I said, wait a minute. She ran for president four years ago. So she had to have, we hope she had established some policy positions as a candidate. She was the vice president going on four years now, we hope during those four years she could have figured out some policy and it's now been almost a month. You can't tell me that she couldn't pick up the phone and call a bunch of people in the room and say, Hey, I need policies on education, on defense, on the economy, on these five positions. I need policy in 10 days. Go get it done. Caleb Opin. Caleb Maupin (00:57:00): Well, I think there are three possible outcomes for the election. In my mind, probably the worst case scenario would be Kamala Harris winning. And I think that would be followed by a number of, there'd be chaos in the streets. A lot of Trump supporters will not accept it as a legitimate election. And I expect there will then be a big crackdown on dissent, and I expect there'll be a lot of provocations, et cetera. And that will be used by the establishment to crack down on dissent. Wilmer Leon (00:57:26): Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. And people need to understand the crackdown on dissent has already started by looking what's being done to who's being platformed from social media sites. Look at what's happening to folks who are getting arrested, the guy that started Instagram and all of these folks, the three Scott Ritter, your book taken off of taking all of these things are data points to support your position that the crackdown on descent has already started? Caleb Maupin (00:58:02): No, I mean the Biden administration has already indicted. Sue me, Terry, who was the top advisor to Obama and Bush on South Korea. And I mean the fact that she's been indicted as a foreign agent of South Korea just because South Korea wants to have mattered negotiations with North Korea. I mean, it looks like blatant retaliation. Wilmer Leon (00:58:22): And South Korea is an ally. Caleb Maupin (00:58:23): Yeah, their closest friend in Washington dc Sumi Terry has now been accused of being a foreign agent. She's facing decades in prison. I mean, this is craziness. This is a top CIA person who's been a top advisor on career matters. So that would be kind of what I think the worst case scenario would be. The most likely scenario is that I think Donald Trump will win. But all the negative things about Trumpism will amplify. I think the pro-Israel stuff, the pro-police stuff, the anti-immigrant stuff will amplify Wilmer Leon (00:58:55): Project 2025. Caleb Maupin (00:58:56): Yeah, the government will try to, the powers that be will try to ride the wave of Trumpism to push forward their own agenda, which is not good But I do think there is a third possible scenario, which is a real long shot. It's a real long shot, which is that Donald Trump takes office in a completely defensive position. And under those circumstances, he may be compelled to do a lot of good things because he's just at odds with the establishment and needs popular support. So much so we shall have to see. But those are my three predictions. But in all of those circumstances on anti-imperialist organization, a network of people that are committed to anti imperialism and building a new America beyond the rule of bankers and war profiteers is going to be vitally important. And at the end of the day, what really matters is not so much who is in office, it's what the balance of forces is in the country and around the world, and what kind of movement exists, what kind organizations. (00:59:58): There are people that are involved in the political process and to change the world and taking responsibility for the future of their country. And I wrote the book as a textbook for the Center for Political Innovation. My organization as we try to do just that, as we try to build a network of people who can rely on each other and build an anti-imperialist movement in the United States to support the Hru three, to study these ideas to be out there. That is one thing we aim to do. If Donald Trump wins the election, one thing that we aim to do is and intend to get that picture of Donald Trump shaking hands with Kim Jong-un and get it everywhere and say that this election is a mandate that the peace talks on the Korean Peninsula should continue. And that could be a way to nudge the discourse toward a more peace oriented wing of Trumpism. (01:00:46): That's one thing that we intend to do. We have other operations that we intend to carry out with the aim of nudging the country in an anti-colonial direction. One thing that I think is very important is Alaska, right? Alaska is right there close to Russia and there's the bearing Strait that separates Russia and Alaska and Abraham Lincoln had the idea of building a bridge to connect Alaska to Russia. And a lot of great people have had the idea of doing that since. And I think popularizing the idea of building a world land bridge to connect Alaska to Russia and pivot the US economy toward trading with the Russian Far East and with the Korean Peninsula and with China that could nudge the world and a direction of Multipolarity pivot away from Western Europe and towards the World Land Bridge and the bearing Strait and all of that. (01:01:36): So there are various things that we can do to try and influence discourse, but I must say the explosion is coming, right? I mean, you can feel it rumbling in the ground. The avalanche is going to pour, the volcano is going to go off. It's only a matter of time. Those of us who study these ideas and understand things, we have the job not of making the explosion come, but rather of trying to guide it in the right direction. The conditions in this country are getting worse. Americans are angry at the establishment. Things are going to change. But what we hope to do is guide that change and point it in a good direction toward a better world. And that's all we can really hope to do. I quote Mao the leader of the Chinese Revolution. He said The masses are the real heroes and at the end of the day, it will be the masses of the American people and their millions who determine what the future of this country will be. I think they are going to awaken and take action. The question is only what type of action will that be? And I think guys like you and I have a role to play in shaping what kind of action they might take when they do awaken. Wilmer Leon (01:02:39): Well, thank you for putting me in that group. And if we are able to build a bridge across the bearing strait between Alaska and Russia, I'm sure Sarah Palin will be the first one. Should be operating the toll booth. My brother. Alright, my brother Kayla mopping. Man, thank you so much for being my guest. Thank you so much for joining the show today. Caleb Maupin (01:03:05): Sure thing. Always a pleasure Wilmer Leon (01:03:07): Folks. Thank you so much for listening to the Connecting the Dots podcast with me, Dr. Woman Leon. Stay tuned for new episodes every week. Also, follow us on social media. The Patreon account is very, very important. That helps to support the effort. You can find all the links below in the show description and remember that this is where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge talk without analysis is just chatter. And we don't chatter here on connecting the dots. See you again next time. Until then, I'm Dr. Wilmer Leon. Have a great one. Peace. I'm out Announcer (01:03:50): Connecting the dots with Dr. Wilmer Leon, where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge.    

Watch The X22 Report On Video No videos found Click On Picture To See Larger Picture The green new deal is falling apart, the auto industry has been hit very hard and now they are going back to gas powered cars. Bidenomics has failed. The economy is about to change and Trump is already telling us in which direction we are headed in. It's time to end the endless. The D part is now fighting amongst each other. Obama is now planning to use the 25th on Biden and most likely swap out Kamala. Trump has met with Bibi and he said that WWIII is approaching, Trump says he can have peace. This time next year the country will be on the right track.   (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:13499335648425062,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-7164-1323"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="//cdn2.customads.co/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs"); Economy https://twitter.com/JunkScience/status/1817230820798607538  $50,000 (£39,000) on every EV it sells, while Tesla's profits dropped 45pc. Meanwhile, battery manufacturers such as Germany's Varta are getting wiped out. Over the last few days, it has become clear that the EV industry is on the brink of collapse. Hundreds of billions of euros, dollars and pounds have been pumped into this industry by political leaders and the subsidy junkies that surround them – and it is surely time they were held to account for the vast quantities of taxpayer cash that has been wasted." FedEx To Cut Daytime Domestic Flight Activity By 60% FedEx plans to significantly slash daily flights and the number of U.S. cities served by air during the daytime when its air cargo contract with the U.S. Postal Service expires on Sept. 29, resulting in significant pay cuts for pilots, senior managers informed crews this week. The parcel logistics giant will reduce daytime domestic flying time by 60% and the number of city destinations by 55%, which will add about 500 pilots to the existing surplus, said Justin Brownlee, senior vice president for flight operations and network planning, in a letter to airline workers obtained by FreightWaves. No pilots will be hired for the foreseeable future, he added. The Postal Service in early April selected UPS (NYSE: UPS), instead of incumbent FedEx, as its air cargo carrier for the next 5 1/2 years. Source: zerohedge.com  TAKE A LISTEN     https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1817303623292060105  President Trump's closing remarks at the Bitcoin conference were absolute 

When the Industrial Revolution came to town, it inspired an opposite movement that may have changed the world. It certainly inspired a construction style and a whole bunch more.  Today we rub elbow's with Teddy Roosevelt, David Sedaris, Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, Georgia O'Keefe, the Carnegies, Crayola Crayons, Edgar Allen Poe, Chicago Academy of Design and the Veterans Memorial in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 

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How often does Indiana rank as the No. 1 state in a national list? Well, here's a record for the books: More Carnegie Libraries were built in Indiana than any other state. Between 1901 and about 1918, 164 public libraries built in large part by funding from philanthropist and industrialist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) were constructed in Indiana. More than 100 of them are still used as public libraries across the state. Others have been repurposed as everything from restaurants to museums, art galleries, local government offices and civic centers, with many retaining the "Carnegie" name in some way. To explore a range of aspects about "the Carnegies" – which include two branches still in use in the Indianapolis Public Library system – Nelson will be joined by studio guest Dr. William McNiece, president of the Marion County Historical Society, who has done a deep dive into the topic. The first Carnegie Library built in Indiana was in Goshen and the last town to receive funding was Lowell, Ind. OF Indiana's 92 counties, only 9 did not receive any Carnegie funding for a public library, according to Dr. McNiece.

On this episode of the Scouting For Growth podcast, Sabine VdL talks to Sally Gimon, an absolute superstar in the world of real estate investing and financial education. After getting hit with a $79,000 tax bill from her wholesale real estate activities, Sally uncovered an incredible secret used by the mega-rich to save BIG on taxes. What she found led her down the rabbit hole into the realm of Spend thrift Trusts which have been tucked away in the tax code for over 100 years & used by families like the Rockefellers to shield assets and minimise taxes legally. KEY TAKEAWAYS I help US business owners save at least 90% on their Federal income taxes legally, year after year, generation after generation. In 43 states where there's state or personal income taxes, I help them save money too. That's money that can be used to pay off the mortgage, help a family member out, go on vacation, save for retirement, or give to charity.  The Rockefellers' trust is called The Office, they hire 26 CPAs (they can afford it), & it goes from generation to generation, it's complex, it's discretionary – meaning the trustee can make the rules for the beneficiary, someone who is not a beneficiary can sign up for the trust & the become a trustee for 5 minutes – someone at a law firm or myself can do this for them for free. It's has been in front of the Supreme Court twice & both times has been honoured. This is in the IRS tax code, it's legal but not many people know about it. The Rockefellers, DuPonts, Carnegies, OJ Simpson, Robin Williams, they all have a Spendthrift Trust meaning Robin Willimas' 3 grown children will pay no royalties for his TV shows, movies, comedy acts. If they can do this, everybody should do this. This comes from England hundreds of years ago, though it has a different name.  With the Spendthrift beneficial trust, if the average person joining my real estate group is a 56 year old man who is wholesaling or fixing & flipping a house & makes $50,000 on that deal & are on 24% filing jointly (1 of 7 tax bracket in the US), they will save over $12,000 on that first property. If they do 2 properties in one year, they pay for that trust for generation after generations. On the business trust side, I recommend someone who is making at least $80,000 gross, you will save about $17,000 a year or more depending on the state. BEST MOMENTS 'If the Rockefellers can do it, why can't Sally?!' ‘Since November, 5 of my businesspeople who have the business trust have started the beneficial trust because they were saving so much money that they wanted to start lending money to real estate investors.' ‘This is not taught in schools and universities. There are 1 million active attorneys, only 4% are trust attorneys who work for very well-healed people, I'm just trying to help the average person.'   ABOUT THE GUEST Sally Gimon, a seasoned Medicare broker turned real estate investor, epitomises the transformative power of financial literacy. Her journey began in late 2018, amidst personal challenges, when she pivoted to real estate investing to secure her future. Sally's acumen shone through as she wholesaled seven properties in 2019, erasing her debts & earning acclaim within her real estate community. However, a staggering tax bill in 2020 was a wake-up call that led her to a profound discovery: the Spendthrift Trust.  Sally delved into the strategies of the affluent, uncovering how such trusts could shield investors from hefty capital gains and other taxes while maintaining privacy & asset protection. Find out more about Spendthrift Trusts framework and approach and to reach out to Sally. You can find out more and set up a call with Sally here ABOUT THE HOST Sabine is a corporate strategist turned entrepreneur. She is the CEO and Managing Partner of Alchemy Crew, a venture lab that accelerates the curation, validation, & commercialization of new tech business models. Sabine is renowned within the insurance sector for building some of the most renowned tech startup accelerators around the world working with over 30 corporate insurers & accelerating over 100 startup ventures. Sabine is the co-editor of the bestseller The INSURTECH Book, a top 50 Women in Tech, a FinTech and InsurTech Influencer, an investor & multi-award winner.  Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Facebook  TikTok Email Website

I det här avsnittet gästas jag återigen av Hanzas grundare Erik Stenfors som för övrigt även grundat NOTE och Wonderful Times Group. Han sammanfattar det senaste kvartalet, det gångna året och berättar om förvärvet av Orbit One - det största förvärvet i bolagets historia. Hur påverkar sjöfartskrisen i Röda Havet och hur ser kapacitetsutnyttjandet ut just nu? Dessutom berättar han om hur bolaget är med och driver på renässansen för svensk tillverkningsindustri. Dessutom kommer vi in på lite AI och digitala tvillingar. Carnegies uppdragsanalys av HANZA finner du här: https://www.carnegie.se/en/commissioned-research/hanza/ Tidigare avsnitt av podden där Hanza gästat: Avsnitt 236 - https://soundcloud.com/investeraren/episod-236-lar-kanna-kontraktstillverkaren-hanza Avsnitt 270 - https://soundcloud.com/investeraren/episod-270-kontaktstillverkaren-hanza-berattar-om-nya-strategin-hanza-2025 Delikat lyssning på dig, Nicklas

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Vi träffar Carnegies vd, Tony Elofsson, för att höra mer om tankarna kring förvärvet av Pensers värdepappersrörelse och det framtida analysutbudet. Tillsammans kommer närmare 500 börsbolag att täckas, vilket innebär att ännu mer analys kan utlovas i Penserpodden framöver. Det händer mycket hos Carnegie nu och vi fick även möjlighet att fråga Tony om Montrose-projektet, Carnegies nya investeringsplattform. Ludvig Svensson går därefter igenom investeringscaset Calliditas Therapeutics, inte minst med avseende på försäljningsverksamheten i USA, triggers i närtid, slutligt godkännande i december samt hur man blir kassaflödespositiv under inledningen av 2024. Avslutningsvis presenteras en initierande analys av Svedbergs där analytiker Magnus Behm går igenom detta hundraåriga badrumsbolag. Svedbergs har inte bara vuxit betydligt genom förvärv, detta har även gett ett marginallyft. Vi går därtill igenom tankar kring byggkonjunktur, värdering samt tänkbara förvärv framåt. Podden leds av Alexander Gustafsson.

Nu har vi lagt skräcktober till handlingarna och välkomnar november med öppna armar. Det är trots allt den starkaste börsmånaden historiskt om vi tittar i backspegeln. Aktier sägs ju vara en vintersport och det finns en anledning till uttrycket, nu är det upp till bevis om det håller i år. Dessutom har vi nu öppnat upp möjligheten för dig att delta i Montrose by Carnegies testpanel där vi vill interagera med dig för att bygga morgondagens investeringsplattform. Svara på denna snabba enkät så hör vi av oss om du passar in på vår tilltänkta målgrupp https://montrosebycarnegie.typeform.com/to/V91djgWA?typeform-source=t.co Avkastning på dig, Nicklas

On today's episode we are talking about how employees' expectations of their companies have shifted, and how companies' mindsets might have to change to stay relevant.Joining us today is Chuck Hogan, Managing Partner at Your Best Life, an organization helping people to elevate finance, family, fitness and faith to maximize their Best Life through mentor strategizing, community and exclusive once in a lifetime experiences. His unique background of sales, business and relationship building gives him a rare perspective that enables him to successfully guide entrepreneurs, CEOS, and other top executives to new heights.Episode Highlights: Embrace Change and Possibility: The importance of embracing change and seeking possibilities, even when it means stepping out of your comfort zone. Staying in a confined space or routine can make one feel claustrophobic, especially for individuals who are free spirits or artists.Recognizing and Leveraging Skills: New-age leader managers are skilled at recognizing and leveraging their employees' unique talents, even if those talents aren't aligned with their passion. They encourage employees to mentor others and share their expertise.Patience and Job Satisfaction: The changing job landscape, where people switch jobs more frequently, may be due to a desire for continuous growth and a focus on self-expression.Balancing Scripted Experiences and Personality: The balance between scripted experiences in customer service and allowing employees to showcase their personalities. It emphasizes that effective communication goes beyond scripted words and involves factors like tone, energy, and intent.Rapid Technological Advancement: Technology is advancing at an unprecedented rate, causing information to become outdated quickly and changing the expectations of individuals entering the workforce.Shift in Aspirational Figures: Historical business figures like the Carnegies and Vanderbilts no longer serve as the primary role models for aspiring professionals due to the changing nature of work.Infinite Mindset and Just Causes: Younger generations are motivated by an infinite mindset, seeking just causes and movements that align with their values and being willing to make sacrifices for these causes.Impact on Company Culture and Communication: The shift towards more independent or contract-based work can impact company culture. Effective communication and understanding of individual personalities are essential for meeting employees' needs and expectations.Chuck's Top 3 Takeaways for the Audience:1.       Look in the mirror today and give appreciation to yourself. 2.     You don't need a better life; you just need different options. You don't “need” to shift, get to “choose” to shift. 3.     Get into the habit for time blocking. Set time aside for self-care. Your family and friends need the best of you, not what's left of you. How to Connect with Chuck:Your Best Life Website: www.YBLNow.comEmail: Chuck@YBLNow.comLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chuck-hogan-b8610148/

Welcome to January 17th, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate class acts and the real McCoy.  Born on January 17, 1922, Betty's White's talent was legendary. The Guinness World Records named her the female entertainer with the longest career in 2018. She first appeared in a 1939 radio broadcast at the age of 17, and for the next 82 years she never stopped. Her grace and charisma touched the world, while her endearing wit was featured in countless television shows and movies, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls and Hot in Cleveland. Last year National Day Calendar created National Classy Day in her honor. While it's been a whole year since her passing at age 99, we hope that her light never goes out.  Before Prohibition, Bill McCoy used to build yachts for people like the Carnegies and Vanderbilts. But once alcohol became illegal, he moved into another business. Smuggling. He built himself a ship with a motor fast enough to outrun the Coast Guard and with plenty of storage for carrying liquor into the United States. It even had a hidden machine gun just in case he needed to get out of trouble. A lot of the alcohol being served at the time was homemade and not very good. But if you were lucky enough to get your hands on some of the genuine alcohol that Bill smuggled in, then you knew you had the Real McCoy. Which is where we got the phrase. National Bootlegger's Day is celebrated on the day that Prohibition went into effect. It's also the birthday of legendary bootlegger, Al Capone.   I'm Anna Devere and I'm Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In this episode of Priority Status, Vice President, Marrissa Mallory uncovers the surprising secrets of the hotel that put Southern California on the map—Hotel del Coronado. She delves into the history of the grand Damme with "The Del's" Heritage Manager Gina Petrone, and learns what it's like to play host to celebrities and icons from Marilyn Monroe and Charlie Chaplin to Frank Sinatra and Al Pacino; Presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, and America's founding families including decades of Vanderbilts to Carnegies. The National Historic Landmark hotel—credited as the genesis the American beach vacation—has been serving up nostalgia to travelers far and wide for more than 130 years, and has completed big plans to ensure it preserves its prized nostalgia for generations of travelers to come.

Today I'm going to stray a little bit from the usual content because I promised that I would be talking about success secrets. And I always want to start with the basics. So for me, when I was a little kid, my dad was into personal growth and I guess that's why I'm still a personal growth junkie today. And he was always into personal development, and getting better and improving.  Let me share you some of the things I have learned all my years teaching for Dale Carnegie...stay tuned.

Brick-by-brick, crop-by-crop, farm-by-farm, today's crew of Black men did the unglamorous work to build an economic future for our people. They built an institution, an infrastructure and an entire new economy to revive the American South. They called him The Black President. He didn't ask for dignity and equal rights. He assumed them. Booker T. Washington convinced the Carnegies and Rockefellers to invest in the economic and political come-up of his people. And while we love W.E.B DuBois, young Dubois applied for a teaching job at Tuskegee. Don't get it twisted. Booker T. Washington was the most influential Black man of the turn of the century. And the smartest thing he did was invite a quiet-spoken genius to join his crew. At the turn of the century. Before cars were invented, Henry Ford was asking a black man named George Washington Carver for advice. Ford said Carver was “the greatest scientist in the world.” Time Magazine called him  “The Black Aristotle.” And Mahatma Gandhi praised Carter for feeding a nation. (And y'all talking'bout some peanuts.) Thomas Edison offered Carver  $100,000 to quit working with Washington and work in his lab. He said no. He was devoted to serving his people. They built Tuskegee. 700 acres of farmland, livestock, 27 vocations in industrial trades: farming, printing, wagon making, tailoring, brick laying. The students themselves built the 50-building campus - by hand. And the school has an endowment bigger than Harvard's at the time. True progress raging across the South until Washington raised his fist at The Atlanta Esposition - his full power on display - bringing the full backlash of Jim Crow terror, lynching and distraction. These men are the most misunderstood crew in Black history - and it may be intentional because when we get economic, industrial and agricultural power.  Listen. Today we try to understand. Both men were born into slavery.  How did they rise to such power? Let's talk about it. Disclaimer: We do not own the rights to the music or speech excepts reference or played during this broadcast. You can find original content that was referenced or played here:The Rubberband Man| The Spinners:https://open.spotify.com/track/13Mzsb8VzRSZ5w3pM48cn6?si=9584cLZQTm-56OcUToKeDw Will the Circle Be Unbroken | The Staple Singers:https://open.spotify.com/track/2XQlZQGMQKIElKRYSf5NWx?si=q4Nwb5yyTWOzZ5QYtkxhxQVisions of Sunset | Boyz II Men:https://open.spotify.com/track/6lQREztig1UKUHeyQhw7As?si=GtlyZfuHT2SH82aiFGTiAA