Geopolitical Economy Report

The historic re-election of President Lula da Silva in Brazil is a victory for BRICS, Palestine, Latin America, and the Global South, and a significant blow to the United States, Israel, and dollar hegemony. Ben Norton explains the major geopolitical and economic implications of Brazil's 2026 presidential election. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPszorpihmc Topics 0:00 Brazil's presidential election 0:30 Importance of Brazil 0:55 Lula vs Bolsonaro 2:01 Global South cooperation 3:13 Jair Bolsonaro coup attempt 4:52 Bolsonaros flee to USA 6:25 Brazil's state-owned oil industry 7:25 Rare earths & critical minerals 9:03 Summary 9:32 Lula's background 10:29 Rich landlords fund Bolsonaros 11:52 BRICS 13:03 US dollar dominance 13:59 Lula proposed BRICS currency 15:37 Latin American currency idea 16:42 US imperialism in Latin America 17:15 Trump's tariffs 18:28 US Big Tech meddling in Brazil 19:29 AI propaganda 20:19 Lula supports Palestine 20:54 Bolsonaros love Israel 22:30 Victory for Global South 23:22 Rare earth minerals in Brazil 24:56 USA makes new supply chain 27:06 Donroe Doctrine 28:58 Conclusion

US Big Tech corporations based in Silicon Valley are manipulating politics across the world. Meta and TikTok are censoring critics of Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the United States, while repressing protesters in Albania and blatantly meddling in Brazil's elections. Ben Norton explains how Meta censored Brazil's left-wing President Lula da Silva, while promoting far-right, US-backed candidate Flávio Bolsonaro. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk3bc6ms_B4 Topics 0:00 US oligarchy 0:41 Big Tech meddles in Brazil election 1:22 Big Tech meddles in Albania 2:08 TikTok censors Elon Musk documentary 2:58 Elon Musk tries to buy US elections 3:28 Musk documentary 3:54 Billionaire Larry Ellison takes over TikTok 4:52 Skydance: Paramount buys Warner Bros 5:31 Meta censors No Kings on Instagram 6:15 USA is an oligarchy 6:55 Albanian protesters censored by Meta 8:44 Trump family backs Albanian criminals 9:44 Trump frees Honduran narco-dictator 10:25 USA meddles in Brazil's election 10:49 Meta censored Lula's accounts 12:12 Why the US opposes Lula 12:43 Lula & BRICS challenge US dollar 13:46 Trump hits Brazil with tariffs 14:18 Jair Bolsonaro coup attempt 16:19 Flavio & Eduardo Bolsonaro 17:49 Bolsonaristas ask Trump to bomb Brazil 18:35 US-backed coups in Latin America 19:22 Elon Musk: "We will coup whoever" 20:13 Flavio Bolsonaro's promises to Trump 20:40 Brazil's Pix payment system 21:55 Silicon Valley fears regulation 22:46 Meta censors pro-Lula accounts 23:14 Bolsonaro hires US AI company 24:33 AI fake social media accounts 27:51 US imperialism in Latin America 28:55 Donroe Doctrine 30:05 New era of AI coups

Global public opinion has rapidly shifted and polls show Israel is now the most unpopular country on Earth. So Israeli regime officials are becoming even more desperate and extreme. A top Israeli official who led the IDF's military intelligence directorate published a white paper outlining plans for never-ending war, in a "permanent Israeli-Arab conflict". The report explicitly opposes peace, calling it "weakness". It says a "peace agreement is unattainable" and insists "no solution is possible", only endless conflict and colonization. Ben Norton reports. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z5--p8bhp4 Topics 0:00 Israel is most disliked country on Earth 1:06 Most Americans disapprove of Israel 2:10 International recognition of Palestine 2:29 Israel rejects a Palestinian state 3:11 Israel is an apartheid regime 3:38 Israeli colonialism 4:21 Israel lays out its plan 5:51 Israel calls for permanent war 6:47 Israel opposes peace 8:15 Israel seeks to destabilize Arab neighbors 9:52 Hypocrisy of settler-colonialism 10:58 Plan: "permanent Israeli-Arab conflict" 12:23 Official: "no solution is possible" 13:09 Israel wants to take more territory 14:45 Nuclear weapons threat 15:25 Israel openly opposes democracy 17:15 Neo-fascism 18:37 Declining US support 19:54 Israel can't fight without US weapons 21:56 Fall of apartheid South Africa 23:12 Poll: most Americans oppose Israel 24:29 Young Americans dislike Israel 25:22 Desperation of Israeli regime

The US government has called to revive Western domination of the planet. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a speech in Greece that openly praised colonialism and erased history. He claimed the West is "the greatest civilization in the world" and insisted it must "maintain its place at the head of the world". Ben Norton explains how the idea of a unified "Western civilization" is a political myth used to justify imperialism. He fact-checks Rubio's remarks and provides important historical context that the Donald Trump administration refuses to acknowledge. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iPKlFKY_F8 Topics 0:00 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on Western civilization 0:33 USA wants West to dominate world 1:47 Marco Rubio speech in Athens 2:57 (CLIP) Rubio: West must dominate world 3:56 The "Clash of Civilizations" narrative 7:06 Trump admin erases history 7:51 Colonization of the Americas 9:05 (CLIP) Rubio praises colonialism 10:00 Native Americans erased by US govt 10:33 Double standards on imperialism 12:33 Rubio demonizes Iran 13:04 Greece is not "Western" 14:02 Christianity and East-West Schism 15:09 Russia, the West, and NATO 16:01 Western civilization is a political myth 17:42 Rearmament of Europe 18:17 (CLIP) Rubio on militarization of EU 18:44 Christian nationalism 19:55 Using Christianity to support imperialism 21:33 Religion in Ancient Greece 22:15 Church persecution of scientists 23:29 Christian attack on Ancient Greece/Rome 24:18 Islamic Golden Age 24:41 European book-burning 25:22 Western chauvinism is ridiculous 26:43 Rubio identifies with Spain, not Cuba 30:26 (CLIP) Rubio's pro-colonialist speech 32:06 Latin America's right-wing elites 33:33 What is the "West"? A political construct 35:09 Trump admin's extreme imperialism 35:52 (CLIP) Rubio condemns anti-colonialists 37:06 USA wants to reverse decolonization 38:32 Real goal of US foreign policy

The US war against Iran is expanding into a regional conflict. Saudi Arabia restarted its war in Yemen against the Houthis (officially known as Ansarallah), the political movement that governs 80% of the Yemeni population. Pakistan and Turkey (Türkiye) have joined the war. Syria supports it. Ben Norton explains how this crisis is growing, why the Donald Trump administration is fueling it, and how it is further destabilizing the oil market and global economy. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK9KxLbKuYk Topics 0:00 War on Yemen starts again 0:22 Pakistan joins Saudi war 1:11 Turkey joins war 1:57 Syria backs war on Yemen 2:23 USA helps Saudi bomb Yemen 3:14 What is happening in Yemen? 3:37 Who are the Houthis (Ansarallah)? 5:05 Revolution on 21 September 2014 5:30 Map of Yemen war territory 6:04 Saudi Arabia controls south Yemen 6:55 Yemen's Saudi puppet "presidents" 9:06 UAE loses proxy war with Saudi 10:53 War crimes 12:15 Goals of US-Saudi war on Yemen 12:49 Bab al-Mandab Strait 14:43 Strait of Hormuz 15:15 Largest oil crisis in history 16:21 Why Ansarallah blockaded Saudi 17:54 EU supports Saudi monarchy 19:36 Attack on Saudi oil pipeline 21:05 Oil prices skyrocket 22:09 Shipping costs break records 23:27 Heating oil price up 80% 25:02 US attacks on Yemen in 2025 26:59 USA could not defeat Ansarallah 28:48 US-Saudi war on Yemen (2015) 31:21 New war could help Ansarallah 32:49 This war affects entire world