Is a Multipolar World the Answer to U.S. Imperialism? w/ Vijay Prashad
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Published 2021-10-25
To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and author of “Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations.”
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0:00 Intro
1:37 Unipolar vs multipolar: What does it all mean?
4:09 How did the US come to dominate the world?
6:06 Why is US power beginning to wane?
6:58 Why is the US so threatened by multipolarity?
13:40 What is the Group of Friends In Defense of the UN Charter?
15:41 The other international community
21:34 What is the Shanghai Cooperation Council?
26:50 Are we entering a new era of pushback against imperialism?
30:49 An assertive Russia, a rising China and the pivot to Asia
43:42 Dangerous and desperate US actions to resist a multipolar world
51:48 What are the limitations of this rising multipolarism?
57:28 How should the western left approach this shift in the global order?
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All Comments (21)
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The more you learn about geopolitics, the more you realized US is the root of all troubles.
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dang！ Vijay is my guy, he represents the so called third world. Our voice needs to be heard n spread around by a decent scholar like him! Thank u Vijay
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US: "We are all about democracy! As long as you don't choose to run your country without our approval then you can run your country any way you want!"
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Love to see Vijay becoming a regular, more people in the US need to hear from him! He's brilliant, clear and so passionate!
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Vijay is a hero of mine ! Love to see him regularly on breakthrough news
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If only there are more people like Vijay the world would definitely be a much better place by standing up to US and the so called western alliances .
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Amazing guest, Vijay Prashad is incredibly wise and knowledgeable. I hope lots of people will see this interview! 💗🤗
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Excellent break down my Friends. I fully support an Anti-Militarism paradigm shift. 🌍🙌
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there's no "best system" across the globe, every country should make policies based on their own people and culture, and select leaders based on meritocracy.
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Whenever Vijay starts to speak: Buckle in, LISTEN and LEARN !
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Vijay Prashad is an excellent guest in your program Break Through News regarding unilateral and multilateral. Mr Prashad gave us quite a lesson on the history of world politics.
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Great interview, this guy knows what he is talking about.
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Great episode and interview Rania. I love your show. Vijay is the best too. One of the great things about China and Russia is they have militaries that the u.s. fears. That is powerful as the u.s. knows it can only go so far.
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One thing that moves me is that Vijay Prashad said: We cannot just anti anti something. We must know what you are for. We need to have something we stand for.
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12:47 The US rules based international order: 1) Do as we say, not as we do. 2) If you are not with us, you are against us. 3) USA 4) USA 5) USA
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Vijay is absolutely 💯 👌 🔥 🤓📖✅👏🥇☝. Him and proff Richard Wolff, Martin Jacques, John Ross, Jeff Sachs. They are ALL brilliant....and CORRECT.
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Another great piece from the very lovely, informed and insightful host, very clever, captivating, sage like interviewee
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Vijay for UN Secretary General ✊
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i enjoyed this conversation, thank you. one thing that also clear is that most countries are actually looking up to china because China is quietly investing in every country country. China does not lecture countries how to lead, China does not preach democracy. just invest and most countries seem to respond to that. US is still fixed on its old policy. You should really visit Europe and also Africa and chat with people and spend time , soon you figure out how sick people are with the US foreign policy.
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Yes. Vijay and Rania again!
