Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: US Dominance Is Crumbling… Here’s Why Iran Matters
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Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: US Dominance Is Crumbling… Here’s Why Iran Matters

US dominance is crumbling as a war of choice against Iran backfires, accelerating a global economic collapse and the formation of a new anti-imperialist world order.

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Pepe Escobar & Larry C. Johnson: US-Israel HIT Tehran, Iran DESTROYS Tel Aviv, Hezbollah NOW Joins
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Pepe Escobar & Larry C. Johnson: US-Israel HIT Tehran, Iran DESTROYS Tel Aviv, Hezbollah NOW Joins

This episode details a simulated, rapidly escalating war where US and Israeli attacks on Iran lead to devastating Iranian retaliation, crippling US military presence in the Gulf, devastating Israel, and collapsing global economic stability.

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Larry C. Johnson & Col. Larry Wilkerson: Iran-US Talks on the Edge, War Could Break Out ANY MOMENT!
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Larry C. Johnson & Col. Larry Wilkerson: Iran-US Talks on the Edge, War Could Break Out ANY MOMENT!

Two former intelligence and military officials argue that the US is on the brink of an ill-conceived war with Iran, severely underestimating Iranian, Russian, and Chinese capabilities while overestimating its own.

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Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: Oil Markets on Edge: Persian Gulf & Red Sea Threat Intensifies
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Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: Oil Markets on Edge: Persian Gulf & Red Sea Threat Intensifies

Economists Richard D. Wolff and Michael Hudson dissect the incoherence of Trump's tariff policies, the shifting global power dynamics, and the underlying economic motivations behind US foreign policy in the Middle East and Europe.

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Stanislav Krapivnik: It’s Happening:Iran Deploys Heavy Weapons as US Rushes Everything to the Region
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Stanislav Krapivnik: It’s Happening:Iran Deploys Heavy Weapons as US Rushes Everything to the Region

An analyst details Iran's significantly upgraded air defense, integrated with Russian and Chinese systems, and exposes critical vulnerabilities in US military strategy and logistics in the event of a conflict.

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Mark Sleboda: The Axis is Rising? China and Russia Just Armed Iran to the Teeth
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Mark Sleboda: The Axis is Rising? China and Russia Just Armed Iran to the Teeth

Mark Sleboda details how the US and Israel are facing a closing window for military action against Iran, as Russia and China bolster Iran's defenses, shifting the regional power balance and risking a high-stakes, inconclusive conflict.

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Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: Oil Prices About to Surge? Persian Gulf & Red Sea Threat
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Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: Oil Prices About to Surge? Persian Gulf & Red Sea Threat

Despite mainstream media predictions of war and oil price surges, financial markets remain surprisingly stable, yet analysts warn of a US foreign policy shift towards military colonialism and a potentially catastrophic 'final overreach' in Iran.

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Amb. Chas Freeman: The Policies Quietly HURTING America… Just Went LOUD
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Amb. Chas Freeman: The Policies Quietly HURTING America… Just Went LOUD

Ambassador Chas Freeman dissects how domestic issues like the Epstein file are used as foreign policy distractions, exposing the true objectives behind US-Iran tensions and the shifting global power dynamics.

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Larry C. Johnson & Col. Larry Wilkerson: The New Axis? Russia, Iran War Shield & China’s WARNING
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Larry C. Johnson & Col. Larry Wilkerson: The New Axis? Russia, Iran War Shield & China’s WARNING

The US's attempts to coerce Iran through military posturing and economic warfare are failing, as Iran, backed by a coordinating Russia and China, exposes the declining efficacy of US power and accelerates a new global financial order.

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Andrei Martyanov: IT’S OVER: Iran & Russia Just Made Their Boldest Move Yet
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Andrei Martyanov: IT’S OVER: Iran & Russia Just Made Their Boldest Move Yet

Andrei Martyanov asserts that US military capabilities are severely overstated, rendering it a 'paper tiger' incapable of a serious confrontation with Iran, while Russia and China actively support Iran's strategic positioning against Western pressure.

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Col. Jacques Baud: EU Drops a Bombshell While NATO Faces Serious Trouble
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Col. Jacques Baud: EU Drops a Bombshell While NATO Faces Serious Trouble

Colonel Jacques Baud dissects how the US's aggressive pursuit of Greenland for strategic resources, coupled with Europe's self-inflicted energy dependency and 'Russia-centric' foreign policy, is fracturing NATO and weakening the West while empowering Russia and China.

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