Timeline:
00:00 — Israel and Hamas: The Limits of Military Strategy
01:19 — Israel and Iran: The Risks of Escalation
04:11 — Israel, the U.S., and the Shiite Factor
08:23 — Support for Israel in U.S. Politics
12:49 — Iran, China, and BRICS in the Global Game
Description:
Straight outta Moscow - on the week of the 4th anniversary of the SMO.
None other than Lt Gen Apti Alaudinov, 38 - the youngest top General in Russia's modern history.
The SMO and beyond - as in the possible attack on Iran - seen by the ultimate warrior-intellectual insider.
Timeline:
00:00 Moscow intel - the US may strike Iran as soon as today
02:16 Gen. Alaudinov: why Trump wants this war and how it could backfire
04:44 Who’s pushing the US into conflict - Israel’s role and the “regional takedown” plan
06:48 Iran resisted internal pressure - “sleeper cells” failed
08:38 Global silence before a bigger war - risk of WW3 and nuclear escalation
10:47 Russia and Iran on the same side? what support could look like
13:48 “Talks are theater” why Moscow still plays along
17:23 A blow against BRICS and the dollar - what this conflict is really about
18:25 Epstein files and elite kompromat - who “has the West on a button”
26:23 The key lesson from the Ukraine war: drones, robots, and information warfare
Description:
Pepe Escobar joins the show to discuss reports of US Navy in retreat as Iran's war maneuvers send Trump scrambling for a face saving move. Meanwhile, Russia & BRICS are engaging in naval drills themselves as the risk of global confrontation enters a new phase. What is the impact of Trump's Iran Nightmare on the world?
Description:
Ali Alizadeh of @JedaalEnglish joins the program to outline Trump's attack options, Iran's response plan, and the confrontation already underway that has the world bracing for catastrophic war.
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Even as US naval assets and fighter jets deploy to the Middle East, Iran's defiant stand against Trump has delayed a US attack, and the empire of chaos is getting desperate. Geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar joins to dive deep into the massive implications of the latest war drive against Iran and its impact on the region, Russia & BRICS.
Description:
Historian and author Vijay Prashad joins India & Global Left to discuss the growing U.S. and Israeli escalations — from Gaza and Palestine to Venezuela — and whether BRICS is willing or able to confront imperialism.
We explore how the United States projects military, financial, and media power across the Global South, the limits of BRICS solidarity, and what a genuine anti-imperialist front might look like in today’s multipolar world.
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The discussion criticizes recent European and U.S. approaches to the Ukraine war, describing them as unrealistic and self-defeating. Colonel Doug McGregor argues that European leaders—Macron, Starmer, Tusk, von der Leyen—are “globalists” pursuing policies that worsen domestic crises while demanding a military victory in Ukraine that is impossible. He says Russia’s security concerns have been ignored, while Western governments escalate without prospects of success. Meanwhile, Europe faces economic insolvency and political instability.
Globally, McGregor notes a split into two blocs: the West (U.S. and Europe) becoming isolated, and the rest of the world (China, Russia, BRICS, Global South) building alternative financial and trade systems backed by commodities. He criticizes Washington for clinging to outdated hegemony and treating China’s Belt and Road as a threat rather than an opportunity.
Trump’s calls for Europe to stop buying Russian oil and to pressure China are dismissed as unrealistic. Zelensky continues to demand stronger sanctions on Russia and U.S. air cover for Ukraine, but McGregor views this as a prescription for escalation and potentially catastrophic war.
Description:
China just dropped a BRICS bombshell on Trump at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and the consequences for the US dollar are devastating. Analysts Carl Zha, Dr. Warwick Powell, and Dr. Da Wei (coming from Beijing) break down the explosion of the new multipolar world order in recent days and what it means for the waning hegemony of the US and the dollar.
Description:
Putin & China just dropped a huge BRICS bombshell on Trump says geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar, and it's devastating the US dollar in unexpected ways. Trump's war on BRICS just backfired and everything is about to change.
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