US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered an overtly pro-colonialist speech at the Munich Security Conference in which he praised "the great Western empires" and said North America and Europe should unite to recolonize the Global South. Ben Norton reports on the increasing desperation of the imperialist West as its global dominance declines. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mWRy7A1cJI Topics 0:00 (CLIP) Marco Rubio praises colonialism 1:13 From colonialism to decolonization 2:17 Western colonies today 3:24 USA wants to reverse decolonization 4:30 Marco Rubio's pro-colonialist speech 6:06 (CLIP) Rubio loves "great Western empires" 6:58 Demonizing anti-colonial movements 7:55 (CLIP) US plan to reverse West's decline 8:57 (CLIP) Erasing colonial crimes 9:32 Proud of colonialism 10:21 (CLIP) "Purported sins" of colonialism 10:37 Crimes of Western colonialism 11:39 (CLIP) Armies fight for "civilization" 11:49 EU leaders applaud colonialist speech 12:31 (CLIP) EU standing ovation for Rubio 12:40 Western media coverage 13:16 Munich Security Conference (MSC) 13:43 (CLIP) Europe's colonial "sigh of relief" 14:15 Defeat of European colonialism 14:57 US imperial message to Global South 15:58 (CLIP) "Western civilization" 16:30 Western civilization built on colonialism 17:00 (CLIP) Trump invites Europe to join 17:15 Rubio identifies as European, not Cuban 18:28 (CLIP) Rubio praises European colonizers 19:21 (CLIP) Rubio's ancestry in Italy & Spain 20:07 Capitalism vs anti-imperialist socialism 21:26 (CLIP) Anti-communism unites West 22:47 Cold War Two against China 23:42 New supply chain to cut out China 25:26 (CLIP) "Western supply chain" 25:49 US goal: reverse decolonization 26:19 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi 27:05 China opposes imperialism 27:42 China's speech at MSC 28:38 Need to reform the UN 29:36 Equality for countries 30:20 China opposes new cold war 30:59 Multipolar world based on sovereignty 32:34 Global South is rising 33:13 US empire wants global dictatorship 33:49 USA vs China: polar opposites 35:18 Outro

The Donald Trump administration has imposed an extreme oil blockade to prevent Cuba from getting fuel from any country. Marco Rubio wants to collapse the economy, causing millions of civilians to starve and suffer in order to overthrow the revolutionary Cuban government. Ben Norton explains the monstrous history of US imperialism and its siege of Cuba. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ykeYsIRqKQ Topics 0:00 US oil blockade of Cuba 1:09 USA starves Cuban women & children 2:23 Interview with Cuban mother 3:57 Far-right Miami Congress members 4:40 Shutting down Cuba's free universities 5:41 US blockade is illegal 6:06 Trump threatens tariffs on oil sellers 6:40 US empire attacks international law 7:48 US war on Cuban Revolution 8:08 Goal: "Hunger, desperation, & overthrow" 9:29 Trump's war on Cuba 10:25 (CLIP) Marco Rubio wants regime change 10:58 Marco Rubio, warmonger in chief 12:42 Miami Mafia wants to exploit Cuba 13:16 Narco Rubio's links to drugs 15:12 Trump admin attacks Cuba 16:13 Trump executive order on Cuba 17:05 Monroe to Donroe Doctrine 17:57 Russia vows to send Cuba oil 18:43 USA seizes oil tankers 19:26 (CLIP) Trump vows to steal oil tankers 20:09 China supports Cuba 21:30 US-China trade 22:01 Will Brazil help Cuba? 22:34 Mexico is in a tough spot 23:35 US attack on Venezuela 24:26 World opposes US embargo (UN votes) 26:12 US threatens secondary sanctions 27:28 How the embargo works 29:24 Gains of the Cuban Revolution 30:56 Extremist Miami Congress members 31:36 US politicians call to asphyxiate Cuba 32:06 US corporate colonization 33:33 US imperialism 34:24 Outro

The USA is waging a new cold war on China, and trying to recruit countries in the Asia-Pacific region to join it. Vietnam refuses, and is making plans for a potential second war with the United States. Ben Norton explains the complex geopolitics of Southeast Asia and the US empire's strategy. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NncakfDmrxU Topics 0:00 Cold War Two against China 1:00 Vietnam's "bamboo diplomacy" 2:18 Vietnam prepares for new war with USA 4:07 US-Vietnam relations 5:38 Fears of US interventionism 7:22 US National Security Strategy 8:10 Monroe (Donroe) Doctrine 9:08 US "Indo-Pacific" strategy 10:55 US imperialism 12:51 China-Vietnam relations 13:38 Non-Aligned Movement 14:10 BRICS 14:49 Vietnam's economy: GDP 15:38 Incomes in Vietnam 16:54 Investment-led growth 17:44 Vietnam's manufacturing exports 18:18 Socialist market economy 19:30 Vietnam's "Four Nos" policy 20:51 Vietnam's "2nd US Invasion Plan" 23:48 US-backed "color revolution" fears 25:03 Shift in US imperial strategy 27:17 Divide and conquer 28:24 Trump, Biden, Obama 29:07 Vietnam & China share vision 30:02 China & Vietnam deepen ties 30:43 China-Vietnam conflict 32:21 ASEAN 33:28 Thailand foreign policy 34:41 Southeast Asian model 35:39 Outro

The United States is waging medieval economic war. Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran is "designed to collapse its already buckling economy", boasted Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Ben Norton explains how the US is trying to suffocate Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba by collapsing their currencies and causing extreme inflation, using illegal sanctions and blockades. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AQWr6Rtybg Topics 0:00 Economic war 1:02 USA has sanctioned 1/3rd of countries 1:40 Sanctions kill 560,000 people per year 2:46 US sanctions on Iran 3:54 Trump threatens to bomb Iran (again) 5:20 Map of US troops in Middle East 6:58 Economic war against Iran 8:21 (CLIP) Scott Bessent: "Collapse" Iran 10:17 (CLIP) Bessent: Crash Iran currency 11:13 (CLIP) Bessent: Stop Iran oil exports 11:34 Dollar hegemony & financial system 12:33 "Making Iran broke again" 13:09 Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman 14:20 Inflation & US sanctions on Iran 20:40 Goal: "hunger, desperation and overthrow" 22:25 "Make the economy scream" 23:15 More US sanctions 23:50 UN experts: US sanctions are illegal 25:25 How to help the Iranian people 26:29 Outro

Donald Trump's attacks on longtime US "allies" have forced Western leaders to admit their warmongering foreign policy was hypocritical. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said the truth in his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos: the "rules-based order" was "false". Ben Norton explains how the global balance of power is shifting. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTH_rx1mpfE Check out our related video on Europe improving its relations with China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpngJ3tC7Xw Topics 0:00 Hypocrisy of Western foreign policy 1:05 "Rules-based international order" 1:27 Donald Trump, arch-imperialist 3:00 Canada PM Mark Carney Davos speech 3:42 "Middle powers" fear US attacks 5:42 (CLIP) Multilateralism is under threat 6:04 Double standards on international law 6:35 (CLIP) "Rules-based order" was false 6:58 US unipolar domination 7:28 (CLIP) Defending "American hegemony" 7:41 Financial system & US dollar 8:34 (CLIP) Rupture, not transition 9:13 West's exploitation of Global South 9:36 Canada's complicity in imperialism 9:56 Gaza, Palestine, Israel 10:31 Canada sells weapons to Israel 11:54 Canada's whitewashed reputation 12:22 Canada's hypocritical UN votes 13:47 West votes against rest of world 14:21 Canadian conservatives 15:03 Imperial hypocrisy 15:36 USA supports Canadian separatists 16:33 (CLIP) If not at table, on the menu 16:48 Partners in crime 17:34 Macron's message to Trump 18:38 New phase of imperialism 19:38 Sovereignty: Westphalian system 20:40 Decolonization 21:11 Neocolonialism 22:08 Mark Carney's trip to China 23:09 Trump threatens Canada over China 23:51 Canada's trade dependence on USA 24:26 Oil exports 24:59 Canada's oil pipelines 25:49 Chinese car industry investments 27:41 Reducing dependency 28:06 European leaders visit China 28:30 "Human rights" hypocrisy 29:07 EU relations with China 29:32 Outro

As Donald Trump hits the EU with tariffs and threatens to colonize Greenland (an autonomous territory of NATO member Denmark), European leaders are improving relations with China and seeking new trade partners. Is this the end of the political West and the transatlantic alliance? Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpngJ3tC7Xw Topics 0:00 Western alliance & US empire 0:59 NATO 2:04 Cold War One 2:42 Rise of China 4:20 Cold War Two 5:11 Europe's trade with China 5:33 Trump strategy: exploit Europe 6:55 Why Trump wants Greenland 8:18 Critical minerals & rare earths 9:37 End of NATO? 10:28 UK PM Keir Starmer visits China 11:07 Europe improves China relations 11:39 Trump threatens Europe over China 12:26 Splits with European Union 13:10 German industry 14:44 Would a Democrat repair EU ties? 15:46 EU trade deal with India 16:25 EU agreement with Mercosur 17:06 EU trade dependence on USA 17:50 UK trade dependence on USA 18:13 Canada trade dependence on USA 19:04 Canada PM Mark Carney visits China 19:33 US military presence in Europe 21:02 EU energy dependency 21:38 US oil exports to EU 22:06 US LNG exports to EU 23:41 EU dependence on US technology 25:52 Artificial intelligence (AI) 26:35 US Big Tech companies 27:05 EU card: ASML machines 28:09 Will EU dump US financial assets? 28:54 European holdings of US assets 29:56 US bond market vulnerability 30:58 Trump threatens "big retaliation" 32:30 INSTEX & US sanctions 34:12 Merkel & Macron promised EU army 35:02 Strategic autonomy? 35:37 Vassals of US empire 36:40 Change will be slow 37:33 Independence would be good 38:26 Outro

The Donald Trump administration is waging a war against all multilateral institutions and international law itself. He withdrew the US from most global organizations and created a "Board of Peace" as an alternative to the UN that is entirely controlled by the USA. Ben Norton explains the imperialist strategy to impose unipolar hegemony on the world. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3nGsmSI3EQ Topics 0:00 New phase of imperialism 1:17 US war on international law 2:03 US colonial expansionism 3:05 USA withdraws from international orgs 4:30 Board of Peace: Trump's UN alternative 6:27 Board of Peace isn't about Gaza 7:39 Board members: US officials & oligarchs 9:10 Most countries reject invitation 10:04 Trump didn't invite Africa 11:10 China opposes US-led world order 12:08 Trump's US unipolar pay-to-play plan 13:25 USA attacks Canada over China deal 15:19 Importance of international law 17:20 UN Charter upholds sovereignty 18:27 Goal of US imperialism 19:34 Outro

So-called "peace president" Donald Trump has bombed 10 countries, more than any other US leader. He attacked 7 countries in 2025 alone. Now he wants to raise the USA's military budget to $1.5 trillion. Ben Norton explains how the self-declared "peacemaker" is waging war around the world. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Div95RNXX0M Topics 0:00 Donald Trump's promises 0:13 (CLIP) Trump: I'm a "peacemaker" 0:50 Trump promises no new wars 1:14 (CLIP) "I'm going to stop wars" 1:27 Trump bombed 7 countries in 2025 1:50 Map of 10 countries Trump bombed 2:49 US presidents are war criminals 4:06 Post-9/11 US wars: 4.5 million deaths 5:01 Trump the "peace president" 5:51 Joe Biden, war criminal 6:09 Trump, war criminal 6:50 Victims of US attack on Venezuela 8:26 US Department of War 9:06 Pete Hegseth threatens China, Russia 9:36 Trump's $1.5 trillion military budget 10:25 Military spending by top countries 11:09 Share of world defense spending 12:13 US national debt 14:26 Cut taxes on rich, raise on poor 15:41 Elon Musk's DOGE 16:28 Food stamp cuts 16:58 Class war 17:21 Money buys US elections 17:54 (CLIP) Trump praises Big Tech oligarchs 18:17 Imperialism 18:48 Outro

When Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gave her Nobel "Peace" Prize to warmonger Donald Trump to thank him for bombing her country, it showed how the prize is a tool of war that serves Western foreign policy interests. The winner is very often a US-funded regime-change activist who tries to overthrow independent governments deemed "authoritarian" by NATO. Ben Norton reports. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ow1WRl0Axw Topics 0:00 Trump gets prize from Venezuela's Machado 2:12 Trump has bombed 10 countries 3:01 Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite 3:52 Nobel Peace Prize serves US foreign policy 4:39 Henry Kissinger, war criminal 5:42 Barack Obama, war criminal & Nobel laureate 7:07 Nobel Peace Prize: regime-change tool 9:07 Prize money 9:46 National Endowment for Democracy (NED) 11:07 Philippines' pro-US "dissident" 12:54 Russian pro-US "dissident" 14:33 Ukraine & neocons 15:36 Anti-Russian groups 16:23 Anti-Soviet "dissident" 16:51 Belarusian pro-US "dissident" 18:09 Iranian pro-US "dissident" 19:26 Iranian pro-US, pro-war activist 22:07 War is peace: US empire über alles 22:54 Iranian Revolution & imperialism 23:19 USA supports protests in Iran 26:15 NED continues under Trump & Rubio 27:24 China targeted by USA 28:07 Chinese pro-US "dissident" 29:11 US gov't links to Human Rights Watch 30:02 "Color revolution" attempt 31:21 Pro-colonialist fanatic Liu Xiaobo 34:53 Far-right warmonger Solzhenitsyn 35:59 Jean-Paul Sartre rejected Nobel Prize 36:56 Dalai Lama & CIA support 38:22 Nobel "Peace" Prize for war 39:07 Outro

The US government is openly backing the violent protests in Iran. An Israeli media outlet admitted foreign powers are arming Iranian rioters with weapons to try to overthrow the government. Ben Norton explains the geopolitical context and why the USA has sought regime change ever since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS4_eu-TF68 Topics 0:00 (CLIP) Trump supports Iran protests 0:11 Riots in Iran 0:42 Israeli media on arming Iranian 'protesters' 1:49 US-backed regime change attempt 3:14 (CLIP) Trump pushes Iran regime change 3:41 Trump threatens to attack Iran (again) 5:15 CIA coup in Iran in 1953 5:56 Crimes of US-backed shah 6:50 Iranian Revolution 7:53 US imperialism: Wolfowitz Doctrine 8:43 Geopolitics of Middle East (West Asia) 10:12 Iran: BRICS, SCO, China, Russia 11:14 US plans to 'remake Middle East' 12:18 (CLIP) Wesley Clark: 7 countries in 5 years 12:56 Trump's threats against Iran 14:52 Trump spreads fake news 15:24 Trump threatens tariffs 16:21 Trump: "take over [Iranian] institutions" 17:23 US withdraws troops from Qatar 18:06 US plans to attack Iran 19:20 'Protesters' burn down buildings 21:22 Iran 'protesters' have weapons 22:58 Similarities to Syria & Libya 25:15 USA backs Iranian 'crown prince' 27:49 (CLIP) 'Crown prince': "This is a war" 29:31 Sacrifices to empire 30:24 Israel supports Iranian 'crown prince' 31:25 Mike Pompeo: Mossad supports protests 32:30 US boasts of 'maximum pressure' 33:06 US sanctions devastate Iranian economy 34:47 Outro

Donald Trump claims he will "run" Venezuela, after he bombed it and abducted President Nicolás Maduro. However, his plan makes no sense -- and will likely blow back on the USA. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez is still independent, and not cutting off China. US sanctions devastated Venezuela's oil infrastructure, and its heavy crude is expensive to produce -- and US companies do not see it as profitable enough, amid a global supply glut. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbpdfPK8jVE Topics 0:00 US attack on Venezuela 0:49 (CLIP) Trump: USA will "run the country" 1:31 Two main US demands for Venezuela 2:20 Chavista government is intact 3:21 Oil corporations are skeptical 4:57 Trump's oil deal with Venezuela 7:44 US oil industry benefits rich elites 8:27 China, Russia, Iran, Cuba ties 10:08 USA wants heavy crude 10:46 Economic war 11:53 Marco Rubio targets Cuba 12:24 China and Venezuelan oil 13:02 Pete Hegseth threatens China & Russia 13:44 US seizes Russian-flagged tanker 14:16 Trump wants $1.5 trillion military budget 14:58 Trump bombed 7 countries in 2025 15:20 China's oil imports by country 17:43 Imperialist Monroe/Donroe Doctrine 18:21 Desperation of declining US empire 19:12 International law & UN Charter 20:19 China: South America's top trading partner 21:17 Forcing Venezuela to buy US products 22:07 Latin America exports 23:56 US is trade competitor with Latin America 25:24 US National Security Strategy 26:03 Pressure to cut ties with China 27:30 Geopolitics vs trade 28:45 USA threatens Venezuelan officials 30:30 Opposition leader María Corina Machado 32:56 Acting President Delcy Rodríguez 35:03 Delcy Rodríguez reaffirms China support 36:02 Trump will not have a US colony 37:40 Chevron deal in Venezuela 40:38 Sanctions exemptions in oil sector 41:53 US sanctions devastated oil industry 44:02 US purchases of Venezuelan oil 45:14 US imports heavy crude 46:25 US oil refineries want heavy crude 47:50 Oil companies say it's "uninvestable" 48:37 Oil deal possible, but not colonialism 49:42 High cost of Venezuelan crude 52:34 Global oil supply glut 53:34 US oil companies want gov't benefits 54:13 Destructive US interventions 56:47 Outro