Moderate Rebels

Puerto Rican public workers are protesting the neoliberal policies imposed by US colonialism and Washington's unelected Financial Oversight and Management Board. I speak with Ángel Rodríguez Rivera, president of the Puerto Rican Association of University Professors, about how teachers are rising up, after the minimum wage hasn't increased in 13 years. VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=hCKxWXuEYUc [https://youtube.com/watch?v=hCKxWXuEYUc]

With a diplomatic boycott by Western governments, corporate media propaganda has demonized China over the 2022 Winter Olympics. Britain's Financial Times openly declared, "Beijing Winter Olympics: the new front line in the US-China cold war." Actual China expert Carl Zha joins Multipolarista to pick apart the propaganda and explain what's really happening. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tysrspp7KOU [https://youtube.com/watch?v=tysrspp7KOU] Follow Carl on Twitter at https://twitter.com/CarlZha [https://twitter.com/CarlZha] You can support Carl's Silk and Steel Podcast on Patreon at https://patreon.com/silknsteel [https://patreon.com/silknsteel]

After meeting in Beijing, China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin released a lengthy joint statement clarifying the ideological divisions of the new cold war: Eurasian calls for multipolarity, cooperation, sovereignty, and “redistribution of power in the world” against US unipolar hegemony and interventionism. Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/02/07/china-russia-multipolar-historic-meeting [https://multipolarista.com/2022/02/07/china-russia-multipolar-historic-meeting] VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=c0JaOHa0qOM [https://youtube.com/watch?v=c0JaOHa0qOM]

Mainstream human rights organization Amnesty International has come out publicly and said that "Israeli authorities must be held accountable for committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians," and that Israel's "cruel system of domination" amounts to a "crime against humanity." We discuss this report with Ali Abunimah, journalist and editor of the Electronic Intifada. VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=-wfk4QVPwP8 [https://youtube.com/watch?v=-wfk4QVPwP8] Follow Ali on Twitter at: twitter.com/AliAbunimah [https://twitter.com/AliAbunimah] Electronic Intifada website: electronicintifada.net [https://electronicintifada.net]

Journalist Rania Khalek talks about her reporting trip to Ethiopia, where armed group the TPLF is waging war on the central government, apparently with Western support, and Eritrea, one of the world's most sanctioned countries. We discuss the geopolitical importance of the Horn of Africa, and how the area has been affected by the US new cold war on China.   PART 2 OF 2   VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=LZ4Q9zIB2xA [https://youtube.com/watch?v=LZ4Q9zIB2xA] Follow Rania's reporting at BreakThrough News: breakthroughnews.org [https://www.breakthroughnews.org/] And follow Rania at twitter.com/RaniaKhalek [https://twitter.com/raniakhalek]