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Geopolitical Economy Report   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.   

As waves of deadly demonstrations and counter-demonstrations hit Iran, MintPress examines the CIA-backed NGOs helping to stir the outrage and foment more violence. One of these groups is Human Rights Activists In Iran, frequently referred to as HRA or HRAI in the media. The group, and its media arm, the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) have become the go-to group of experts for Western media, and are the source of many of the most inflammatory claims and shockingly high casualty figures reported in the press. In the past week alone, their assertions have provided much of the basis for stories in CNN, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, ABC News, Sky News, and The New York Post, among others. And in a passionate plea for leftists to support the protests, Owen Jones wrote in The Guardian Tuesday that HRAI are a “respected” group whose death toll proclamations are “probably significant underestimates.” Yet what none of these reports mention is that Human Rights Activists In Iran is ba...

Cyrus Janssen   China has a secret plan to win the AI Race. For years, the West believed export controls and chip sanctions would slow China’s AI progress. But China quietly built something far more powerful: a massive, state-backed talent pipeline designed to deploy AI at scale across the real economy.   This video breaks down how China’s education system, elite “genius” programs, and practical AI strategy are producing world-class engineers — and why even top U.S. insiders like Jensen Huang and Eric Schmidt now admit the gap is closing faster than anyone expected. 

#Greece : government spokesperson @pavlmarin threatened journalist @chris_avramidis with a lawsuit for asking legitimate questions about a migrant boat tragedy. RSF urges Pavlos Marinakis to retract this statement — it's an alarming intimidation tactic that has no place in a… pic.twitter.com/I3Rl1R39B7 — RSF (@RSF_inter) February 10, 2026   

overzealots   The term "Neoliberalism" is often used in political discourse, but rarely is its rise to prominence examined. This video looks at Keynesian Liberalism and Social Democracy, Neoliberalism, The Chile Project and how decades of milquetoast neoliberalism gave way to the rise of Trump. 

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Al Jazeera English   One year into Donald Trump’s return to office, a wave of hardline actions - from volatile ICE raids to growing concern over political pressure on the media - has raised alarm about the expansion of the president’s power. Then with US midterms approaching, attention is turning to whether there is any meaningful challenge to Republican grip on Congress. So what happens next?   Marc Lamont Hill speaks with journalist and author Chris Hedges about Trump’s second presidency and whether US democracy is on the decline.   

“We should hang our heads in shame for allowing this monstrosity to continue,” said Yanis Varoufakis, a Greek economist and politician, as he accused Palantir of embracing technologies used to facilitate Israeli genocide against Palestinians. pic.twitter.com/2GmQoQSqI1 — Quds News Network (@QudsNen) February 7, 2026

Geopolitical Economy Report   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.  

The Grayzone   Max Blumenthal is joined by Kit Klarenberg to break down the massive new Epstein file dump, and to discuss the scandal surrounding UK Labour peer Peter Mandelson which threatens to bring down Keir Starmer's government. They also cover US-Iran negotiations, new developments in Venezuela, and more.