American Hyper- Imperialism with Vijay Prashad

Описание: After unleashing tariffs last year, Donald Trump has started 2026 with an attack on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, he wants Greenland next and has launched the Board of Peace. Is there more to this than Donald Trump running amok? Writer and journalist Vijay Prashad has covered South America extensively, visited Venezuela many times and currently lives in Chile. He says to understand Trump's actions you need to understand Amercia's hyper-imperialism.
You can read Vijay Prashad's work for The Tricontinental Institutre of Social Reasearch here: https://thetricontinental.org
Episode 77
January 20, 2026

Chapters
00:00 Title
00:11 Anuradha intro
01:28 Do you accept America’s reasons for capturing Nicolas Maduro
03:44 What is the Cartel de la Sols that Maduro is accused of heading
05:35 America’s ‘police action’ against UN charter and international law/procedure
06:50 What are Venezuelans making of the US attack? The recent political history?
13:00 Wasn’t Maduro’s government repressive?
17: 30 What is the mood in Venezuela now? Repercussions of the US kidnapping?
20:23 What are the reasons for America’s action? Oil? The case for Hyper-Imperialism?
22:50 James Monroe and the Monroe Doctrine
24:36 Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy of 2025/ ‘Donroe Doctrine’
26:55 The link between America’s Hyper-imperialism and the rise of the Global South and China
31:26 Hyper-imperialism is the use of military violence and information war
33:37 What happens to the Global South now and what of India’s role vis-a vis it
37:10 India’s position on Gaza, Iran and Venezuela
39:57 How does the Global South see India Today
43:15 Does EU fold on Greenland? What happens next?
45:54 Should India join the Board of Peace?
47:29 US is the most powerful military actor in the world today


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