Selective Swift Sanctions, Crypto and US Military Intervention

Selective Swift Sanctions, Crypto and US Military Intervention

Released Wednesday, 2nd March 2022
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Selective Swift Sanctions, Crypto and US Military Intervention

Selective Swift Sanctions, Crypto and US Military Intervention

Wednesday, 2nd March 2022
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Mark Sleboda, foreign affairs and policy analyst joins at the top of the show to break down the strategy that is unfolding in Ukraine as attacks on infrastructure intensify near Kiev. They also talked about how much military aid is being supplied by NATO to the Ukrainian military. Weapons are going into west Ukraine to support an insurgency according to Sleboda.

Dr. Jack Rasmus, economist, radio show host & author of 'The Scourge of Neoliberalism: US Economic Policy from Reagan to Trump, 2020 and Central Bankers at the End of Their Ropes: Monetary Policy and the Coming Depression joins the show to talk about how much sanctions slammed on Russia will impact its economy and economies beyond Russia”s border. No one really knows if sanctions will turn around and take a bite out of the U.S. and European economies, that remains to be seen, according to Dr, Rasmus. The real economy in Russia is connected to natural gas and oil sales not the stock market. It will be difficult for the global economy to make up the loss of Russia’s oil and natural gas. The Russian stock market remains closed since the beginning of the conflict and not slated to open until Monday. Russia is using Crypto to circumvent sanctions and using it in place of the banking systems that Russian’s do not have access to Dr. Rasmus said.

Next, KJ Noh, a global justice activist, writer, teacher, and a member of Veterans for Peace joins the conversation to talk about the misinformation media war while trying to navigate the fog of war. The Misfits talk about the role of censorship in media: the EU banned RT and Sputnik News what does this type of action portend for media that does not align with a Western ideology and bandwidth?

The Misfits discuss Russia’s relationship with China. What is China anticipating following sanctions placed on one of their major trade partners? China wants peace and will lift all wheat- import restrictions on Russia. Then they talk about the kind of assistance China will offer to Russia. China declares a multipolar world and economy a drive toward centralized digital currencies. And, China supports Russia’s security interest. The root cause of this crisis is the US and the Western expansion of NATO just as China possess similar security concerns in the Pacific according to Noh.

For the last segment, John Kane, Mohawk activist and educator, producer and Host of the Let's Talk Native Podcast, and co-host of Resistance Radio on WBAI Pacifica Radio NY joins the show to talk about the Supreme Court taking up a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act.The battleground is over child placement. Overturning the legislation could potentially remove large amounts of regulations protecting tribes and their members. Forceable moving children from native households to place them with a white family. Texas, Louisiana and Indiana are challenging the child protection law they claim the law is racist and violates the 14th Amendment. Kane says that’s why the law is failing because it does not recognize the sovereignty and distinct cultural identities of native tribes. If SCOTUS overturns the legislation Indian casinos are at risk of loosing regulated gaming privileges which is important to native economies because there is no state income tax base on tribal lands.

The Misfits sign off till tomorrow.

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More on the show: Political Misfits brings you news, politics and culture ‒ without the red and blue treatment. We guide conversations that take new looks at the stories and topics that mean a lot to us, including corporate misconduct, foreign policy and secret wars, climate change, media criticism, poverty, pop culture, electoral politics and much, much more.Political Misfits airs live daily Monday through Friday from 12-2 p.m. EST and is broadcast on 105.5 FM in Washington, DC, 102.9 FM in Kansas City, Missouri, and to 35 countries on signals such as FM, digital DAB/DAB+ (Digital Radio Broadcasting), and HD-Radio. The show is also made available globally live on SputnikNews.com and is distributed as a podcast shortly after broadcasting on iTunes, iHeartRadio, Spreaker and more, and you can check us out on Twitter @SputnikMisfits.About us: Hosts John Kiriakou and Michelle Witte bring different backgrounds to Political Misfits, but arrive with a mutual curiosity and compassion. John is a former CIA officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and former counterterrorism consultant for ABC News. In 2007, John blew the whistle on the CIA’s torture program, saying that the CIA tortured prisoners, that torture was official U.S. government policy, and that the policy had been approved by then-President George W. Bush. He was indicted by the Obama administration under the Espionage Act – a law designed to punish spies – and served 23 months in prison as a result of the revelation. He won the PEN Center USA’s prestigious First Amendment Award in 2015, and won the first Blueprint International Whistleblowing Prize for Bravery and Integrity in the Public Interest and the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence. John has written a number of books about his experiences in Washington’s secret wars and his time in the prison system.Michelle is a committed explorer, observer and documentor of our big, beautiful planet and the strange creatures that inhabit it. A long-time writer, teacher and journalist, she returned to the US after ten years overseas with a broader perspective on American politics and culture and our impact on the world. She has worked, traveled and sometimes reported from Thailand, Lao PDR, Taiwan and Kazakhstan, and has spent significant time elsewhere in Asia. Michelle gets fired up about foreign policy, indigenous rights, responsible travel, good books and bad movies, animal welfare, baking and long-distance hikes.

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