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Dr. Alfred McCoy provides a sweeping historical analysis of the Cold War, focusing on how individual covert operatives ("men on the spot") shaped world events. McCoy explains how his early work on the CIA’s role in heroin trafficking during the Vietnam War evolved into a broader study of covert operations and their impact on world history. He characterizes the era as a golden age of intelligence, where the threat of nuclear catastrophe forced superpowers to compete through indirect, clandestine operations. McCoy describes his personal experiences with CIA surveillance and his research into the global drug trade, illustrating how the agency penetrated American civil society and media. He argues that the geopolitical strategies developed during this period, particularly the containment of Eurasia, remain central to understanding modern power dynamics. Finally, the discussion explores the decline of American hegemony, contrasting past interventionist models with current shifts toward a multi-polar world order, noting how historical tactics of surveillance and control are increasingly being applied within the domestic United States. *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com Donate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donations Consult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation **Listen Ad-Free for $4.99 a Month or $49.99 a Year! Apple Subscriptions https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/geopolitics-empire/id1003465597 Supercast https://geopoliticsandempire.supercast.com ***Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopolitics American Gold Exchange https://www.amergold.com/geopolitics easyDNS (15% off with GEOPOLITICS) https://easydns.com Escape The Technocracy (15% off with GEOPOLITICS) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopolitics Outbound Mexico https://outboundmx.com PassVult https://passvult.com Sociatates Civishttps://societates-civis.com StartMail https://www.startmail.com/partner/?ref=ngu4nzr Wise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Websites Cold War on Five Continents: A Global History of Empire and Espionage https://www.amazon.com/Cold-War-Five-Continents-Espionage/dp/B0F1Z9CX74 Alfred W. McCoy,Harrington Professor of History https://history.wisc.edu/people/mccoy-alfred-w Alfred McCoy at TomDispatch https://tomdispatch.com/authors/alfredmccoy About Dr. Alfred W. McCoy Alfred W. McCoy holds the Harrington chair in history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is the author of The Politics of Heroin, the classic study of global drug trafficking that the CIA attempted to suppress. Among his two dozen published books, the most recent are In the Shadows of the American Century, To Govern the Globe, and Cold War on Five Continents. *Podcast intro music used with permission is from the song "The Queens Jig" by the fantastic "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

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GET YOUR WAV WATCH HERE: https://buy.wavwatch.com/WAM Use Code WAM to save $100 and purchase amazing healing frequency technology! GET HEIRLOOM SEEDS & NON GMO SURVIVAL FOOD HERE: https://heavensharvest.com/ USE Code WAM to save 25% plus free shipping! BUY TICKETS HERE! https://anarchapulco.com/ Use Code WAM & Save 10%! BUY GOLD HERE: https://firstnationalbullion.com/schedule-consult/ Avoid CBDCs! Get Your SUPER-SUPPLIMENTS HERE: https://vni.life/wam Use Code WAM15 & Save 15%! Life changing formulas you can't find anywhere else! Josh Sigurdson reports on the coup in Venezuela which has just begun despite naive commentary by those who didn't know who Maduro was 5 months ago. As Nicolas Maduro pleads not guilty to drug trafficking in New York court, the clown show continues as people believe you must either love socialist Maduro who oppressed his people OR support the mass murdering CIA in their continued coups worldwide. Trump has declared himself a globalist and to those who say this is different from Iraq or Libya, both stopped using the dollar for oil, both joined the eastern alliance with China and Russia, both were accused of holding weapons of terror, both were attacked at the recommendation of the Israeli government, both saw people both cheering and jeering as they tore down statues of their leaders, both have the US putting up permanent shop to control their elections and fight guerilla factions, the list goes on. Why do people suddenly trust the CIA? Venezuela has been the target of coups for 2 decades. Apparently now, being a neocon is okay again. This has nothing to do with drugs as the US is the MVP of drug running worldwide as history has shown (Iran Contra), Trump just pardoned convicted drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández and fentanyl does NOT come from Venezuela. It comes from China. Speaking of China, both China and Russia are saying they will fight the United States over this as they depend on Venezuelan oil. Trump says he plans on overthrowing Cuba next. Cuba in its present form was created by a CIA coup in the first place to fear monger about war with the Soviet Union. Trump also says he wants to strike Mexico. Colombia is on the chopping block too. As we've warned for a decade, they will frame Russia and China for this as well as the next major coup... Iran. Trump is continuing to threaten attacks on Iran, saying he plans to bomb the regime over protests happening in the streets of Tehran. Former CIA head Mike Pompeo boasted on X that the protests are filled with Israeli Intelligence, manipulating protesters. This couldn't be more blatant. These are wars for Israel to further destabilize the world and force us all into a new technocratic system of control as power shifts by design from the west to the east. We are only witnessing the beginning. This isn't one little dip into Venezuela and that's it. This is the first musket fired in a war that could kill millions. We should all take it extremely seriously. Stay tuned for more from WAM! HELP SUPPORT US AS WE DOCUMENT HISTORY HERE: https://gogetfunding.com/help-keep-wam-alive/# Get local, healthy, pasture raised meat delivered to your door here: https://wildpastures.com/promos/save-20-for-life/bonus15?oid=6&affid=321 USE THE LINK & get 20% off for life and $15 off your first box! DITCH YOUR DOCTOR! https://www.livelongerformula.com/wam Get a natural health practitioner and work with Christian Yordanov! Mention WAM and get a FREE masterclass! You will ALSO get a FREE metabolic function assessment! GET YOUR APRICOT SEEDS at the life-saving Richardson Nutritional Center HERE: https://rncstore.com/r?id=bg8qc1 Use code JOSH to save money! SIGN UP FOR HOMESTEADING COURSES NOW: https://freedomfarmers.com/link/17150/ Get Prepared & Start The Move Towards Real Independence With Curtis Stone's Courses! GET YOUR FREEDOM KELLY KETTLE KIT HERE: https://patriotprepared.com/shop/freedom-kettle/ Use Code WAM and enjoy many solutions for the outdoors in the face of the impending reset! PayPal: [email protected] FIND OUR CoinTree page here: https://cointr.ee/joshsigurdson PURCHASE MERECHANDISE HERE: https://world-alternative-media.creator-spring.com/ JOIN US on SubscribeStar here: https://www.subscribestar.com/world-alternative-media For subscriber only content! Pledge here! Just a dollar a month can help us alive! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2652072&ty=h&u=2652072 BITCOIN ADDRESS: 18d1WEnYYhBRgZVbeyLr6UfiJhrQygcgNU World Alternative Media 2026

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Donald Trump's offensive disregard for peace, human life, the Golden Rule, and for his oath to the US Constitution is as evident as his cheap, base attempt to look like he cares about peace in Ukraine - even as he sees US taxpayers fund nearly 70% of the NATO military budget, which buys more arms from US corporations. See what you think about the evidence...

The act is immoral, forcing others to pay for it. The act is unconstitutional, since there is no Declaration of War. And Trump offers unsound "justifications" for his warmongering, what a shock! ;) Join the Conspiracy, M-f 6 PM on Rumble, X "at' gardgoldsmith and Subscribe to the Gardner Goldsmith Substack for Daily News and research! Visit the Former Star Trek Writing Fellow" ch for great book recommendations and insights into TV and Film writing!

Many, it appears.... But let's take a closer look at some, and some of the lies, and the lies-through-omission. Join the Conspiracy, m-f 6 PM on Rumble, X "at"gardgoldsmith - Subscribe to the Gardner Goldsmith Substack for Daily News and research, and visit the "Former Star Trek Writing Fellow" Ch on YT and Rumble for great book suggestions and insights into television and film production! Be Seeing You!

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Investigative journalist and Truth in Media founder Ben Swann joins RT to question Washington’s claims about so-called “narco-terrorists” in Venezuela.