Interregnum Report: Enjoying Imperialism While Your Republic Crumbles

The kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces & the reactions it provoked are analyzed as morbid symptoms of the breakdown of the U.S.-led postwar order & the birth pangs, growing pains, of the evolving multipolar (finance) capital order.

The birth pangs, growing pains of Multipolar Global Capitalism
You can't eat (or bring your oil to market) with Chavismo

This Interregnum Report covers the birth pangs and growing pains of the so called multipolar global order in reference to the recent kidnapping/capture of President Maduro. It also offers the rise and fall of the Dutch Golden Age as a historical parallel to what is happening now with the USA. Tara also survey’s Venezuela's political economy, U.S. sanctions, and the ideological narratives competing (colluding?) to shape the meaning of current events.

14:51 Clip Gulf Joke States
17:27 Clip from Jamarl Thomas
33:20 Introduction and Housekeeping
34:36 Don’t fall for Trumpismo v. Chavismo framing
42:42 US as the Bad Cop global capital requires
43:48 China in the Global Capitalist Economy
46:06 The Fraught Transition from a Unipolar to Multipolar Capitalist Ran Order
59:39 Ideology Critique
01:11:47 Upcoming Class on Zizek’s Critique of Ideology
01:15:34 Tamir Porras from Maduro administration to high finance in Abu Dhabi
01:20:19 Venezuela’s Political Economy
01:42:12 The Impact of Sanctions on Venezuela
02:02:53 The Dutch Golden Age
02:28:55 Modern Transnational Capital
02:39:54 Upcoming Interregnum Report topics and outro