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at this hour? i'll be back in an hour with another look. see what this is our international ah, with i'm african retention. you're watching going undergrad this week you gave pm bars. johnson flew his foreign secretary list trust to arms, customer saudi arabia, which has been bombing yemen. presently the worst humanitarian crisis in the world . this while a usa with $40000000.00 unable to eat tonight without welfare looks to increase war spending to $725000000000.00 a year. the extent of the malign rolled of the military and through complex was

revealed by one of the most famous journalists in the world wiki leaks. is julian assange. he is in jail the head of another hearing next week. joining me now from london is worth a historian and the inspiration for the rolling stones street fighting man, tara galley, a member of the original anti war bertrand russell, jean paul, softer tribunal. he, along with edward snowden and others, a part of the resurrected tribunal now named bel mush after sanchez london prison direct thanks so much for coming back on another terrible week for the global south . there been all these are the violence in jerusalem. there been explosions in syria, a, in brazil, the accusations of our genocide, but in nature, nation media, say the b, b. c, cnn. they're mourning the loss of colin powell. he of my li'l salvador, nicaragua, pat m iraq was. what did you make of the eulogies to the 1st african american as secretary of state and as other powerful u. s. military industrial, complex positions? well, i mean, it's what you should a, had a similar noticed

a few service rumsfeld because he was just a white guy doing his job. you know, you know, i'm referring to the deceased or criminal donald rumsfeld and with the same it's become a slightly more emotional because of the skin color. but what he did was hoping to basically serve the empire to elias ministry wage was and in the k. so for co little pound, of course, he has a pre history to iraq, which is very mom. he was one of the younger officers who come right up, the main line massacre which made her became a huge scandal in the u. s. history. so that's what he is a celebrate pharaoh and give them a going to send off because they support all this stuff and have been for ages. now the media and the global media in the west is

a central player and all the wars that have been taking place in the 21st century the lies about iraq were told by the new york tribes. what federal in the b, b. c. under pressure from blair, director general the bbc or didn't tow the line will basically forced out, etc, etc. so these walls have effectively cemented guerrero of the state media in particular like the bbc of cnn and our western terminals. tony tony blinkin biden's, a man in the state to bob and said he was a great man. i think what i'm getting out is because you were a pioneer, multi cultural issues. i worked for you on a friday program after all, i'm always seeing the weapon izing of identity politics to cover up the kind of actions you're just talking about. people can see are interviewed sy hersh the my

lai massacre in our youtube channel because they kept on talking about identity politics. i somehow ignoring what you had just talking about. they go on and on about the politics. and so when hillary clinton and secretary of state justified the public lynching and brutal murder mom out of our fee, she said we came, we saw he died. not too many comments in the press. some said, quite witty, very triumphal is stuff. so this defense of blatant goes on and identity politics. so one of the things that are used to justify they can use many others, the identity of the person doing it is not that necessary. anyone could do it within the peer. so then paul has gone a lot of the identity politics side of it. interesting me, i don't know if anyone recalled or mention that when he was under heavy pressure to

stand his republican president, his wife the today, she said you want to come out of this about well, and presumably referring to was as nation attempt is 10 years since the libya intervention actually since you mentioned it, you might have heard that the elder brother of the guy who has been it was done for the atrocity in manchester, the area on a grand a concert presumably both of them. libby and fighting group. members, i don't know, somehow escaped after rejecting said john saunders inquiry questions after that atrocity and managers to why do you think no one is asking here about connections with policy on libya? well, i think it's obvious. i mean, in many cases in libya, people were encouraged, if not routed by britain, our west countries to go and fight and britain as a in any event,

this guy was probably part of some team which was sent and they are now embarrass, comes up. it's happened in the syrian was, well, it's happened in the bosnian people, they recruit to go and fight for their side, whatever it happens to be at the time. then a as slightly crazy. the stabilized by the experience and carry out acts of terror. they're not the only ones but but all those brave relatives. i mean, how do they get away with it? the authorities here, they obviously want to know why their children died. i think they don't get. i mean, that's one reason why they get away with it. is this a we're doing our best, we've got all these prevent programs. so going to try to more in this area is on a different level clearly, but it's not so different. you know, people become like that are ordinary lives are lost,

a lot of us is made and then the speed with which history most of the moment, thanks to the way in which society and of course, the mainstream media function is never to record. so if it goes, it goes and people can gary on weeping for the rest of my life to school. read some people saying that the afghanistan withdrawal allows the united states to target africa. laura obsessively, you've written extensively about afghanistan and you book out this month here in later to be published internationally in a months time. what did you make of some people are celebrating. this is a complete change in us policy that at last, the u. s. has seen the light and realize they should get out of these wars if they're defeated in well, i think more of the u. s. so was there was no way forward for, for agile,

they will go down in a stalemate. the united states is known this since 2015 for the soviet union when be around 10 realized very quickly and determined to move out 3 years in the united states. as a much much longer spent. terinio, seeing the ged, so tens of thousands of grand citizens loss on their own people, not by many, it has to be said and they had no alternative left. so politically and ideologically, it's been a huge setback and they know perfectly well will it stop them containing these crime shows? no, it wont. they're an imperial odd this to behave in their own interests as a b, as i want to do. and setbacks can be. i shrugged off, especially in

a large unipolar world, there is no big alternative state life of soviet union in a different way used to be. so there's no global restraint and all the a european union and britain are totally locked in. so japan and australia in asia, and so the united states can more or less get away with what it wants to do. i mean, there was some european opposition to the iraq war from germany and france. but once iraq was occupied, they came on board to recognize did support to be occupational, open trade relations, etc. so that's how the functions and you know, we, many of our suppose it, but we have to be aware of what that well. so they're now permanent restraints on american power at all, but

a short term loss of profit for some of the major weapons and security multinational companies. as julian assange, maybe when we say the government spend trillions, actually these trillions are recycled through into big company profits and directions. profits in new york, london, and paris. this is all true, but these profits never see that because this alarms and compete with each other in saving armaments to all over the world, including themselves. so you see this huge bust out where the french preston macro lost it and withdrew bastards from the united states. because of a trade de la nuclear submarines which he'd been promised and united states them sprayed up. there wasn't too much pressure. i bet. and gave the deed to britain and macro read the bank, but he should know that's the order of the day. i mean,

he's been boasting that he's in the atlanta says because green atlanta says, president frances, and that's been the tailed of french foreign policy, especially under the socialist, but not exclusively. and so when this happens, micro is angry, but you know, people, the anger is about selling nukes and nuclear submarine arms to a country to proud around permanently underneath chinese waters on periphery. so this is, that is what happens in the case of, of gun is done. it's the big loss of me is beyond the arms merchants with news. but their crowns for the big loss for the west is that the control they exercised in directly over the one success story and a promise that is now over and that is water could run the bundle previously in

a share of the global heroine opium crate was about 2425 percent under 20 intervention alarm be praised, it is gone up to 9090 percent. so that is advance and that is a lot of money. and that is the money which the middle men, which included lots of apparatus serving and upon this on no doubt, senior officers and soldiers from all these armies and all the soldiers who became drug addicts that is now gone. and so the, i assume they taliban will be now in total control of this trade, which is very, very profitable. obviously, i say the taliban deny being drug dealers. they say they clamped down on it and the london washington and camber all saying that the submarines can't carry nuclear weapons of obviously they can be upgraded to,

to sell the target. i'll stop you there more from the legendary, also historian and activists after this break. ah ah ah ah mm join me every thursday on the alex salmon. sure. i'll be speaking to guess from the

world politics sport. business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. mm. ah, welcome back. i'm still here with his story, northern activist, tara golly, i mean, since we're talking about selling alums, what he may give a at least trust who's previously that she's the foreign secretary of this country . she previously admitted to breaking cordial disbanding sales of weapons is addie arabia morris. johnson was dispatched to saudi arabia. yemen is not even on the news except on unicef advertisement. in between the news bulletins. you think this is a, this is going to be a big, big element of trade policy to sell weapons to saudi arabia. more of the big selling weapons arabia to can come if you, the expression. this is the kingdom created 1st by the british empire when taken

over by the american empire. it's been controlled by them on many different levels . obviously the sort of these have some autonomy, lifelong background perhaps decides to go and bump off with the soviet embassy. got him into the 2 pieces and bring him back to saudi arabia that you can bet has not been authorized by any wisdom, interventions, agency, but they have to be allowed some more drama. i mean, they've been armed for a long time and the irony is leaving aside the horrors that are being inflicted on the yemen today, while the western world watches it citizens go sleep. for the horror of being inflicted on by yemen, just fill me with despair. for years, decades, the size of these have been buying up huge amounts of weapons, lands from britain,

mainly from the united states. and doing what with in the eighty's and ninety's and even the beginning of this century, they've been with large warehouses in the desert when these things are stored. and those who actually went to see them said they were rustic. they had no use for them . but they bought them in order to do their part of the been there to play and being loyal to the people to get them in such a long time. i mean, western support was withdrawn from saudi arabia or subsidies with rome for that matter is true. change would come very quickly in both these countries. you think any truth has them. so they money before he was assassinated was trying to secret brush more between iran in saudi, which is presumably a nightmare scenario from a 2 e p. you know, i. 1 don't know whether that is the case or not. it wouldn't surprise me because he

was proactive. he was an extremely intelligent person. and one of the more intelligent people in the regime as a whole. and he was the role play in afghanistan by him and his paper was crime and the breach with caliber. i mean, as you remember, the iranians had supported the war on iraq and all of them got nothing out of it. so there was some rethinking going on there. and the behind the scenes talks with the taliban, which the united states have been conducting iran too, as being conducting. and they have a bit more to offer. they have a minority which has to be defended. they can actually decide whether or not people understand stable,

most likely it seems that they have to do so. so the are still a t is basically the, the violence in the front. this is basically related to a very tiny group of isis supporters and where they are, my problem is, you know, o debate which goes on. but in any event, the iranians have been making and so no money played auto met. and i remember a couple of years ago when i was visiting, focused on back line in the a cia guy shut down by dial in play or something like that. and when you read the story, it was that the iranians had identified the ca unit that carried out the killing. also miami found that he was in a promise on a visit and knocked down his play. the story disappeared the next day from the

stony breast, while the people in this country looking to call 26, blaming china for maybe not. she's been paying prevaricating over coming to glasgow . what, what role does china have in pakistan, given it bank rules pakistan in terms of what happened in afghanistan? read the taliban take over. what i mean, we are still a teacher. chinese is large, motivated by the chinese economic advance. is there a huge economic right hold on to be done away with, which is why was in the america 80 to there is a debate because they will be affected if they go to our on demand channels and just sit down and do nothing economic in terms of sanctions, etc. but let's hope it doesn't reach that that has the austin lity, but add to that is the factor they try law has now,

so it's own solver in a very clear way and doesn't follow western foreign policy. neither do the russians for different reasons, but both to man, the chinese having asserted the sovereignty, your own countries, after a period in which the west had assumed that russia and china would simply follow them blindly, that hasn't happened. in fact, that's the exact opposite that has happened and they resent it when any of the free exercise some day in this way, regardless of what they do. it's the opposition to total sovereignty for concrete, which is a whole mark of the present political set up on a scale. so the chinese do what they feel like with pakistan is very different, goes to be a good relations with pakistan. have existed since

the sixty's. so it's a very old and firm relationship and within the pakistan, the military they refer to the chinese and always have as are all with the contrast with the united states being clear that the u. s. blows or blows cold, but the chinese remain steadfast and they have, they are giving back a lot of people don't make it in return for this. they've got to go on, which is effectively a chinese strong. i ought as one of the notes and grade german notes and the development which has taken place. there's created some tension with locals because the way it's been handled, but they're definitely bad. in the case of crime is, i think it is very noticeable and i talk about this in my book for 40 or in the 1st foreign visit by the senior level on dedication was to

china. they went the week after they were flew to china. well greeted by the chinese and other senior officials and extensive talks, a france gave a very clear statement that they are not intending afghanistan to be used by any for country or any foreign group. to d, stabilized neighboring countries of clear reference to change and the chinese, you know, friendly promise, trade relations, etc. and in my opinion, i think this is one reason a chinese presence that has now pushed the united states into reopening discussions of the car, around and seeing if they can help great terms, etc, etc. so the of grants, if they behave intelligently, could be in

a strong position thanks to a huge rice or for a child allows to take it. i mean, i want to get on to junior on to the bell, much drive, you know, but just quickly on that, what is a nato nation viewer? supposed to think when the watches any coverage of china with respect to allegations of genocide engine jang can use top human rights prize. given this week, the sacker of fries to alexi. now only people can watch an old, old fake video of him carrying out some kind of mock execution of a muslim woman. what is a view as was to think about jim j when they watch the pictures from chinese concentration get? well, i mean, you know, it is certainly not general, sorry, that uncle. lots of people because it said this is a completely exaggerated campaign. and the word genocide is often used is not as a scientific description or. busy has taken place, but as

a leave or will be you know, obviously the chinese are doing it to bet they're basically sending in lots of people from the majority population trying to fuse that is the, with the i minorities problem mean try them out for a long long time, contrary by the way, toward mouth saying that they should be getting better on the me respective. but they claim that there are terrorists in groups in which i cannot say that is true or not true, simply because one doesn't have any information. but what is undoubtedly true, the west is appointed on korean sweden to monitor the situation. there is no hope. so i've been trying to make this into, they already have into something that they will use against the chinese. and the

chinese will respond as they normally to be safe. got also. so it's not going to unfortunately be for the people of jin chang, this is not going to be very useful in the very dangerous to if the west for its own purposes and cries to create a armstrong group smuggle in arms. it's not going to work, which is one factor why the defeat promised on is important because the chinese have been insisting very strongly behind the scenes. they should be no minute cree basis. you mentioned had sweden, amongst all of that good, sweet and very associated with julian assange in the minds of people to read. i don't know the old media partner, we came to the guardian. tell me about the bell much tribunal. you were there with john bull, sondra and, and butcher russell. what is the bell mush tribunal? a public relations attempt to try and draw more

attention to what's been happening to us on june. why and what it is going to do is link all the crimes we have with over the last 20 years in different parts of the world. you know, 6 countries and they did trillion span millions. that's what's been going on since the war on terror. julian a sergeant, we leeks exp. oh, sure. this brought many of these atrocities to go public i. which is why judy is being punished. it's a vindictive parent of tampa. it's not going to work. it never knew it. shocked by the yahoo news story had previously been reported. i think in the grey zone, about the stories about gun battles in knights bridge in central london and even even adam, she was surprised. what did you make of that? you'll never surprise. well, i'm not surprised because you know,

i knew that it was, it was going to happen. and the way they did it, of course, was very dramatic. since the last ecuadorian government, the post korean government beaman, are the equitorial effectively. so the pastoral cia and when to go shooting our best to get him out. see i was thinking about bumping assange off, killing, executing him inside the ecuadorian embassy. they had the black. so he was released. i think british intelligence wouldn't have been too happy about that eventuality, because after all it is that so he was released and locked up in bell marsh for is not high security. prison for want to charge and age charge was a breach of bail conditions. of anyone being locked up in

a prison like been in march for that it's very clear that the british secret state and not so secret state or even judiciary has been very vindictive in the treatment to persons lodge on the say. so largely, but not exclusive. on the say, so all of the united states, i mean, even in britain at the time when the care storm, a current position which isn't true in itself, i was director of public prosecutions is office and special messages to swedish prosecutors who were thinking of withdrawing the charge for a sector saying don't do it yet, don't do it. well, the hearing is is next week tally. thank you. thanks for the show will be back on monday to again, the royal family ties to the nazis

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