chossudovsky to the line from kind of the he's director of the montreal based think tank the center for research on globalization schober good evening to you thanks for being with us first off i mean russia is clearly disappointed isn't it by how the u.n. resolutions been implemented they believe the russian foreign minister reiterated again today how much damage do you think is being done here to the way things work at the u.n. . i think disappointment is an understatement because at this stage nature all consultation with the pentagon is preparing a new phase of this war in other words a process of military escalation which could eventually lead to the landing of u.s. native commandos on on libyan soil in other words they are they are in the process of changing the terms of reference of all the so-called no fly zone supporting a ground war and this is be very clearly stated they want the air campaign just supports the ground war and they shifted now into. shift the emphasis from aerial bombardments to helicopter operations as well as low flight operations over libya which would be of course supportive of boots

central asia where the very process for that was michel chossudovsky director of the center for research on globalization. welcome to the war on our t.v. this is where we get a chance to fire back at some of the criticism that has been hurled against us that we don't quite agree with now one thing that often comes up when people write about our team they like to refer to us as. state run or kremlin propaganda or that sort of thing let's look at a couple of those comments this one comes from global media war as they said our motto is question more but it's clear who supplies the answers to many of the questions on our key the kremlin all right well just to be quite literal i actually write on my own questions lying so that's not quite the case but that's not the only criticism that has come our way one of my favorites personally came from glenn beck on fox news let's take a listen to what he said a while back r t is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like al-jazeera could all just be hype to bring down the panthers. parents are probably she's working for the problems of today out

she is a documentary just out of time for today bringing us so much more color on what's really going in bahrain he is from the center for research on globalization now that is going to our show for more on the stories we cover get our t. dot com slash usa follow me on twitter at lauren lester and i'll be right back here with for more news and a half hour. the in. the late. beginning in the 1980's the belief is slowly taking over the world that new liberal globalization with its built in self-regulating mechanisms would finally do away with old institutions like the state and the military and would assure the planet into an era of relative peace and prosperity retreat will bring on the great depression nine eleven and the current economic crisis have shown that believed to be largely a myth. but many signs were already there. markets have always relied on state power and military might. america's transformation from republic to economic superpower following world war two was accompanied by the creation of a global network of military bases unlike any other in history. according to the pentagon's base structure report today these amount to seven h

from the canadian based think tank the center for research on global isolation told r.t. he believes he's meetings undermined the whole concept of democracy the idea that you shouldn't. discussion of. democratic leaders are supposed to be democratic countries where they be able to go industrialists and being. and talk in secret without anybody knowing that's not democracy that's all i'm investigating journalist sources inside. and we've been proven to be correct so it's a. person. and as far as we know it's not a speculation until. there is increased media attention on these events and that's very important and then used to continue and accelerate it. will keep you updated on what's going on around the building but meeting twists of fate of tweets that swiss t.v. reports of god tests are in for the video so to stay on top of us still. well syria is finding itself under increasing pressure on two fronts the un's nuclear watchdog the international atomic energy agency has to report the country to the security council over a suspected covert nuclear program comes as the coun

me now to talk more about this is michelle's shoes to go ski he is director of the center for research on globalization i want to thank you so much for being with us now you know i want to start we hear continuing reports about the united states his role in libya we hear people rattling the saber over syria we have seen united nations take issue with that we have seen it here in the united states comments from lawmakers such as senator lindsey graham call for intervention or some kind of action in syria but in bahrain we see this with the crown prince visiting the white house talking about reforms talking about moving forward to discussing this with the opposition however on the same note you have reports that political prisoners are being sentenced to death from what i understand this is extremely uncommon in bahrain someone i spoke to said that the last time they can remember that happening was for the rape of a child and now they're sentencing political prisoners to death and there are members of parliament that remain in prison and there are allegations that they are not getting a fair trial that t

high stakes according to michel chossudovsky director of the center for research on globalization now and again for now from one of the stories we covered at r.t. dot com slash usa and check out our you tube page you tube dot com slash r t america you can see more footage of r.t. sarah firth in the midst of those great protests that's quite compelling and also follow me on twitter at lauren lyster. a telemarketer broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. and. a low in welcome across talk i'm peter lavelle it is being described as one of the worst meetings we have ever had is the organization of petroleum exporting countries or opec in crisis if it is doesn't really matter and with or without opec are we destined to live with very high oil prices. and. cross-talk the controversial role of opec today i'm joined by bill found price in london he is the founder and c.e.o. of petroleum policy intelligence also in london we have so many he is a founding partner of the energy management institute and in boston we cross to robert kaufman he's director in full p

it if it doesn't back open a little bit more that was after gavin marshall from the center for research on globalization speaking of media the voice of russia radio as announcing the launch of two u.s. stations in new york and in washington d.c. now the new stations will air live programming with the russian perspective on international news culture arts and events and the state has marked the first time v.o.r. will produce programming directly from the united states rather than broadcasting the news from the moscow based radio program r.t. is guy interested can fill us in all about it. welcome to voice of russia in washington i'm just going jordan time now five o'clock in d.c. and one in moscow they launched with the motto the more voices the better the voice of russia eighteen in washington reports on international and u.s. news just like any other news radio station they say what makes them different is their efforts to bring up what's being left out by the u.s. mainstream media when you consider american for us foreign policy has just facts around the world i would say we are not hearing enough of p

like reform call for more earlier i spoke with michel chossudovsky director of the center for research on globalization and i asked him why the white house is saying things are moving forward with reform in bahrain while the reality on the ground appears to be different here's what he said . well essentially it is us. this was. approved by the white house. of us interventionism various possible worlds atrocities of. war theater. with the drone of the. tribal areas killing civilians. they've been committed historic career in the knees. this should come as no surprise because it's ports terrorism terrorism in different parts of what it was. presenting humanitarian. or humanitarian aid which in fact is also free because you do not come to the rescue of civilians with . barlow's french mirage because let's talk about some of the interest because as hillary clinton secretary of state clinton clinton made no secret bahrain is seen as a very important partner and one of the reasons why that is that there is a naval base there the u.s. fifth fleet is stationed there and from what i hear from raney's while look

out of anger gavin marshall from the center for research on globalization now and the not so secret world the head of the central intelligence agency is facing off with u.s. lawmakers very publicly and his confirmation hearings to become secretary of defense he is president obama's choice to replace the current defense secretary robert gates when he retires it's expected at the end of the month now for one panetta is known to be a cost cutter according to analysts so we want to find out what this means for military contractors who lobby hard for the status poll when it comes to defense spending well earlier i spoke to a former cia analyst ray mcgovern he is actually one of several who prepared the president's daily brief during the first bush bush administration and he told me why he feels that the public should actually be more concerned with panetta stance on afghanistan rather than with potential defense such as why. they are professionally nervous about these things as i say there's lots of fact that can be cut but i'm more interested in what he said about afghanistan what he said abo