Russia, Gaza and more: Rethinking our current global system | Tariq Ali and Matt Kennard
2,427Tariq Ali and Matt Kennard candidly discuss the elite nature of Western governments and economies, as well as ways of countering this structure.
Do you agree with them about the way our society is set-up?
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Many believe the economic deck is stacked against ordinary people. The richest 10% hold 43% of all wealth, while the poorest 50%, hold 9%. But the situation may be even more one-sided. Join investigative journalist Matt Kennard and political activist and voice of the international left Tariq Ali as they lift the lid on how the economy works and expose the shortcomings at the heart of the current global order.
#economics #globalelite #economicjustice #inequality
Join Matt Kennard, co-founder and head of investigations at Declassified UK and a former fellow and then director at the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) in London, for an in-depth conversation with Tariq Ali. Ali is a writer, political activist and filmmaker, and is considered to be a leading figure of the international left. He has written numerous books on world history and politics as well as novels and scripts for the stage and screen.
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00:00 Introduction
00:34 American empire
02:40 Gaza
06:00 Russia
08:15 UK politics
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