News Breakdown Excerpt | Bangladesh scores a win for Western hegemony

Okay. So this is gonna be a news breakdown and sort of a recap of some of the more high profile stories that have been happening what they are going on right now. First, Bangladesh, which proceeded pretty much exactly as I sort of feared that it would proceed in the the video that I did, or that was, I think, an excerpt from a livestream that we did about the situation of Bangladesh. It sort of unfolded the way I anticipated, unfortunately. As you know, I think it was my suspicion that the student protests had been infiltrated by Western intelligence and that they were being manipulated by Western intelligence in order to accomplish regime change in Bangladesh.

And I think I talked about it at the time. The aim being to basically unplug Bangladesh from China and from BRICS and the alternative funding and investment sources that are provided that that were being provided to Bangladesh via China and via BRICS. The idea to basically undermine the potentiality of Bangladesh joining BRICS, which they had applied for or they were in the process of applying for with the help of Brazil. And so to me, that that that appears to be exactly what has happened in Bangladesh. Now let me clarify.

I don't believe that the protests actually caused the resignation of sheikh Hasina, and I don't think that her departure from the country was caused by the protests. It provided a pretext for that happening to make it appear that her removal was the result of popular will. But let's be honest, the student protests were not powerful enough and were not widespread enough, and they didn't last long enough to actually be able to achieve that. Certainly not in that short a period of time because it's only been a couple of weeks now. In my opinion, her departure was undoubtedly engineered and facilitated by more powerful actors, more powerful actors inside Bangladesh, and working in concert, with the Americans.

I mean, The US literally welcomed her resignation and her departure from the country, which kind of lets you know precisely how they wanted things to go in Bangladesh, which is precisely the way things did go in Bangladesh. The student protest started out, in my opinion, as a legitimate cry for justice, a cry against, an unfair, employment policy, and they had every right to to, to protest that policy. But as I said in my, initial clip about that, once you've got a concession on that policy, you should have, and and and normally would have, ended the protests because you got what you asked for. And when it when it continues beyond that point when it continues beyond the point of what you are initially protesting, that looks like instigation. That looks like there's there are there are agent provocateurs who are who are actually using the initial grievance as just a pretext for creating a momentum for regime change, or as I say, creating a momentum for creating the the a believable convincing pretext for regime change.

But as I was talking about in that clip, I think that the that the protest movement ended up being hijacked because I think it was legitimate from the beginning. I I believe it was legitimate from the beginning, but I think it was hijacked by the very forces of oppression that we are fighting against. Now, as I said in my initial comments on the situation of Bangladesh, the brutal tactics of the police, the violence of the police, the murders that they committed against protesters undoubtedly contributed to the degradation of the of the situation and the further inflaming of the the passions of the protesters. But I would I would just say this, that any country in the global South is going to react with enormous suspicion, particularly if that country doesn't have particularly if that country doesn't have a good relationship with The United States. Any any country that doesn't have a good relationship with The United States, any government in the global South that doesn't have a particularly good relationship with The United States, they will react very suspiciously to any protest movement in their country with the suspicion that this protest movement is actually part of a regime change operation being conducted against them by The United States.

So they will predictably respond with an iron fist because they will believe, and often rightly so, that this protest movement is actually an externally engineered effort to unseat them and to and to topple their government. That is that is external interference into the affairs of their country. So they will respond quite viciously. That's not to excuse it, but it's just to explain that this is a predictable response for any country that doesn't have particularly good relations with The US, that they will respond with a great deal of suspicion to any protest movement. And on the basis of that suspicion, meaning on the basis of what they think that protest movement is actually about, they will respond violently and brutally.

As I think has proven to be the case, and it will become even more clear later on, I'm afraid, the the that suspicion would have been correct in the case of Bangladesh because in my opinion, there is a more sinister force at play here. And it's a force that deliberately fueled the flames of unrest in Bangladesh, to achieve their own purposes. And this force, of course, is the Western imperialist machine. They used social media in Bangladesh to spread lies, to spread misinformation, and to manipulate the young people, to manipulate the protesters, and to incite them into calling for the toppling of the government. They exploited the legitimate grievances, and and this is again, what I talked about in in my first comments on this, they exploited the, the legitimate grievances of the students, and used the students as pawns in their game, the game of divide and conquer.

And this is not unique. This isn't unique whatsoever. It's a pattern that we've seen again and again and again. I mean, when you've seen a dozen people fall down a flight of stairs, they may not all fall the same way, but when you see someone start slipping on those stairs, you know how it's gonna go. You know how it's gonna end.

You know where they're gonna end up. Everybody may fall a little bit differently, but it's the same set of stairs. It's the same trajectory, and it's the same the same destination. I mean, Bangladesh has has, like, what, a 170,000,000 people, and they have a a a very important strategic relationship with China, a a strategic relationship with India, a strategic relationship with Russia. China is Bangladesh's main partner, investing billions in the Belt and Road Initiative.

And Bangladesh has been building, strong ties with India and with Russia and was wanting to join BRICS, as I mentioned. This is obviously a threat to Western imperialism, to, the Western oriented OCGFC. So what's the the result? Sheikh Hasina resigns. The army takes over.

They establish an interim government. The, the interim government is gonna be comprised of handpicked individuals, probably with ties to Western powers. They'll crack down on dissent. They'll crack down on protest, using the pretext of, maintaining order to silence any opposition. The student protesters may have gotten them into power, but once they're in power, then they're not gonna have very much tolerance for the student protesters.

Well, we can look at we you can go back as far as you want. Can go back to '19, what, 1953 when the CIA overthrew the government of Mossaddegh in Iran. That led to an interim government. They cracked down on dissent. They cracked down on political opposition, the the national front, and so on.

Same in Chile in 1973, when the CIA backed a coup, which led to an interim government that led to crackdowns on trade unions, on student organizations, and left wing parties and so forth. This is just, as I say, this is the pattern. When you become familiar with the pattern, you can recognize it. And once the the once the, pattern starts being implemented, you know what the next steps are gonna be. You know where that's gonna end up, just like watching someone fall down the stairs.

So what I would expect is, they'll implement economic shock therapy on Bangladesh, privatizing state owned enterprises, opening up the economy to Western, corporations just like in Poland in the nineteen nineties, when the IMF and the World Bank imposed shock therapy, leading to mass privatization, deregulation, trade liberalization, and so forth, which benefited Western corporations, and local elites. Just like even in Russia, a lot of people don't don't remember this because you think of Russia, in 2024, you don't remember what it was like in 1992. The IMF imposed shock therapy on Russia leading to mass privatization, deregulation, trade liberalization, and so forth, benefited which Western corporations and local, oligarchs. And then I suppose at a certain point, you you will have elections in Bangladesh. Those elections will be rigged to ensure that Western backed candidates win, and this rigged election process will be monitored and validated by Western organizations who will assure you, that you have a vibrant democracy.

And this, again, is something that happens repeatedly. This is why you kind of already know what's gonna happen because we've seen the story play out many, many times. The new government, whether it's under, what's his name, Mohammed Yunus or or or some some other Western puppet, the government will pursue aggressive privatization, deregulation, trade liberalization, benefiting Western corporations and local elites at the expense of the majority of the population. They will align Bangladesh's foreign policy with Western interests, including supporting US led wars, sanctions, and interventions. Just like in Ghana in 1983, when the IMF and the World Bank imposed structural adjustment reforms leading to mass privatization, deregulation, and trade liberalization, which benefited Western corporations and local elites just like in Argentina in the nineteen nineties when the IMF and the World Bank imposed structural adjustment programs leading to mass privatization, deregulation, and trade liberalization, you get the point.

They will crack down on civil liberties using the pretext of national security to suppress freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and association, and so on. And, obviously, China will be marginalized as much as they can. They'll marginalize China as much as they can, and you'll probably be offered Bangladesh will probably be offered a new IMF and World Bank loans, which you will immediately accept even though you already owe over $12,000,000 to the IMF and the World Bank. And your your your your new government will agree to the loans and agree to the conditions on the loans, and Bangladesh can forget about any aspirations of achieving economic sovereignty or political independence. That's what the future that's what you achieved by these protests and by the toppling of sheikh Hasina.

The United States is engaged in a concerted effort to regain its sphere of influence globally, particularly in regions in regions where the BRICS nations are gaining traction. This strategy involves a combination of diplomatic, economic, and military measures, and political manipulation, political infiltration, political coercion, political interference to sway countries to the towards The US orbit and prevent them from falling under the influence of bricks. We're seeing this all over the world. In Venezuela, The US has been actively seeking to oust Maduro's government, imposing economic sanctions and providing support to the opposition. First, was Juan Guaido, now it's Gonzales.

We saw it, of course, in Pakistan. Everyone is aware of what happened in Pakistan. The US had been pressuring Pakistan to distance itself from China and to distance itself from Russia. Imran Khan didn't do that. They also wanted them they they also wanted Pakistan to succumb to IMF control and impose neoliberal reforms, and Imran Khan refused to do that, and he was removed as we know.

Then you can look in Georgia. You can look in Moldova, same in Kazakhstan. In South Africa, I've talked about it many times. The United States backed the Democratic Alliance to infiltrate the ANC government with radical neoliberals. In Bolivia, The US supported the ousting of Evo Morales.

In Ecuador, The US supported the protests against Moreno's government. Nicaragua is another example. The US supported protests against Daniel Ortega's government, and so on and so on. The the the situation in Nicaragua was also originally because of, pension reforms. So it was a legitimate grievance based on a policy, which then morphed into calls for the toppling of the government.

It just goes on and on, not to mention the Arab Spring. This is all quite transparent to me, and the reasons for it are obvious. The US wants to collect as many pieces on the board as they can before, they completely lose any relevance, on the global stage and before they lose any ability to influence the transition of the global economy to the global South. Bottom line is America is not gonna go down without a fight, so they're trying to collect as many pieces on the board as they can before they lose the game completely. So I'm terribly sorry to have to tell Bangladeshis who may be celebrating right now that, what you're celebrating today, you are soon going to regret.

Your celebrations will soon turn to regret, and you will end up actually missing the days that you lived before this happened. You'll miss the way Bangladesh was before this happened because the the powers and the players that are operating behind the scenes are worse than the government that you just toppled, and they will do much worse than what was done by the government that just got toppled. So the real struggle in Bangladesh is actually just beginning now. But, again, if the pattern plays out, as it has played out everywhere else, the opposition is not likely to even understand what the real struggle is. And even if they do understand what the real struggle is, I would expect that the repression in Bangladesh is gonna be so severe and so comprehensive that the national trauma will likely be so bad that most people will simply succumb.

Now, you know, everybody told me because they always tell me this. They told me that I don't understand Bangladesh and that it's a unique situation, that Bangladesh is unique, that Sheikh Hasina's government was uniquely corrupt, and the protests were unique in their nature and so forth. Well, the the fact of the matter is that nothing has nothing that has happened so far is even remotely unique in any way whatsoever. So now would be the opportunity for Bangladesh to actually assert their uniqueness, and that would mean maturing their opposition, maturing their political understanding, maturing their resistance against what is going to be a much more challenging form of oppression than what they have faced thus far. And I sincerely pray that they will be able to do that.