7Ben Norton

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Ben Norton
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Exposing the politics of institutionalised hypocrisy.
Jun 22, 2026
The USA and Iran are holding negotiations to end the war, but Tehran condemned Washington for violating the agreement, because Israel keeps attacking Lebanon. US Vice President JD Vance appeared to criticize Israel, but Ben Norton explains the deep hypocrisy of the United States, which is still giving Netanyahu billions of dollars of weapons in military aid.
Rule by the rich: Western governments are oligarchies, not democracies
Rule by the rich: Western governments are oligarchies, not democracies
Jul 19, 2025
Western governments claim to be models of democracy, and demonize their geopolitical adversaries as "authoritarian", but empirical evidence shows that the USA and European countries are oligarchies dominated by economic elites and large corporations. Billionaire Donald Trump is the perfect symbol of this, but he's by no means the only one. Ben Norton explains.

