Global Empire is a set of teleSUR lectures by writer and historian Tariq Ali analysing the past and present of the world's only global empire in the history of humanity. Tariq Ali dissects the history of US imperialism and the position it occupies in the world today on several levels: military, political, ideological and economic. The mechanisms of US rule include the Pentagon, the UN, the EU, IMF, WTO, World Bank, the Human Rights Industry and vassal states on each continent. Add to this the soft power of Hollywood, CNN, other forms of media the domination of film distribution networks, etc and you get a realistic picture of what exists.
