https://wopr-tv.wopr.systems/videos/watch/a3eb1ce5-1850-4f46-9a75-0396d34391b7 International news the billionaire media won't tell you. AI-generated socialist analysis powered by Chatterbox voice cloning. SOURCES & STORIES COVERED: Headlines for September 18, 2026 (Democracy Now [Us Independent]) http://www.democracynow.org/2026/9/18/headlines, Argentines protest Milei's austerity, demanding higher wages and public spending (France 24 [Europe]) https://www.france24.com/en/argentines-protest-milei-s-austerity-demanding-higher-wages-and-public-spending, Ghalibaf: Iran must ‘fight and negotiate’ as war with US drags on (Middle East Eye [Middle East]) https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ghalibaf-iran-must-fight-and-negotiate-war-us-drags, Low pay, job insecurity for China’s trainee doctors a turn-off for young talent (South China Morning Post [Asia]) https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3367856/low-pay-job-insecurity-chinas-trainee-doctors-turn-young-talent?utm_source=rss_feed, In Offering Brazil’s Future to the US, Flávio Bolsonaro Endangers our Sovereignty and Democracy (Brasil Wire [Latin America]) https://www.brasilwire.com/in-offering-brazil-to-the-us-flavio-bolsonaro-endangers-our-sovereignty-and-democracy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-offering-brazil-to-the-us-flavio-bolsonaro-endangers-our-sovereignty-and-democracy&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-offering-brazil-to-the-us-flavio-bolsonaro-endangers-our-sovereignty-and-democracy, Ugly scenes as refs have projectiles hurled at them after NRL semifinal (ABC Australia [Oceania]) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-20/nrl-finals-live-warriors-knights-eden-park/107155146, BAFANA BAFANA: Pitso Mosimane rewards in-form US-based player Puso Dithejane (Daily Maverick SA [Africa]) https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-18-pitso-mosimane-rewards-in-form-us-based-player-puso-dithejane/, US military says four killed in strike on suspected drug-trafficking boat in Caribbean (Euronews [Europe]) https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/20/us-military-says-four-killed-in-strike-on-suspected-drug-trafficking-boat-in-caribbean, Audio podcast: https://asscast.org WOPR Foundation: https://wopr.systems Mastodon: https://mstdn.wopr.systems/@nodez3r0 Falken Intelligence: https://falken.wopr.systems FULL TRANSCRIPT: These motherfuckers are at it again and if you think this is over, you have your head up your ass. Welcome back to The Anti Social Socialist where we peel back the layers of the fascist machine to show you what the billionaire-owned media is desperately trying to hide from you. I am NodeZ3r0 and today we are talking about a global war for your survival while the American puppet masters in Washington try to sell you on their latest lie. They want you distracted, they want you terrified, but they cannot stop the truth from bleeding through every crack in the concrete of capitalist reality. Let's get right into it because time is money and in this economy, your life is just an expense line item waiting to be cut. Democracy Now via US Independent is reporting out of the Middle East and it is a bloodbath that they are trying to sanitize with bureaucratic language. They found evidence that the United States committed war crimes in Iran, full stop. Do you get the weight of that statement? The U.N. Fact-Finding Mission says we are guilty of committing war crimes while we sit on our couches watching cable news and pretending the world is normal. Meanwhile, Iran strikes more ships in the Strait of Hormuz because they have no choice but to fight for their existence against a superpower that treats national sovereignty like a joke. Trump is dismissing soaring gas prices as if he invented them in his basement, acting like some sort of game show host spinning the wheel of misfortune for the little people. Yemen's humanitarian crisis grows deeper every day as the Houthis battle Saudi-backed forces who are nothing more than corporate mercenaries for the Saudi royal family and the Pentagon. And let's not forget "Drop the Genocide Two" where progressives are finally targeting Biden admin officials who aided Israel's assault on Gaza because the human cost is just too high to ignore anymore. Russia bombs civilian sites while Ukraine continues drone attacks on Russian oil facilities, showing us that war is just a business model where everyone loses except the generals and their shareholders. Congress approves new sanctions on Russia and Iran because the entire system relies on financial strangulation to maintain control. If you cannot understand why we are sanctioning nations into poverty, then the fascist machine has worked its magic perfectly on your mind. The meatpacking giants walk away richer while workers bleed in the fields of the Middle East. It is not about justice, it is about profit and power and nothing else matters in this rigged game. Now check this out because the fires are spreading from the desert to South America where Argentina is becoming a powder keg for class war. France 24 is reporting that tensions are boiling over in Argentina as massive waves of public anger spill onto the streets of the capital. Hundreds took to the streets in what they are calling a March of Anger, targeting President Javier Milei's austerity agenda which is nothing more than a death sentence for the working class. Following months of aggressive economic reforms and rising household debt, people are demanding higher wages and public spending because they are literally running out of food to feed their children. This is what happens when capitalism runs on fumes and the only way it keeps moving is by starving the poor while feeding the rich. Milei thinks he can shock the system into submission but shock therapy for the poor just means death in the streets and hospitals that are crumbling to dust. You look at this and you see a mirror of what is happening all over the globe where the elite decide who gets to breathe and who has to wait in line for air. The international press sees this clearly but your local news stations are playing reruns of reality TV to keep you numb. This is not a story about economics, it is a story about survival and the brutal reality that the rich will never stop taking until they own everything down to the last breath. Moving on because we cannot stay in one place long enough for them to crush us completely. Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Tehran must fight and negotiate as its war with the United States drags on, and he is speaking plain truth in a world of liars. According to Middle East Eye, Ghalibaf said that Iran would use its military might to push the enemy back and deal them devastating blows at crucial junctures but would resort to diplomacy when it has the upper hand. That is the only way a nation fights back against aggression without being crushed into submission. But while they are fighting, we have this gem from South China Morning Post about China's trainee doctors who are thinking of quitting the field because low pay and job insecurity are turning them off. A fifth-year clinical medical student named Huang Qiaoyuan says she was initially drawn to being a doctor during the pandemic when health workers came to the fore, but now she wants to go into consulting. Do you think that is fair? You think it is okay to demand your life's work be paid like garbage because the system needs more consultants and fewer actual healers for the sick masses. This story connects directly to the Argentine protests because in every country, when the price of living goes up and wages stay stagnant, people either leave the workforce entirely or they take to the streets. The global system is rigged so that expertise is undervalued while speculation is rewarded at obscene levels. And then there is this absolute disgrace from Brasil Wire where Flávio Bolsonaro is offering Brazil's future to the United States in a move that is abhorrent and illegal. His proposed sellout of Brazil to the Trump administration includes a generous offer recorded in a letter from Marco Rubio to provide a transition team should he be elected. This caused astonishment and indignation across the nation because it shows how thoroughly corrupted our neighbors have become by American imperialism. While Truth Social is claiming that we are all friends, the actual data from international sources shows that sovereign nations are being dismantled piece by piece for profit. This is the same playbook used in Latin America where local leaders are bribed or blackmailed into serving as vassals to foreign powers. You see this happening right now with our own government trying to sell out national security to foreign interests because they are desperate for funding and have no other choice. It is a concentration camp scenario where the prisoners are the poor and the guards are the politicians who take their money and then hand it back to the billionaires in New York. 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