Intelexual (2:01:32) What were the major (and not-so-reported-but-still-major) world events of the early 1990s? The USSR was dying, the economy was suffering, and problems abounded. Observers theorized on America's future role in a post-soviet world. First, we look into America's foreign policy and George Bush's New World Order speech before noting the role of the United Nations. Then we travel to dozens of locations around the world (from the UK, to France, to Afghanistan, to Palestine, to Rwanda, to South Africa, to Cuba, to Peru, to Japan, to China-- and lots of places in between. How did structural adjustment, the World Bank, and the international monetary fund impact developing nations? How did George Bush lie about Iraq? How were revolutionary governments neutered by globalization and neoliberal politics? How did some governments, like China and Cuba, adapt? How did the world fail Rwanda and other nations struggling from genocide?
TIMESTAMPS
0:00-New World Order Intro
2:42- Lexual Does The 90s Theme Song
3:25- Worldwide Disease/Virus and The UN
6:06- The UK and Thatcher's Fall
9:38- The Woes of The Royal Family
12:07- Modern Advancements in the UK
13:16- The Troubles and Stephen Lawerence
14:30- Mary Robinson and Sinead O Connor (Ireland)
16:53- Americanization and Nationalism in France
18:25- Racism and Xenophobia in France
21:08- Racism and Xenophobia in Germany
22:48- The Fall of the USSR
27:01- Boris Yeltsin and Russia's Shock Therapy
30:46- The Breakup of Yugoslavia, Croatian War For Independence
33:06- The Bosnian Genocide
40:23- The Invasion of Kuwait and Sadaam Hussein
42:50- The Nayirah Testimony
44:34- The Gulf War
47:09- Saudi Arabia
48:33- Afghanistan and The Rise of The Taliban
51:25- Zionism, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon
54:03- Sierra Leone, Liberia, Libya
56:37- Nigerian Coup and Oil Strike
57:43- Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea
58:19- Somalia
1:01:37- The Rwandan Genocide
1:10:57-Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe
1:11:51- Nelson Mandela and South Africa
1:15:47- Noriega and The Invasion of Panama
1:17:12- Aristide and Haiti
1:21:00- Jamaica
1:21:22- Cuba's Special Period
1:27:00- NAFTA, Mexico, and the Zapatistas
1:28:50- Nicaragua and the End of Sandinista Programs
1:30:59- Colombia
1:33:47- Peru and Alberto Fujimori
1:38:09- India
1:39:38- Black May in Thailand
1:41:00- Unrest in Indonesia, Violence in East Timor
1:42:57- Problems in the Philippines
1:45:01- Japan's Bubble & Gender Dynamics
1:48:00- Aum Shinrikyo
1:49:00- North Korea
1:49:18- China and Deng's Southern Tour
1:54:07- The Bush Presidency
1:58:45- Conclusion
all night diner