# Why the warmongering CIA supported 'feminist' icon Gloria Steinem

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Podcast: [Geopolitical Economy Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689)
Published: 2026-09-05T13:28:05+00:00
Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/geopoliticaleconomy/gloria-steinem-cia-imperialism-feminism
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Liberal feminist icon Gloria Steinem, a close ally of warmonger Hillary Clinton, has passed away at age 92. What many people don't know is that she was a CIA agent. Ben Norton explains how the CIA has cultivated a pro-imperialist, anti-communist "compatible left", who spread propaganda portraying the US empire as a "progressive" force, while the USA oppresses the Global South, waging nonstop wars and organizing countless coups d'etat. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQCeMM9fOK8 Topics 0:00 Gloria Steinem, CIA agent 1:42 Hillary Clinton, warmonger 2:57 US-NATO war brought slavery to Libya 3:44 Imperialist 'feminism' 4:38 Steinem's work for the CIA 6:18 CIA's 'compatible left' 8:18 (CLIP) Steinem admits to CIA work 9:37 CIA coup in Iran 10:46 CIA coup in Guatemala 12:08 CIA meddling in foreign elections 12:26 CIA interfered in Italy's 1948 elections 13:41 US empire opposes real democracy 14:31 US-backed atrocities in Indonesia 17:45 Imperialist feminists for war 19:02 US wars cause millions of deaths 20:42 US interventions 21:31 Congress for Cultural Freedom 22:52 Propaganda on 'totalitarianism' 23:17 Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany 25:02 CIA supported Hannah Arendt 27:58 CIA funded anti-communist intellectuals 30:48 'Democracy vs autocracy' narrative 33:24 AOC's liberal imperialism 34:49 US empire's true face 36:22 Outro

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