#1575 Cluster Headache, Matching War Crimes with War Crimes Against Russia in Ukraine
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 2 August 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 8/2/2023
Today, we take a look at the status of the war in Ukraine and the decision made recently for the US to provide cluster bombs to Ukraine, a munition that Biden's Press Sec. referred to as a potential war crime when it was reported that Russia had used them.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Is Russia Headed Towards Collapse - Gaslit Nation - Air Date 6-27-23
Russian mafia expert Olga Lautman joins Andrea to discuss where things are headed in Russia’s escalating power struggle, what it means for Ukraine, and how the world needs to start preparing for a post-Putin Russia.
Ch. 2: Tim Mak on the Ukrainian Counteroffensive - The Good Fight - Air Date 7-1-23
In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Tim Mak discuss the slow progress of Ukraine’s counteroffensive and how a big breakthrough might come about.
Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison hosts of the American Prestige Podcast join the program to discuss the problematic origins behind the formation of NATO and its continued role in the world today.
We're joined on the show by the author of the investigation, William Arkin, a national security reporter and senior editor at Newsweek, who says that the CIA has "got its hand in a little bit of everything" in Ukraine.
Ch. 5: Cluster Bomb Fight in the House - Deconstructed - Air Date 7-15-23
Ryan Grim is joined by Erik Sperling to discuss how a bipartisan bill to prevent the Biden administration from sending cluster bombs to Ukraine went from gaining momentum to being undermined by another bill.
Ch. 6: The Indiscriminate Rain of Cluster Bombs Part - Intercepted - Air Date 7-18-23
Marc Garlasco joins Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain to discuss how cluster munitions kill civilians during war and long after, and why their use should be considered a war crime.
Ch. 7: Cluster Bomb Fight in the House Part 2 - Deconstructed - Air Date 7-15-23
MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)
Ch. 9: The Indiscriminate Rain of Cluster Bombs Part 2 - Intercepted - Air Date 7-18-23
Ch. 10: Tim Mak on the Ukrainian Counteroffensive Part 2 - The Good Fight - Air Date 7-1-23
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 11: Final comments on the coming civic renewal of 2024
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Description: Two unexploded cluster bomblets (cylindrical metal canisters) lay on the ground amongst dirt, rocks and leaves.
Credit: "Cluster bombs in fig orchard in Yaroun, Lebanon" by Cluster Munition Coalition, Flickr | License: CC BY 2.0 | Changes: Cropped
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast in which we shall take |
| 0:07.4 | a look at the status of the war in Ukraine and the decision made recently for the U.S. |
| 0:13.1 | to provide cluster bombs to Ukraine, a munition that Biden's press secretary referred |
| 0:18.2 | to as a potential war crime when it was reported that Russia had used them. |
| 0:23.5 | This is today include gaslit nation, a good fight, the majority report, democracy now, |
| 0:29.6 | deconstructed and intercepted with additional members only clips from intercepted and the good fight. |
| 0:42.2 | Olga, what the hell happened this weekend in Russia? |
| 0:46.0 | Are we witnessing the inevitable collapse of Russia? |
| 0:51.0 | Oh, yes we are and this was a very fun weekend. |
| 0:55.6 | Definitely everyone the whole world was watching this and rambling up Russia, |
| 1:01.4 | but the collapse actually started last year and it basically after Russia launched its |
| 1:08.5 | full-scale invasion in genocide in Ukraine, they took territory about 13-14 percent of territory |
| 1:16.3 | aside from what they had occupied in 2014. The late summer around August September, |
| 1:24.3 | when Ukraine launched its successful counteroffensive and started taking back territory, |
| 1:29.6 | that is when everything started unraveling and from there we saw the Russian military blockers |
| 1:35.6 | that have a lot of influence inside of Russia, being critical of the Ministry of Defense, |
| 1:41.2 | being critical of Putin himself one even said why did we even bother electing him in 2012? |
| 1:47.7 | We should have found a new leader back then and we also saw the fight with a provision escalating |
| 1:55.0 | with Ministry of Defense. But now this has been going on. I mean, Russia launched its full-scale |
| 2:01.2 | invasion in Ukraine. You would think that their main objective would be fighting in Ukraine, |
| 2:07.1 | but since I have probably last made for over a year now, they are busy shooting each other on |
| 2:14.7 | the front lines and you have the chequers who are shooting the Wagner, why for them Wagner rights, |
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