How the U.S.’s Taiwan Policy Makes War with China a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
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🗓️ 5 January 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
A growing chorus of U.S. elites are calling for the U.S. government to prepare for war with China. The strategy hinges on coercing Taiwan into the middle of the “major power conflict” with mainland China.
Brian is joined by Dr. Ken Hammond, professor of East Asian and Global History at New Mexico State University, founding director of the Confucius Institute at New Mexico State University, and leading organizer with Pivot to Peace.
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| 0:00.0 | As we approach the one-year anniversary to the start of the war in Ukraine, |
| 0:07.0 | a growing chorus of influential voices inside the United States is calling for the United States |
| 0:15.0 | to prepare for war with China over Taiwan. |
| 0:19.0 | We need a new system. We need a new system. |
| 0:22.0 | We need a new society. |
| 0:23.8 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible |
| 0:26.7 | even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:28.6 | but is not only realizable, |
| 0:30.9 | but an imperative necessity. |
| 0:58.0 | Thank you. Welcome to this week's episode of the Socialist Program. I'm your host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:01.0 | Today we're talking with Dr. Ken Hammond. |
| 1:04.0 | Ken is a professor of East Asian and Global History at New Mexico State University. |
| 1:10.0 | He was the founding director of the Confucius Institute at that university. |
| 1:14.8 | He is a scholar, a journalist, an author, and a lead organizer with the organization Pivot to |
| 1:21.3 | Peace. |
| 1:22.3 | Ken Hammond, welcome back. |
| 1:23.3 | Always glad to be here, Brian. |
| 1:25.9 | Ken, I was struck by the Wall Street Journal headline. |
| 1:30.0 | We're going to open with that. |
| 1:31.5 | It's quite a dramatic headline. |
| 1:34.1 | And here it is. |
| 1:35.4 | To deter China, Taiwan must prepare for war. |
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