Let it Burn: How the US Could Have Prevented the Ukraine War, But Didn't
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 588 Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2022
⏱️ 76 minutes
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On today's In the News roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss the latest on Ukraine -- developments from the battlefield as well as the shockwaves rippling across world politics and the economy. They also discuss how the dictatorship of capital continues to imperil lives amid the pandemic, an impending wave of utility shut offs, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Today we continue our coverage of the war in Ukraine, the latest from the battlefield, as well as the shockwaves rippling across world politics and the economy. |
| 0:09.6 | We'll also discuss how the dictatorship of capital continues to imperil lives amid the pandemic, an impending wave of utility shutoffs and more. |
| 0:18.5 | We need a new system. We need a new society. |
| 0:22.6 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only |
| 0:28.6 | realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to today's episode of In The News, our Tuesday show on The Socialist program with Brian Becker. |
| 0:59.4 | It's March 22nd, 2022. |
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| 1:41.6 | during the discussion. |
| 1:43.4 | I'm Nicole Roussel here with Walter Smalierk |
| 1:45.9 | and our host, Brian Becker. S3i Berram is out today. Brian, let's start with the latest in Ukraine. |
| 1:53.0 | Well, Nicole, the latest in Ukraine is that there is fierce fighting in the city of Maripole. |
| 1:59.5 | Maripole was several years ago under the control of the |
| 2:03.1 | breakaway republics, the Donets or Lohansk People's Republics. It was recaptured by the Ukrainian |
| 2:09.4 | military with a very strong presence of the Azov Battalion. These are the right-wing |
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