NATO Expands, Again. Will the Ukraine War Spread? w/ Vijay Prashad
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
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4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
NATO leaders met in Lithuania this week, and Finland and Sweden are now joining NATO, continuing the vast expansion of the military alliance. Ukraine was promised a path to NATO membership — despite the risk of further widening the war in Ukraine. Where is the newly emerging world order headed? How will the increasing contradictions resolve? And how can we better understand this historical moment to bring about an end to the scourge of imperialist war?
Brian Becker is joined by Vijay Prashad, the Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, Chief Editor of LeftWord Books, and a prolific author, most recently with Noam Chomsky of “The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power.”
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| 0:00.0 | NATO leaders met in Lithuania this week. |
| 0:05.0 | Finland and Sweden are now both in or joining NATO. |
| 0:10.0 | Ukraine was promised membership or a path to membership inside of NATO. |
| 0:15.0 | The U.S. proxy war with Russia gets more dangerous with every passing month. |
| 0:22.5 | We need a new system. |
| 0:24.7 | We need a new society. |
| 0:26.5 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:30.8 | but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. |
| 1:01.0 | Thank you. but an imperative necessity. Welcome to this week's episode of the Socialist Program. I'm your host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:04.0 | Today we're talking with Vijay Prasad. |
| 1:06.0 | Vijay is the executive director of the Tri-Continental Institute for Social Research. |
| 1:12.0 | He's the chief editor of Leftward Books. |
| 1:15.4 | He's a prolific author, most recently publishing a new book with Noam Chomsky called The Withdrawal, |
| 1:23.6 | Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the fragility of U.S. power. |
| 1:28.3 | V.J. Prashad, welcome back. |
| 1:31.3 | Thanks a lot, Brian. Great to be with you. |
| 1:33.3 | Well, we're very honored. You are able to join us. |
| 1:36.3 | I know you're busy. You're in Brazil. |
| 1:39.3 | Tri-Continental Institute research takes you all over the world, in fact. |
| 1:45.2 | And that's one of the reasons why people should subscribe to the newsletter and to the publication. |
| 1:51.5 | Anyway, thank you so much for taking time out. |
| 1:55.0 | You know, Vijay, the meeting in NATO, I want to get your thoughts on it, your impression, your take on it. |
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