U.S. Plays Nuclear Chicken in Korea, Ukraine, Taiwan — What’s the Endgame?
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2023
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
A new era of global politics is rapidly developing. The United States just announced plans to dock nuclear submarines in South Korea. Ukrainian President Zelensky speaks with Chinese President Xi. Former self-declared “Venezuelan President” Juan Guaido sneaks back to Miami. BRICS has 19 new requests to join. What do these developments and others indicate about the changing world, economy, and struggle for freedom around the globe?
Brian is joined by Ben Norton, an investigative journalist based in Latin America, and editor of the independent news website Geopolitical Economy Report, which you can find at geopoliticaleconomy.com.
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| 0:00.0 | The U.S. is sending nuclear weapons to South Korea again. And at the same time, the U.S. |
| 0:08.2 | backed Taiwanese military is carrying out war games against China. We'll talk about this and more, |
| 0:15.8 | the new era of global politics in this episode of the Socialist program. |
| 0:21.3 | I'm your host, Brian Becker. |
| 0:23.8 | We need a new system. |
| 0:25.9 | We need a new society. |
| 0:27.7 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible |
| 0:30.6 | even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:32.5 | but is not only realizable, |
| 0:34.7 | but an imperative necessity. |
| 1:02.0 | Music realizable but an imperative necessity. Today we're talking again with Ben Norton. Ben is an investigative journalist based in Latin America. |
| 1:05.0 | He is the editor of the independent news website Geopolitical Economy Report, which you can find at geopoliticaleconomy.com. |
| 1:14.7 | Ben Norton, welcome back. |
| 1:16.2 | It's always a pleasure being here, Brian. |
| 1:17.6 | Thanks for the great work you do. |
| 1:19.1 | Thank you. |
| 1:19.7 | You are in the tropics. |
| 1:21.3 | You're in Nicaragua. |
| 1:22.9 | We hear those beautiful chirping tropical birds. |
| 1:27.7 | They're with you and they're with us. |
| 1:29.9 | Ben, there's a lot to talk about today. |
| 1:32.0 | Right now, as we're recording this show, |
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