Ukraine Fighting Shifts As NATO Eyes Even Further Expansion
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
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🗓️ 12 April 2022
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
On today's In the News roundtable, Nicole Roussell, Esther Iverem and Walter Smolarek discuss how the fighting in Ukraine is intensifying in the country’s east at the same time as the United States and its NATO allies are seeking to prolong the war for their own geopolitical benefit. The panel also discusses how the courts continue to offer impunity for police brutality, the arrest of a Texas woman on murder charges for having an abortion, the presidential election in France, the status of Iran nuclear deal negotiations, and more.
Article referenced in this show:
The Origins of Ukraine’s Fascists & Why It Matters, with Historian Tarik Cyril Amar
https://www.breakthroughnews.org/post/the-origins-of-ukraine-s-fascists-why-it-matters-with-historian-tarik-cyril-amar
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| 0:00.0 | As fighting in Ukraine intensifies in the country's east, the United States and its NATO allies |
| 0:06.6 | are seeking to prolong the war for their own geopolitical benefit. The courts continue to offer |
| 0:12.0 | impunity for police brutality. A Texas County arrested a woman on murder charges for having an abortion. |
| 0:18.4 | France goes to the polls and the presidential election, and more. |
| 0:22.3 | We need a new system. |
| 0:24.3 | We need a new society. |
| 0:26.2 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:30.5 | but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. |
| 0:36.8 | Music but an imperative necessity. Welcome to today's episode of In The News, our Tuesday show on the Socialist program with Brian Becker. |
| 1:03.2 | It's April 12, 2022. |
| 1:05.4 | This is an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the news right now, today, and this week. |
| 1:10.4 | We look beyond the headlines and expose the distortions in the corporate-owned media. |
| 1:15.4 | Video episodes of The Real Story are available on Breakthrough News, Wednesdays at 7 p.m. |
| 1:20.2 | Eastern at YouTube.com slash breakthrough news. |
| 1:23.7 | If you enjoy our show, please support this independent programming by going to patreon.com slash the socialist program and subscribing. |
| 1:31.9 | I'm Nicole Roussel here with Esther Eberram and Walter Smilerick. |
| 1:35.9 | Brian Becker is out today. |
| 1:37.7 | Esther Evarim is also the host of the radio show and podcast On the Ground at on theground. |
| 1:43.0 | Make sure to check out on the ground, which comes |
| 1:45.1 | out weekly on Fridays. Walter, we've got a whole week of shows lined up and Brian will be |
| 1:51.9 | joining us as usual later in the week. But for today's show, let's start on Ukraine. |
| 1:57.8 | As I said, earlier, the fighting in Ukraine is intensifying in the East, but there |
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