Why U.S. is Pushing “Long War” Strategy in Ukraine War
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
On the second anniversary of the Russian military intervention into Ukraine and the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-backed coup that created a pro-NATO puppet government in Ukraine, Brian and Vijay Prashad discuss U.S. long-term strategy toward Russia, Europe, and the Middle East.
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 publishing a new book with Noam Chomsky called “The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power.”
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| 0:00.0 | Ten years ago, on February 22, 2014, the United States backed a neo-Nazi armed militia takeover of the government of Ukraine. |
| 0:14.6 | Two years ago, on February 24, 2022, the Russian government invaded Ukraine in what Russia calls a special military operation. |
| 0:25.3 | Today we're going to talk about Ukraine, Russia, the proxy war, wage by the United States |
| 0:30.5 | that did not start two years ago, but in fact started 10 years ago. |
| 0:36.2 | We need a new system. We need a new system. |
| 0:38.5 | We need a new society. |
| 0:40.4 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not |
| 0:45.6 | only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to this week's episode of the Socialist Program. |
| 1:14.7 | I'm your host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:16.7 | Today we're talking once again with Vijay Prashad. |
| 1:19.6 | Vijay is the executive director of the Tri-Continental Institute for Social Research. |
| 1:24.9 | He's the chief editor of Leftward Books. |
| 1:27.8 | He's a prolific author, most recently publishing a new book |
| 1:31.8 | with Noam Chomsky called The Withdrawal, |
| 1:35.4 | Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the fragility of US power. |
| 1:39.8 | Vijay Prashad, welcome back. |
| 1:42.0 | Thanks a lot, Brian. |
| 1:42.9 | It's great to be with you. Thank you. As I said, you know, this is a second anniversary of the Russian special military operation, as the Kremlin calls it. |
| 1:52.0 | It's the 10th anniversary of a coup stage by Nazis, and I'm not using that as a rhetorical flourish. |
| 1:59.0 | These were armed Nazi militias that toppled a democratically |
| 2:02.9 | elected government in Ukraine, a corrupt government, certainly, but a democratically elected one. That was |
| 2:08.8 | in 2014. At the same time, Vijay, as we're sort of noting these anniversaries, there's another war |
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