Europe’s Path to Self-Destruction: Following U.S. as Global Order Comes Apart, w/ Vijay Prashad

Europe has ceded its core decisions to the US warmongers flooding Ukraine with arms, expediting the global economy’s collapse and extending the war against their own interests. But Ukraine isn’t the only major event stressing the global order: the US flexing against China, global inflation, a possible victory for the left in Colombia, massive protests in Sri Lanka, and even the senseless school shootings in the US reverberate across the world.
To help make sense of it all, Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and author of “Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations,” joins Dispatches with Rania Khalek.
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TIME CODES
0:00 Intro
1:46 Why has Europe ceded control to the US?
8:43 Inflation & madman theory to dominate Russia & China
16:43 NATO expands to Sweden & Finland
22:03 Is Ukraine losing?
31:08 Media complicity in whitewashing Nazis
37:59 Russia’s resilience against sanctions
46:10 Food insecurity & fuel shortages in Sri Lanka
55:00 Republicans are NOT antiwar
1:00:49 Mass shootings in the US
1:06:38 Death of liberalism

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[@ChinaSongsCollection]

Hi. Agree with everything you are saying 👍 Just like to add that... @36:02 Blurring a picture in a video is nothing compared to actually doctoring an entire video of others : kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4OuZoCbbdKUfZY This is THE norm of BBC and other mainstream western media (not an exception). (An interesting note: If you try to put a comment in ANY BBC KZbin videos asking about this standard practice of BBC, they will delete your comment)

[@kaiki8490]

The shooter at baffalo wears Azov badge. Same badge in Ukraine

[@amrit6252]

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[@grahamt5924]

The lady does not know too much and it shows in this interview. The gentleman also has very strange veiws on life and obviously veiws white people with deep suspicion.

[@giselapfeifer4666]

Russia was deceived by the West and as it seems Ukraine is also being deceived.

[@ooikk8458]

Vijay Prashad is excellent. He reads the US evil plan very well, which we can't see

[@willengel2458]

Vijay is of Indian descent; he looks at it from an insider and outsider perspectives. he does not have a dog in the fight or worry about future employment.

[@5103jerry]

you can see it

[@Andrew-su7vd]

Vijay also Joined CODE PINK.

[@rhonda6791]

Vijay Prashad is my favourite. He’s so smart, and he’s funny, he thinks laterally giving the full picture that possibly we’ve forgotten about or didn’t know. Thank you so much for bringing him back on!

[@lemoynecastle6213]

I hit the like button as soon as I heard Vijay Prashad.

[@gerdurpalmadottir3225]

@@lemoynecastle6213 Ditto

[@jacob5061]

Modern day Michael Parenti (with some differences) He's such a genuine and compassionate dude.

[@lesseirgpapers9245]

Bashing white people as white supremacy is racist.

[@powasjington4262]

Seems like a really beautiful guy…🧔🏻‍♂️

[@vedmukherjee8715]

Vijay is wrong on Russia bombing hospitals, those hospitals were occupied by Azov military and were using it as a base. When you perform a human shield operation which is itself is a war crime, bombing the UKR positions and Azov nazis is not a war crime. Bucha again was staged by British propagandist to sway the direction of negotiations which stopped after the massacre (which consists of lots of white armed bands civilians death). Likely hood Ukrainians wanted to give crimea and Donbass to Russia which Nazis and West didn't want to. That's the real war crime. Sadly Vijay didn't do enough research on it or doesn't bother to watch other reporters like Patrick Lancaster or Eva Barlett.

[@robo825]

BS those hospitals where normal hospitals. and stop with the excuus about Nazi's every country in the world has a Nazi problem even in india there a groups who admire Nazism even in Russia and many other country's. If Russia didn't start this and has worked on a peacefull solution intead of invading. And why carpet bombing Donbass they are Russia minded people now they have nothing left anymore everything is destroyed same in lugansk. And the man in charge is living save in a bunker surrounded by guards.

[@kolomentseva]

That's right, that's incorrect to say "hospital is bombed for whatever reason is a war crime". It becomes a legit military target if it starts being used by military units.

[@vedmukherjee8715]

@@kolomentseva Vijay was not logical about this war , he also suggested that Putin should sit down with Zelensky to debate with him about the neo nazi problem in Ukraine . I respect Vijay because he comes from my province in India and a great marxist writer but he failed to deliver on some critical points.

[@juliensalemkour5708]

His right about so many things, he hardly makes wrong assessments. The information war against Russia (or against the public of the collective West?) is unprecedented. No wonder even extremely smart peoples perception of reality will be compromised from time to time.

[@victorrumyantsev3718]

Absolutely agree with you. Perhaps he doesn't have a clue what is really going on in Ukraine. He just believes western lies and propaganda as the majority of people.

[@Zerpentsa6598]

When you put China-US relationship in historical context, it's easy to understand the animosity America as a government and nation feels against the Chinese and China. After its independence and its own war against colonialism and imperialism, America itself did a volte face and joined the ranks of imperialist powers. It seized territories from Mexico, the Kingdom of Hawaii, islands, other islands in the Pacific, and replaced European colonial powers with itself. This happened famously in the Philippines and many south American colonies. It saw China as a ripe plum, ready for picking and went for it with guns blazing. America had experience of dealing with Chinese people - it hated them and banned them from entering the US by passing the Chinese Exclusion Act, the only law aimed specifically at a race of people. To prevent those who were already in the US from procreation and "spreading like weeds", it had also passed the Page Act to prevent Chinese women entering the US. The US, like other European colonial powers of the time found China a nation weakened by an incompetent and corrupt Manchu dynasty. It was easy of them to carve China up like a Christmas turkey and bleed China as much as they liked. This they did with opium and by exacting huge war reparations from the very wars their drug pushing to the Chinese started. Fast forward to recent times. China under the CPC has become a prosperous nation that is no longer militarily or economically weak. Rather it has demonstrated to the world that by dint of sacrificial hard work, determination and good governance, there is an alternative to the dogmatic and ruthless capitalism of the west, particularly the monolithic, monopolar world with America on top of the pyramid of nation and dominating everything from fast foods to financial transactions at the point of a gun. This was an affront to America. How could a race it despised, long before the CPC was even founded, rise to offer an alternative way nations could rise from ashes to prosperity. This contempt America has always felt has little to do with communism. Had China risen as a western styled "democracy" but tried to be independent, the hate and animosity would just be as strong. The only way it would be accepted by America is as a docile minion, like Britain, Germany, Japan, Australia, Canada, India, etc. i.e. the rest of the world, except for a few nations which continue to defy the US. China has rightly refused to bow to US hegemony. Despite America's puffed up ego, imagining that it has been appointed by divine fiat as "a shining beacon on a hill" to lead and rule the world, China has other plans. So, as long as the exceptionalism of the US is accepted by the western nations, and they supinely continue to obey the diktat of Washington, the relationship between America, its minions and China will be tensed and fractious. It is difficult to expunge from America's body politic hatred and racism which have tainted its perception.

[@jimmysparks315]

Well said

[@barquerojuancarlos7253]

Yes, similarly, after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia became a "docile" nation under drunken delirium of Boris Yeltsin, a "friend" of Bill Clinton, despite his abysmal unpopularity within Russia. At first West and the US didn't know what to make of Putin, although Bush Jr said, he could look into Putin eyes and see his soul. And a few months later after 9-11 Putin one of the first people to personally call Bush to offer assistance in Afghanistan. Bush took up Putin's offer. ... But it was at the Munich Conference in 2007 (only 3 years after the US-backed Orange Revolution in Ukraine) when Putin made his feelings clear. It was clear that Russia will no longer be a docile nation for the interests of US imperialism. And, Bush responded to this at the Bucharest Summit in 2008 by encouraging the entry of Ukraine and Georgia into NATO

[@francodenobili7654]

Just you know. I was born in Germany - so no american. Bla bla effing bla. EVERY COUNTRY IN EUROPE HAS BLOOD AND DIRT ON THEIR HANDS - EVERY SINGLE ONE . PORTUGAL, SPAIN, GERMANY OF COURSE, DUTCH, BELGIANS ETC ETC , E V E R Y S I N G L E O N E. Who should Europe look up to ???? CHINA - ARE YOU MENTALLY ILL ???? RUSSIA - WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE HERE. I take a Democrat President run USA every effing day over the criminals in Russia or China. You people need to see a doctor.

[@batessdd]

Great comment.

[@fannyalbi9040]

well written 👏👍

[@raymondgillespie2169]

As an American - thank you for being honest. Your being American I mean. Common sense instead of Profit over People. Keep spreading the Light.

[@Ivan6161bl]

Europe and US partnership is like the blind leading the blind!

[@wangjim5839]

More like an old clown leading a bunch of blinds.

[@gracelim2336]

I heard Jesus Said the Blind Leading the Blind 2000 years ago.

[@mac.505]

Europe was cannon fodder for usa and now is a market just that nothing more

[@runer007]

Vijay Prashad is a great guy. I am from Northern Europe. I find Western main stream media and leaders outright insane, in their policies to escalate the Ukrainian war. I want peace and negotiations.

[@grahamt5924]

You cant negotiate with Putin over this. 🤣

[@runer007]

@@grahamt5924 I would surrender to the Russians. I am a coward.

[@grahamt5924]

@@runer007 Then you don't deserve freedom and someone will make you and your kin their slave.

[@zhangyi5145]

Euro is controlled by USA, Europeans can't repel any order from USA.

[@katemary2331]

Vijay is so right about atmosphere in Europe as a citizen of UK I can vouch for the collective hysteria people like me in the anti NATO camp are few

[@lasse3412]

So true. Friends around me is brainwashed and seems looking forward to war. Crazy

[@davidmoss2576]

Vijay is one of those ethnic Indians who is not afraid to remind Europeans of their colonial mentality and history

[@patrickhing1055]

Vijay says it like it is. Great man

[@jimspencer3072]

They haven't made much progress since the ungrateful sods, and it was given back, that dosent happen these days, theyre far more evil, those in charge! The green agenda is a fools path.

[@grahamt5924]

So he forgets about the effects of imperialism on Ukraine then or does he just think its a civil war.

[@eugenearokiasamy5662]

EXACTLY - The rest and most of the Media from India are bootlicking servants of colonialism and neocolonialism! Coconuts!!!

[@eugenearokiasamy5662]

EXACTLY - The rest and most of the Media from India are bootlicking servants of colonialism and neocolonialism! Coconuts!!!

[@nadsyakhan5425]

Excellent teamwork by Rania and Vijay. Salute to the clean picture of analysis and interpretations made in this interview. Hoping to see and hear more and more from you two. Glory for Russia!

[@beyondrecall9446]

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[@marcinpominski4591]

​@@beyondrecall9446 Rosja niedługo zrozumie że nie jest już supermocarstwem a może nie będzie nawet lokalnym mocarstwem.Może wtedy zadba o dobrobyt obywateli zamiast budować potężną armie.Russia will soon understand that it is no longer a superpower and maybe it will not even be a local power. Maybe then it will take care of citizens' prosperity instead of building a powerful armies

[@wikilee8928]

1. Are you saying Ukrainians picking up weapons to defend themselves is wrong? 2. You know jack about China. It is China flexed its muscles against the US at the first place. China intends to control the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and the Malacca Straight. China's final goal is to RULE the entire Asia, and this plan was devised since 1949 by Mao. For thousands of years, we have had no concept of fulfilling contractual agreements, we only have deceptions. For thousands of years, we have had no concept of equality, we only have slave-master relationship. Thank God that I came to the US to study some 20 years ago and began to be able to think freely. Before I left my old country, I was unable to think freely since we were all brainwashed by the CCP!

[@NotAPacifist825]

@@marcinpominski4591 did you mean the u.s.?

[@joethao2161]

Always, great hearing from Vijay Prashad!

[@GDawg2K2]

As a Vietnam Vet, I'd love to see Putin say something like,"You want to embargo Russian Oil?" "we'll help", and shut off everything!

[@thomaswhyelengstebel1954]

Vietnam received billions of financial aid each year from USA. When that stops, maybe Russia can help !

[@stanleyamah2563]

@@thomaswhyelengstebel1954 Who destroyed Vietnam? The U.S is paying for the evil she committed in Vietnam.

[@aaronsmyth7943]

You ever operate on a horse?

[@walterwayne3081]

@@thomaswhyelengstebel1954 where are you getting your news from that Vietnam is getting billions in financial aid from USA. BTW US must pay Vietnam and it's citizens for the warcrimes and atrocities during the Vietnam war and use of chemical weapons like agent orange which is still causing birth defects in the local population and the hundreds or thousands of unexploded ordnance that is causing people life and limbs.

[@moviesedits]

At what cost . ... US destroy Vietnam where Vietnam has lost all things. Us responsibility to give money it's duty not help

[@tradedemo8500]

I can listen to Vijay the whole day on this channel, but also on Democracy Now. This is because his analysis of situations, is so deep and unique. It is evident he is well-educated on current world affairs, but also academically. It is shocking to see how humble he is about how much he knows. We need people like him to educate us about what is going on in the world. I wish him all the best.

[@pratahsinnetamby]

Bravo! What a riveting discussion. Vijay has such a brilliant mind and Rania set the scene for us to appreciated it.

[@antonioetienne10]

Vijay P is right on point. Europe is always willing to follow US, to Europe's demise...

[@malama_ka_aina]

Always enjoy listening to Mr. Vijay Prashad's analysis and thank you Rania for the excellent discussion topics. I rarely have an hour to sit and watch/listen to anything these days, but I made time for this and I was not disappointed. Thank you

[@zacoolm]

When usa launches war on Afghanistan, spends 2 trillion then we say usa loses the war. But who loses? Not the ruling class who lends the money and definitely not the defense contractors. Capitalism initiated wars is a method of extraction from first world tax payers in a fundamental way. This also applies to the Ukraine war. When Germany approves future military expenditures who benefits are the defense contractors and bankers. Capitalists sometimes do not see beyond the first quarter profit statement. Geopolitics and its playing a role should be measured.

[@ianbardon8581]

Indirect taxation and loss of live, disgraceful, they insult our intelligence. 😠

[@zacoolm]

@@ianbardon8581 yes but also, with all due respect, it is more than insulting our intelligence in that capitalism is inherently exploitive, a system that pits the ruling class against most of humanity, a system with built in contradictions that cyclically leads to war, genocide, workers alienation and environmental degradation and a system that could lead to ending life on earth thru nuclear weapons, climate change and pandemics ( more than one million lives lost to covid in USA).

[@mimoh2000]

From the military angel, the Russians just applied an old and proven military tactic. The Ukrainians were already fighting along the Eastern Ukraine with most of the Air support assets intact. So, here is the approach. 1. Attack from multiple fronts same time take out the air support assets, logistics and reinforcement lane. This was phase one of the special operations. 2. Once the phase is achieved, withdraw to a vantage position and concentrate your forces to achieve your primary objective. Which is taking over and occupy Eastern Ukraine. Phase one was to deny or make it difficult for Ukraine to provide support to their forces in Eastern Ukraine. 3. Phase 3 will likely be negotiations with Ukraine calling for a referendum in the Eastern. The main loser will definitely be present day Ukraine.

[@mimoh2000]

@@gumzster My perception still remains valid. You don't change your main objective in the middle of a campaign. Putin knows military strategy enough not to make such a mistake. It's all negotiating from a strong position.

[@setokaiba9250]

The liberal ukrainiacs don't understand Russia's goals. Ukraine is basically family to them historically, if they gave 0 fucks about collateral damage they could have captured Kiev in 1 week with the big guns they have

[@rasputin4u1]

This has been one of the most enlightening and insightful videos on current situation around the world..Vijay Prashad is brilliant

[@robert9ish]

Big fan of Vijay's. Always a pleasure to listen to. Great interview, Rania. Thanks!

[@richardbluhm1873]

I'm really impressed with Vijay. He is bright, and he has integrity.

[@mikebacchus5421]

Thanks for another great analysis from Mr Vijay Prashad.

[@miltondixon7091]

I love to sit and listen this lady, she's really amazing

[@sarahali6413]

Thank you 🙏Mr Prasad .. Excellent analysis, informative, insightful, educational & eye opener. I appreciate your program. Keep up the good work ✌️

[@bassoprof]

A great, eye-opening, extremely instructive and useful program. Many thanks to these two wonderful people.

[@munachi98]

I want to hear more from you Mr. Vijay. You are awesome!

[@magnus9165]

I always wondered why we did not befriend Russian economically after the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. We were allies during WW2. People forget about that history. I believe the US missed a golden opportunity.

[@windk3730]

For the US "deep state" or the MIC the goal was never about making allies.

[@kevinsargent7044]

the US is far too mental to be anyone's friend - they are like Nazi white supremists - they look down on about everyone else

[@zeissiez]

Because if there’s no more Russia “threat”, there would be no more NATO to control Europe. As the first NATO Secretary General, Lionel Ismay described NATO: “To keep America IN, to keep Russia OUT, to keep Germany (Europe) DOWN”. The Euro is a competitor to the dollar. For the record America has never been easy on countries threatening the dollar. ** In 2000 Saddam Hussein said he would start selling oil in Euros not Dollars. >Saddam was hanged by the US. ** In 2009 Gaddafi made Libya export oil in Gold Dinars. >Gaddafi was killed by US-backed NTC. ** Syria had an independent Central Bank NOT under Federal Reserve controlled Bank of International Settlements (like Iraq and Libya once had before US regime change). >Obama attempted to overthrow Bashar al-Assad. ** Iran has been trading oil in currencies other than US dollars since 2011. >Iran was being sanctioned by the US. ** In 2019, Putin (1) completely ditched dollars in oil trades, (2) sold almost all the US treasury bonds, (3) is now the forerunner in de-dollarization. >America wants to topple Putin. ** China (1) introduced the Belt and Road Initiatives in 2013 which helps many Asian, African, South American countries to grow, (2) used non-dollar in oil trades with Iran and Russia, (3) introduced the CIPS which is an alternative to the West’s SWIFT system which has been weaponized by America to put sanctions on countries that do not conform, (4) China’s economy size is catching up fast >China has become America #1 target.

[@AO-ow6tt]

That was never the US intention to befriend Russia since the Bolshevik October Revolution when the US and Western troops powers landed 100:years ago in Vladivostok to help the White Russians during 1918-1920. After WW2 and even after the fall of the former Soviet union, the US never abandoned its aggressive plot against Russia as it had already well prepared the ground by protecting and providing safe haven to forrmer Nazi collaborators to escape investigation and punishment by the Soviets. What is happening now in Ukraine is the resumption of the US and Western unfinished crusade against Russia.

[@willengel2458]

when USSR/Russia was at its darkest hours, Wall Street and the oligarchs pickup Russian assets dirt cheap. Putin and the Russians never forgot that, we didn't either.

[@therealdeal2163]

❤️ Vijay Prashad

[@nedkelly8495]

ThanQ for the excellent discussion. BT is awakening the world. We in NZ stand in solidarity with u. Re US bloody empire s'one once said 'America is the only country in the history of the world that "progressed" from barbarism to savagery without the usual interval of civilization.' (Frm NZ)

[@Princess_Pear]

Yooo.. Vijay in the houuuuuse! Always so informative to have him back. And especially on a topic that has been bugging me so much. Why indeed, are they shooting themselves in the foot.

[@raymondgillespie2169]

This is great. Should be viral. It's lovely to hear an American speak for the world.

[@clearvision10]

Russian economy is self contained and self sufficient. Russia has everything, rich in resources, technology and agriculture. Russia has also found ways to get around the sanctions on financial sector.

[@christinehallett3197]

Excellent. Such intelligence. Very impressive.

[@growbear]

Fantastic show! Thank you! Respect for your honesty and integrity.

[@rhorizon]

It's clear the US and EU were not expecting Russia to stand up to them. They're completely unprepared and have zero effective strategy... just fumbling the ball, accidentally scoring for the other team and looking like idiots.

[@DissidentB]

It's starting to look like the West's obscene egotistical sense of entitlement, suicidal short-sighted greed, fanatically insincere hypocrisy, complete self-absorbed detachment from reality, and rabid panicked desperation to maintain control of the situation at all costs has led them to self-destruct their own economic, diplomatic, and military power in the hopes of taking a major rival down along with itself. This could very well turn out to be the key event that triggers the rapid and irreparable downfall of global Western imperialist hegemony, followed by widespread squalor and catastrophic civil unrest as a result of their own reckless provocations, diabolical scheming, and self-defeating delusional fervor.

[@annadisco3995]

Mr Prashad is like an x-ray machine in diagnosing complex international crisis which can be all too confusing for most of the global citizens. 👍👍👍

[@zambezi-sv1ed]

Thanks very much BT News. Excellent thought provoking discussions that offer alternative narratives and realistic views on the causes and effects in our troubled and fractured world.

[@amirfahmi6248]

Glory & victory Russia. 🇷🇺

[@lemoynecastle6213]

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[@jamesmorrow1646]

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 Justice for MH17 🇦🇺

[@stayhungrystayfoolish759]

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[@Shalom7end]

Rania, I appreciate your journalism.

[@goodwill3649]

This program adds unknown facts to the dialogue. Great to get more education. THANK YOU to Anya and VJ. !!!!! THIS is one way to Open the Eyes of those sitting on the fence. To the willfully blind and often, prone to obscene violence the gods are withholding the medication. until then we're at the mercy of the lookout for yourself crowd . Who are quite comfortable with an offshoot of the existing antisocial prison mentality

[@mnet1514]

My brain expands every time I listen to Vijay. The Sri Lanka turn of events he explained is very educational!

[@AlternativeMediaJointCenter]

Bravo Rania, my absolute favorite💝, for all questions, especially the last one🙏

[@27fevilien]

France give back the money that you stole from Haiti justice for Haiti ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[@shelleylabar6310]

GREAT to hear TRUTH. "Thank you" is not enough.

[@FM-ln2sb]

As I listen to this great segment, there was a hospital shooting in Tulsa. May 14, there were shootings at a grocery store, and another at a church.

[@Elisa-mg3rc]

These two guys are my favorites ❤❤❤

[@shrikrishnakarnataki4876]

I see poor people living with their family, walking in their fresh-air farm, playing with their children and pet animals much happier and stress free than many rich people traveling in their own airplane, constantly worrying about stock market and living an artificial life in modern villa with security guards around!

[@kdroy3681]

It's a pathetic way to look at the world and have an opinion of poor people enjoying themselves much more happiness than the rich when arm of the rich reaches to those poor people to exploit their collective social labour in the current socio-economic and political order!

[@shrikrishnakarnataki4876]

@@kdroy3681 You have not seen happy poor people. They are actually richer than you and me as they are contented with not killing anyone but making their what they have, making their livelihood working hard in their fields. There might be poor you are referring to; but I was not talking about them. It's possible you have seen such people. What Britishers did to us for 2 decades is the same by divide and rule. What West is doing is the same in a different perspective. Look, Ukrainians are dying not Americans.

[@yassebutt2838]

Your comment reminded me of Jane Austen's Sense and sensibility when Mrs Dashwood is persuading her husband not to give his in-laws anything after their father died. She says they won't need any money because they have nothing. It's at the beginning of the story if you want to read it.

[@setokaiba9250]

Once thing I learned visiting my parents old country is they not have luxuries but everyone is chill, everyone in my grand moms village know each other

[@thomaswhyelengstebel1954]

And yet the governments of these poor people begging for financial aid from the rich countries. They want to exit poverty and happiness !

[@carlossemedo8086]

It's nice to listen, your voice again. God Bless you forever ❣️🙏

[@dav625]

This guy is so smart, can really see farther like an eagle.

[@RR-ms2mt]

I'm enjoying your honest/factual conversation... the war criminals are all free but the hell is waiting for them...🙏

[@moviesedits]

Hell and heaven is nothing .

[@kolomentseva]

Bandera and a few other Natzi collaborators are OFFICIAL Ukraine heroes. Thousands of monuments were installed throughout Ukraine, while they forbid Soviet army memorials (it's basically not allowed to celebrate victory over German Natzi). The reason is that ultra nationalists need to create a "pure" Ukrainian identity, without Russian heritage, and that's all they have. Ukraine's popular nationalist song words: "father Bandera, mother Ukraine" All countries (in Europe, Russia, Israel) condemned it. But then West turned a blind eye. "Denazification" is not just Azov and other military units, it's against this deep fabric throughout Ukraine. Ps: Zelensky and his backer oligarch Kolomoisky are Jewish.. ask them how they are ok with it, don't use it as a logical argument to deny the fact.

[@jean-pierredevent970]

The far right there blames present Russians for the Holodomor, the crimes of Stalin whatever...That seems really not reasonable??? In Europe we don't blame present Germans. Even now, the Russians themselves are largely against this. The leaders are in the end always to blame. Ordinary people never start wars and are forced to fight them.

[@tymanung6382]

US UK hid + worked + Stephan Bandera in W Germany to run 1950s guerilla war, til 1959 when USSR found + poisoned him---BEFORE NATO!!! (1948). W Europe rightists + W Ukraine rightists a match made in ??

[@carmelovirgiliolim2984]

Much appreciation for Rania and Vijay's discussion. Very enlightening and electrifying in a world that seems to have lost in space because of the mismanagement of many decision-makers in the world.

[@claudermiller]

Asking US media to report what the US is doing is like asking the police to investigate police misconduct. You don't need to wait for the answer.

[@badfella511]

Listened to this during my workout like a loser, but great discussions from both of you. Keep up the great work BT News!

[@VicharB]

First time listening to Mr Vijay, and have to say that I concur with most of the points he has to say.

[@dechaariyaratana2340]

This is a real WOW! Vijay is one of the very few thinkers with such a foresight. Your analogy is accurate that no one dared to reveal their thoughts.

[@zchu3179]

Europe has been played by first UK, then US for 3 centuries.

[@foppo100]

These are the discussions with two intelligent people we should see on the mainstream television net works.We never do to keep the masses dumb.Follow our narrative the mainstream narrative or else.

[@adbogo]

Vijay Prashad, one of the few people who would really deserve the Nobel prize fore peace. Not that he will get it. This man is so intelligent en has such an enormous knowledge base that he leaves most western intellectuals far behind him. I think he can be compared with Noam Chomsky.

[@spottymaldoon4427]

Why has no British Newspaper or TV station questioned why there is a Stepan Bandera Museum in London???!!! Why have they just ignored it??? It's an insult to Jews and British servicemen and women who fought Fascism in WW2. Ukrainians hero worship Fascists yet the European governments keep silent on this. By the way streets are named after him in Ukraine and they have five Museums honouring him over there!!!

[@talbotlindstrom6452]

Education levels in Scandinavia have dropped drastically in the last 50 years.

[@pseudomemory]

Stunned (again) by Vijay Prashad's brilliantly lucid and honest take on the currents of today's global (dis)order, put sharply forth by Rania Khalek. For example: - excellent points made on the ruthless strategies of the "western" ruling class in relation to the Nato-Russia war in Ukraine - namely the tactics of "short-term pain and long-term gain" and it's global receipients (that is short and long-term pain for the masses and long-term gain for the ruling class) - and the criminal role of the "western" corpo/state media (and their well paid stenographers) in selling it to the public as short-term pain and long-term gain for all - an UNDEBATABLE sacrifice (and I would also like to add, especially here, in the now fully collonial belly of the "western" beast - Poland)... - or the valid question on the issue of the alleged past neutrality of Sweden, which flaunts nobel peace prizes left and right along with its extensive weapons exports' death-enterprise... which government is also one of the primary actors responsible for Julian Assange's tragedy (currently, probably the world's most persecuted journalist, fading away in the UK dungeon)... - or how the Bretton-Woods financial institutions still try and play and coerce (some) of the countries of the so called Global South (which in reality is THE world, or most of it)... As always a great lesson on the hypocrisy in the contemporary world politics by BT News and Rania Khalek's great Dispatches series. You, The Grayzone, Consortium News, People's Dispatch, The Multipolarista, MintPressNews, among the many more independent media outlets, are now more than ever the much needed voice of reason in these f*cked up times. Thanx 4 all your hard work!

[@thebiblicalrumbleroom]

Vijay hits a great point about mass shootings and bullying. Perhaps, a national conversation is needed about community based policing that manifests as community harassment and targeted stalking.

[@ZZ90755]

Mr Vijay P nice seeing you in this show.

[@priyadarshinichakraborti1825]

Thank you Rania for bringing in Vijay and giving us this insightful conversation ❤️so knowledgeable and meaningful as always

[@olafsrensen9578]

Vijay is so inspering and give me an alternative to western PROPAGANDA . Bedst from Denmark.

[@jvs333]

Vijay is BRILLIANT!!!

[@jimmysparks315]

If Ukraine military use a hospital or school as a command center or weapons storage (or anything related to) then that hospital / school is now a legal, legitimate target & not a war crime.

[@minhng7208]

Totally agree, I think Vijay was not aware that Ukr army used schools, hospitals and public places as shelters.

[@jimmysparks315]

@@minhng7208 Residential & industrial areas got hit hard because that's where the Ukr military was... simple as that

[@np2917]

America"s regim change businesses every one know now. and Vijay know very very well and he see this on ground.. He is amazing man. 😇

[@Han-vd4zz]

I always like to listen to Vijay's presentations

[@afkfromk1]

WHEN Ukranian forces using schools and hospitals as firing positions it is a legitimate target

[@paulalexander2529]

Excellent insights. Very well presented

[@allandyer5975]

Thank you both for another wonderful podcast I have a question if a all world conflict evolves wonder what countries will side with Russia/America.

[@raseric2069]

The judgments for exploitation is paying the price.

[@jukio02]

Just look at who sanctioned Russia and who didn't. There's your answer.

[@pelaubenson1230]

@@jukio02 Exactly..spot on!

[@humanity1581]

Arab countries refused to go with the sanction on Russia. - - - June 2, 2022

[@james6401]

@@jukio02 These countries HAVE NOT sanctioned the Russian people: China - 1.4 billion people India - 1.3 billion people ASEAN - 650 million people (Assoc of south-east Asian nations) Pakistan- 220 million Brazil - 200 million people Bangladesh - 165 million people Mexico - 130 million people Ethiopia- 115 million Egypt - 100 million Iran - 90 million Democratic Republic of the Congo - 90 million Turkey - 85 million Central Asia (?) - 65 million South Africa - 60 million Myanmar - 55 million Algeria - 44 million Afghanistan- 40 million Iraq - 40 million Morocco - 37 million Argentina- 35 million Saudi Arabia - 35 million Angola - 32 millon Ghana - 31 million Mozambique- 31 million Venezuela - 30 million Yemen - 30 million North Korea - 25 million Sri Lanka - 22 million Mali - 20 million Kazakhstan - 17.5 million Syria - 17.5 million Ecuador - 17.5 million Senegal - 17 million Bolivia - 12 million Hungary - 10 million Cuba - 10 million UAE - 10 million Jordan - 10 million Tajikistan - 9.5 million Belarus - 9 million Lebanon - 6.8 million Libya - 6.8 million Nicaragua - 6.5 million El Salvador - 6.5 Kyrgyzstan - 6.5 million Turkmenistan - 6 million Central African Republic - 5 million Oman - 4.8 million Panama - 4.3 million Kuwait - 4.2 million Armenia- 2.9 million Qatar - 2.8 million Namibia - 2 5 million Bahrain - 1.7 million

[@basfinnis]

Excellent analysis.

[@wayneanderson6370]

Grate commentry, you both couldnt do better. 👍

[@andrewsullivan3874]

Super Show!!!

[@raskolnikov1461]

Thanks you both for great conversation ✅

[@ericarnow240]

When Ukraine kicks the patients out of a hospital and turns it into a firing point with weapons, it's not a hospital anymore. Prashad needs to be more careful in his assessments of what is going on militarily. Russia states clearly that it avoids targeting civilians. It is the Ukrainians who target civilians because they are Russian speakers. That is racism. Russians NOT targeting Ukrainians, whom they have centuries long relations with is not racism.

[@tymanung6382]

Ethnic Ukrainian far right see selves as W European pure Slavs, vs. Russians being Slavs, + Mongols + Jews.

[@szymborska]

Europeans invade Russia about once a century, then spend 90 years forgetting their lesson

[@DiogoJ1]

I mean, it didn't happen in our parent's generation, let alone ours, and I'm 34 years old. Also, it was really just France and Germany who tried to invade at different points in time. And Europe isn't invading Russia.

[@AKAHEIZER]

And if you compare the territory of Russia today with the territory centuries ago, you will come to the conclusion that it is Russia invading other people lands, forcing them into submission, committing russification policies, ethnic cleansing, slave labour and expropriation.

[@moviesedits]

@@DiogoJ1 what about germany nazi invade russia ?

[@DiogoJ1]

@@moviesedits That didn't happen in our parent's generation either. And pretty much applies to what I said before. Only France and Germany tried to invade in the distant past.

[@tymanung6382]

@@DiogoJ1 In 1918, all the future NATO gov.s invaded Russia to help Russian.rightists/monarchists to defend capitalism + Tsarism.

[@eotlati1763]

I like listening to Vijay he has wide incisive knowledge of topics throw at him. . Nice discussion.

[@serge9923]

A great guest! Very informative & wide ranging interview.Thank you & continue your fine work but stay out of the "gun debate"

[@leoanazemi3797]

Many thanks as always 🙏🙏🙏

[@Van_Wilder]

First time listening to your show and I must say, I really enjoyed it 🇿🇦👍🏻

[@bensonchukwubike1639]

Good analysis thank you you explain the problem is United States of America the answer is Europe integration of economy with Russia and China other Asia and Africa but USA does not want it to happen that’s the problem but the most painful one of is stupidity of Europeans unions leaders it’s annoyingly that there’s no more wise leaders left in Europe to see the hand writing on the wall

[@RichardvanderVeen]

This is such a great interview. Vijay is a goldmine of insightful comments. Enjoyed this a lot. Thanks, Rania

[@photobyTaps]

Democrats used to hate racist statues. So long as their in Ukraine it must be okay now 😂

[@xianseah4847]

Nazi racism is the pride of NATO-US.

[@rajagopalramachandra2236]

Mr.Prashad is so clear and unassuming in his talk. Wonderful indeed.

[@user-gy4lq1id1z]

Great discussion 👍

[@batessdd]

Great stuff as always !

[@peterazlac1739]

I am not an economist but it seems to me that we are not in a classic supply based inflation where too much money is chasing too few goods due in this case to the problems with the supply chains but rather a reduced purchasing power inflation where a large part of the population used up their savings during Cov-2 and are now in a situation where increases in income are being outstripped by costs of energy, food rent or mortgages plus increases in taxation. This started before the Ukraine war and is directly linked to the responses of governments during Cov-2 in shutting down economies for a problem that largely affected the retired and spraying money out to large companies whilst letting small business go to the wall such that those small businesses such as restaurants that survived cannot attract enough customers to pay wages high enough to attract staff and in agriculture the costs of inputs has gone to the point where farmers cannot finance the supplies they would normally use, even if they could get them, and so are reducing the areas down to crops with high inputs which is having an inflationary effect of food costs. In this situation it should be clear that the classic solution of increasing interest rates will only make the situation worse. The situation is exacerbated by the false climate change narrative with its war on fossil fuels which is the main reason for the high energy prices as there has been no incentive for energy companies in the oil and gas field to increase supplies, even if they could get the capital required for the investments combined with restrictive laws passed by governments. All we need now is the predicted cooling cycle to really set in an we will be faced with a real disaster. EU policy is being driven by the Green Germany belief in Blut und Boden or Blood and Soil in which they want to take Europe back to the deindustrialized agrarian economies of the Middle Age which also happens to be the objective of the eugenicists at the WEF since the famines that were common at that time and the ensuing deaths fit with their objective of a major decrease in global population. This is not surprising because both Macron and the German Greens leader Baerbock were WEF "Young Leaders of the Future".

[@ynotamil]

Excellent piece. VP as usual, the best in the field.

[@artcenterjo]

Excellent interview!

[@talbotlindstrom6452]

Do not forget it was Russia that defeated Napoleon, not Wellington. Also it is the Tsar of All The Russias that is back

[@vmdoon]

Sri Lanka has had a trade deficit. With tourism being hit by the Pandemic, and switch to organic fertilizers leading to a sharp decline in one of its key exports-tea, this deficit widened considerably. Its forex reserves dwindled to the point it was unable to import even essential medicines. All of this happened before the U-R war began. In Feb it was on the brink of bankruptcy.

[@fannyalbi9040]

the government itself is “dynasty”, like all ruling dynasty, its collapsed is inevitable. Actually I find this is great news. Time to change

[@simeonsamuel8495]

Some great quotes. Freedom is not free. Short term pain for long term gain.

[@lanfordbrown8631]

it's valuable, insightful and information-packed.

[@hamidsafaipour2499]

BRAVO,great PROGRAM.

[@zhaf]

Well I live and grew up in Sweden so I can tell you a thing or two abouot what the average regular Swede thinks of Nato and Russia. Well I guess I have to state that this are my own opinions, experiences and observations. This is not scientific and I don't have data to back it up. Also I'm generalising, of cause not every Swede is like this. The Swedes all know that Sweden have been good friends with other western countries during conflicts. They know their Neutrality is questionable. In fact that's one of the reason the Politicians are pushing teh agenda to join Nato. I'm paraphrasing "We have basically always been a part of Nato, just not officially so we aren't getting all the benifits. By joining nothing really changes on our end but we will gain the guarantee of Nato protection when the Russians start attacking us." So basically the largest selling point to join Nato is pointing at Ukraine and say "Look they aren't a Nato member therefore no one is helping them." Then pointing at the Baltic countries and Poland and say "Look they are Nato members so Russia dares not to attack them. Because they have Nato troops, weapons and equipment stationed there. Therefore Sweden need to join Nato so Russia wouldn't dare to attack us. And of they did we have Nato to back us up and we wouldn't end up like Ukrane." Also this one othe point that comes up a lot when I talk to people. "We ally ourselves with likeminded people/nations that have common goals. Our goals and vision of the future lines up with US and not with Russia/China. Therefore it's only logical to ally ourselves with US over Russia/China." The Swedes hate and fear Russia mainly because US influence since the cold war and somewhat their violent history with Russia from ways back. Sweden and Russia have had wars on and off for hurdreds of years before the second world war. The last time Sweden have had a miltary conflict with Russia/Soviet was helping Finland during the "Winter War" right before the second World War. Sweden was an ally to the western side during the Cold War. And have been buddy buddy with the US since then, happily buying and drinking the US geopolitical Kool-Aid. So to Swedes in their head still sees Russia as this totally 100% evil non redeemable comic book/movie villain (btw I'm Chinese, they view China in the exact same way and it's super frustrating). When you speak of Russia/China to a Swede, you can almost see the disgust forming on thei face and the bad tase in their mouths. This thoughts and feelings are like totally installed into their brains. They can't help to think this way. This is also why they hate Communism and Socialism. Even though they do have socialist practices they live by. It's to them Socialism "lite", in trasition to neo liberalism. I once had a co-worker from somewhere near Turkey, I don't remember exactly where, who said on an after work that Russia isn't as bad as mainsteam media portrait it as. And people laughed at him, saying he was crazy and just stopped talking to him. And I don't mean at that after work. I mean they stopped including him in any non work activity. Sometimes I invited him and sometimes he basically had to invite himself. He later quit not that long after it happened. Even when nothing geopolitical is happening in the area there are columns and articles popping up regurlaly speculating on when Russia is going to attack Sweden. So when Russia uses military force in Ukraine. It basically, to them, validates everything theory/head cannon in their mind. A lot of Swedes are really scared shitless of Russia invading Sweden. At the start of the Ukraine conflict, a lot of people in Sweden were doomsday prepping. They are so positive that Sweden is next on Russias invasion list. Like I said. As a Chinese guy living in Sweden. It has been increasingly frustrating to live in Sweden ever since Covid started. They are leaning more than ever on US. And Sweden is joining Nato without the population having any say in the decision. I would have liked a referendum vote becaue it effects so many peoples lives. Even if the end result would still have been "Sweden joining Nato". Some democratic country I live in. I get to vote in every kindergarden populatiry contest, that is our elections, but I don't have a say in any real issues.

[@fannyalbi9040]

despite highly education, apparently sweden is just classic gullible fools then. i thought they encourage critical thinking? apparently no. dumb cxxt then. mama mia

[@pslaw]

To be more precise: 'short-term pain for everybody except for the political class, short-term gain for the political class not for anybody else. What long-term gain? Can't see that far, forget it! 😱