Ukraine as a Pawn w/ Vijay Prashad

[@behdadforghani]

NATO did not even try to pretend that there is an effort to broker a ceasefire and prevent unnecessary bloodshed. They just poured gasoline on fire. The weapons that were shipped to Ukraine were a death sentence for the receivers.

[@mgg4936]

You are correct, the west keeps pumping Zelensky's ego so that he keeps fighting and killing innocent Ukreanian Civilians and young Russian soldiers. , Zelensky is the Dumbest man alive and he is being use by the Elites to kill Ukrainians and Russians, The Countries that are giving weapons to Ukraine are the 👿 Devil and want Ukraine and Russia to destroy each other , and Supposedly helping by Giving Weapons,, open your Eyes .if you see a husband and Wife fighting , do you hand one a Bat and the other an Ax ??? No ,, same thing ,,. These countries supposedly Helping Ukraine are even more Evil since they will be making Money from the Weapons!!!

[@champtech8755]

There’s Clintons clone behind Biden and they REALLY hate Putin, it’s like a revenge to them to keep Russia at war as long as possible to destroy it AND it will impact the USA itself, which they, both Clintons, hate as well. It’s true and Europe is just sheep following the USA. Look at natos meeting Biden is like a head of the world telling everyone what they have to do

[@Lindatong2]

There is a racist and imperialist history of the US policy - Monroe Doctrine, NATO expansion, Latin American Interventionism, etc. Biden’s Ukraine policy is no exception.

[@NedBoukharine]

Nato is a broker of war not peace.

[@maharajdurai461]

Biden and US Gov is out of touch of the world or they are just malicious in creating chaos. The true EVIL as they make effort to destroy peace inorder to maintain leadership. Just pertectic.

[@mspencer679]

A pivotal moment for all gifted with this presentation.Your guest, Mr Prashad, provided an education which although brutal in its' unfathomable and necessary truth left the viewer with a HOPE for us which of late has been fragile and needed support. Thank you

[@lesseirgpapers9245]

Adolf Heusinger first Nato head was a Nazi.

[@ugooko7569]

@33 666A how do you talk about a society you don know nothing about?

[@PointBlanc1231]

@M Spencer Absolutely true!! But some people have a problem digesting the truth. Like cockroaches the only way to treat them is to stamp on them immediately and as hard as you can and move on.

[@MC-in8mc]

What hope pray?

[@paintsilj]

​@@lesseirgpapers9245Hitler's former chief of staff. And then there was Rommel's former head of staff and several others from Germany until the 80s

[@rayhughes]

I survive off these discussions as a reliable, interesting alternative source of viewpoint, contrary to Mainstream media stream of propaganda

[@najiv8797]

Yep . They think their audiences are some sort of Monkies.

[@jacob5061]

@@najiv8797 I mean a lot of them kinda are.. just brainwashed as hell because capitalism and imperialism has to rely on manufacturing consent.

[@bonnyfaceokpuzor5098]

Good

[@bonnyfaceokpuzor5098]

Good

[@bonnyfaceokpuzor5098]

Good

[@edwardlarkin4279]

Listened and watched twice. So important discussion. Feel so fortunate to have access to this educated understanding

[@maharajdurai461]

Biden and US Gov is out of touch of the world or they are just malicious in creating chaos. The true EVIL as they make effort to destroy peace inorder to maintain leadership. Just pertectic.

[@thabonthabiletloveconquer9588]

Thank you so much for telling it as it is .......... These cruel thugs think that Humanity is exactly as they are trying so hard to to program us with....... Fortunately we have the internet today where people like you (honest Beings) share a well researched information...... Thanks a lot

[@rodrigofonseca6241]

Victoria Nuland, the Cookie Monster of Kiev.

[@jessicali8594]

Zelensky, comedian / actor, the cokehead of Kiev. Selected & placed by Kolomoisky.

[@first-gordonchang9510]

Yatz! Yatz the guy. Victoria Fat Secret monster.

[@tomgayle2849]

@ rodrigo fonseca good comment.

[@fun_ghoul]

@@jessicali8594 When you want cocaine in a club, you always ask the emcee. ❄

[@SH-jg5zq]

True

[@pisablavatski4876]

Vijay prasad is brilliant as usual.

[@fun_ghoul]

@33 666A Unless you're married to your first girlfriend, or you're a virgin, then you too are an adulterer. Read your Bible, fool.

[@tokbucks]

Bravo, so clear comprehensive explanation of how my country USA is pushing world towards Nuclear conflict.

[@andrawusazimi8428]

I would personally think that, y'know, leveling entire cities and all the people in them is worse than saying that the person responsible is a bad man an putting economic sanctions on his country. Maybe I ust haven't "thought" about it enough. Not a big fan of the US. But the bloody mental gymnastics I am seeing in these comments to try and justify Putin's actions. But there were never any causes for this war, just justifications.

[@maharajdurai461]

Biden and US Gov is out of touch of the world or they are just malicious in creating chaos. The true EVIL as they make effort to destroy peace inorder to maintain leadership. Just pertectic.

[@Bloodlinedev]

@@andrawusazimi8428 This "bad man" narrative is really like children see the world. "justify Putins actions" but that's not how it works! It's Russia and they have pretty damn good reasons to do so. It takes a lot of time to look behind the curtains but it's worth it I promisse.

[@andrawusazimi8428]

@@Bloodlinedev ​ @Monkey Squad Explain yourself, and do it carefully. It seems that, on my own, I am unable to explain how Russia had good reasons to kill and rape as they have. But maybe, however unlikely, you may actually have something worthwhile to say about the situation. So go ahead and say it.

[@Bloodlinedev]

@@andrawusazimi8428 Ok, I'll take the time to teach you how to fish. I simply can't tell you the truth™ because things are compilated and have different layers. Explaining an overview to a college of mine took 2h in person. And that's just an overview without details, without proofs and interesting nooks and crannies. And I would not assume what I know is 100% true, ever. First thing, every media outlet is biased, one way or another. Official media sources are propaganda. Not by necessarily lying but by twisting the truth as much as they can get away with, leaving out context, questioning things that are factually proven and explaining things that are not proven at all as facts. If you read "We have to bomb this man because he's bad" question why the man is bad. What did he do? It that really proven? When Putin says "Special Operation" what does he mean by this? Try to understand his reasoning and only then you can decide if you (dis)agree with him. Good videos on geopolitical things like university presentations and analyses are usually long and boring. They have to be because things are complicated. When somebody tries to sum up something geopolitical in a few sentences he's full of sh!t. The relationship of you and your spouse is more complicated than that between multiple countries, really? Another good thing to know are labels. Labels are a few powerful tool in propaganda because once people are trained to react to them they don't have to think about the actual arguments stated. Ignore labels and try to understand the actual arguments somebody wants you to think about. Here a 2 good videos to get you started (in my opinion): kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIuWY5akqcyDlZo (Lol, the 2nd one is this one)

[@seanpatrick7188]

Hearing Larry Fink say at the end of the clip that the EU was too dependent on Russia's gas says a lot. Completely supporting your thoughts on why the US had to reel NATO countries back in to the full weight of US influence. Proxy war :( All those lives lost, increased hunger, increased prices and a destroyed Ukraine in this war because the US felt their influence had diminished. The EU just gave the middle finger to all their citizens knowing very well where this headed.

[@fdjw88]

this is how the world works, it's the jungle rules, the weak have no say.

[@earthman6700]

The Russians will be warm this winter with a surplus of gas and oil. I think our politicians shot us in the foot.

[@abushakoor1603]

Well said. Why let Ukraine being pawn for some body else's gain. Ukrainians paid big price.awfil.

[@geralds6131]

EU Industries can not be competitive shipping LG by ships from US to their ports. It’s not feasible long term, while Russia ships cheap gas to their competitors.

[@itskashkashi]

Read "Overextending and Unbalancing Russia" by RAND 2019. The policy prescriptions alarmingly reflect current events. Anyone that says that Russia has nothing to worry about from nato are being purposefully ignorant and obtuse.

[@ranlam52]

Good discussion & insight. Wish more people can see it.

[@samdegoeij6576]

Share it, tweet and promote it.

[@patricktravers2813]

The USA - dominance over all humanity..

[@anonanon7235]

a lot of people do see it, the establishment just pretends we don't exist and keep shoving their stories while censoring ours voices.

[@mponengmorabe2815]

Ranbo everybody can see the bully Russia 🇷🇺

[@maharajdurai461]

Biden and US Gov is out of touch of the world or they are just malicious in creating chaos. The true EVIL as they make effort to destroy peace inorder to maintain leadership. Just pertectic.

[@ajdsp]

This is the kind of perspective most Americans are denied by the MSM. Many are so propagandized that even if they stumble on a video like this, as soon as they hear the word “socialist” they immediately reject the entire idea of even listening to it. Once one moves past labels, past natuonalistic mindsets, and actually listens to a discussion like this, suddenly light bulbs turn on, and the truth behind the confusing headlines emerges. Bravo to both of you. I learned so much from your discussion.

[@darleneshriver3270]

And let's talk about what the US government has done to the fields in Syria by burning their wheat fields and taking control of those fields and their oil! What right does the US government have to do that no one talks about that!

[@sarahali6413]

Thank you 🙏, I hope one day we would be able to live in a community of nations . Excellent program. Informative & insightful.✌️🕊

[@guyhmajor]

Brilliant show!! US should be concentrating on it’s own internal divisions.

[@RawKnee1111]

I agree ... but the USA's puppet master, the terrorist state of Israel has other plans.

[@billybobhobnob101]

@@RawKnee1111 Too simplistic, yes the Israelis are players who use bribery and blackmail to punch above their weight but they are just one malign voice in a chorus- American, British and other colonial oligarchs have been horrible to both their own people and foreign people long before Israel was anything.

[@joej6780]

US gets paid well for fighting wars outside. There's no financial gain fighting the problems at home.

[@lorainejones41]

@@billybobhobnob101 wow, I have been thinking that but you worded it perfectly. Thank you. Blaming everything on Israel is getting ridiculous yes they fight above the weight but this colonialism destroyed them too.

[@RawKnee1111]

@@lorainejones41 The terrorist racist apartheid state of israel gets away with murder. It's ridiculous that it hasn't been wiped off the map yet.

[@ooikk8458]

Ukraine should concede to the Russian demands which are not quite reasonable, that is remain neutral and forgo Nato membership. Russia has the right to feel threatened if Ukraine is armed to the teeth, being a Nato . Ukraine is at Russia doorstep only. Just look at the US how it felt security if Iraq was armed with weapon of mass destruction which did not exist. And remember Iraq is thousands of miles away. Vijay Prasad is very well versed in world history.

[@danpatrick9583]

Yep, US is imperialist and they want to use the world as slave states. NATO should be dismantled.

[@animenation5324]

the thing is, russia's government's fear of invasion (even though everybody knows that nobody invades a counry with nuclear weapons) from the west makes them lash out to neighbours which in turn pushes those countries in EU & NATO arms. its a cycle which has already played out in the past, ending with the collapse of the soviets. putin's russia restarted the cycle with the invasion of georgia in 2008, we'll see how this round ends soon.

[@ThanasisZantrimas0310]

It's really frustrating and upsetting the fact the whole of Europe is going to suffer the consequences due to some bloody neocons. Their foreign policy sucks because they blew it up domestically.

[@FoxyCAMTV]

Don't divide them into smaller groups like neocons and neolibs...Just call them warmongers, people who want to committ suicide by killing the planet....Sad petty people.

[@fun_ghoul]

@@FoxyCAMTV a.k.a. 🐷🐷🐷

[@QUINTUSMAXIMUS]

Neoliberals and neocons helped create the refugee crimes and migrant crises with removing Gaddafi, invading Iraq, and destabilizing Syria, and pushing NATO as far as possible in violation of assurances given to the Soviets, but NATO's European countries followed along.

[@ricvibesinc1]

sick puppies

[@yorkshireway150]

Europe will suffer upcoming year multi-faceted socio-economic problems just because it became "yes-dog" to phoney conman called Uncle Sam

[@nzdoom827]

Great insight and context to the Ukrainian situation in this discussion, thank you Mr Prashad and the host!

[@davd1986]

Great talk Brian and Vijay! Thank you Vijay for mentioning the Non-Alignment Movement that was founded by Yugoslavia (my former country, itself a neutral country) and also for mentioning Charles De Gaulle's attempt to get France out of NATO and US troops out of France.

[@tokraful]

Again, the non-alignment movement was labeled as "short-sighted" by the US.

[@davd1986]

Because the US always finds a way to criticize something that is effective and potentially threatening to their sphere of influence

[@mattgeo5039]

Vijay is pure gold. Subscribed

[@waynevanrensburg8037]

Don’t you just enjoy expanding your knowledge listening to such articulate and well versed people. Gents, I thank you ☺️

[@PointBlanc1231]

@Wayne. True. Sick of US Media lying.

[@i8am8kemraj84]

This is so informative! Thank you guys so much. It’s hard to find non propaganda news nowadays😒

[@fun_ghoul]

Every communication made to influence the opinion of someone is propaganda, including this channel. Part of Amerikkkan propaganda for decades has been to ensure that the very word "propaganda" is understood to be a synonym of "lies", when it really just means to spread ideas. If Amerikkka were to admit this, the façade of "balanced journalism" would die instantly, thus exposing their own propaganda as lies. In short, Amerikkkan accusations are mostly projection.

[@ishrirampersad8809]

From any aspect that I have looked at Ukraine's situation, I am forced to conclude that Ukraine and particularly Zelensky has allowed himself to be played for a fool by the NATO hangers on that he should hold his grounds. If Russia moved against his country they would all support him and his country. Zelensky's EGO became so big he even dared Russia to attack Ukraine in respect Donietsk and Luhansk. The only conditions required to be fulfilled were- neutrality of Ukraine, Independence of L&D and no NATO membership. In other words the Minsk agreement. Slavishly believing the West and NATO would support him, Zelensky believed he already had neuclare force at his disposal. He was left with his arms outstretched begging, pleading, beseeching his imagined supporters. They never appeared. Ukraine now has its country in ruins and a mess. He boasts now we stood firm. With all of his assets destroyed, refugees, maybe indebted for all the arms provided, a smashed face and he thinks he's a hero! What a foolish leader!

[@hunghung3766]

Zelensky is a clown and a big joke to Ukrainians, bringing hardships to them instead of fun. Never fancy for western democracy as it welcomes interference from foreign superpowers.

[@AP-pf8kv]

Ukrainians voted for Zelensky because he promised what sounded right. I watched just a little bit of his performance as acomedian,- he refected the situation with the US and ultra- rights realistically. But later somebody wrote a scenario for him as a president and one of ukrainian oligarchs, Kolomoyski, who owned a lot and a tv channel, became his friend. People in comments wrote, that Kolomoyski had investments in… Burisma and this is like pandora box. And so on. I personally am very sorry, that a lot of ordinary Ukrainians lost what they had, however those ukro- nazis are really awful people and there is no any way to make them to dissapear. Originally they were created by the dame Kolomoyski for protecting his businesses. I had impression that Zelenski was a good person before he became a president. Also what is interesting, that during this two weeks the US replaced some Russian gas by American in EU, it means that Zelenski played his part in that.

[@olevegn]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqGnkJWejLR3esU Is this wrong???

[@adammousa6274]

I totally agree with you

[@darkprince2490]

Zelensky is irrelevant. NATO overplayed its hand. If it weren't Zelensky, NATO would have gotten some other rubber stamp. It is the first well publicized failed color evolution- does not augur well for the americans as everyone wil be testing the waters for freedom.

[@desmondfaria4095]

Absolutely brilliant interview, and a wealth of knowledge. Thank you.

[@urszulab8397]

So so true 👍👍👍 My late father was very right Thank you so much to open peoples eyes. I strongly agree that Europe is getting weaker. So sad that so many countries can not stand up for themselves. Your amazing video really opened my eyes & I learned so much 🙏🙏🙏

[@Q_QQ_Q]

Soviet?

[@violetsrayreikishop2]

Too bad my country America is only about divide and conquer smh I'm African American and they want to spread this chaos to other countries and think it's a genius idea

[@givenjust6564]

Amazing analysis from Vijay Prashad. EU is too weak to break free from US NATO. EU can always work out security treaty with Russia. Never get US finger into your sugar jar.

[@BlackNess00]

Facts

[@tokraful]

Henery Kissinger said - "To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal"

[@animenation5324]

the thing that seems to be the biggest obstacle to such an arrangement is the presence of sooo many memorials of very recent atrocities by russia in europe and europe in russia. too many, european countries don't give off the desire to repeat them, but as for russia, it proved that it not only has the desire to wage war in europe, but has actually done it. the americans only sin is taking advantage of the european legitimate fears of occupation and russian obsession with power to increase its influence on the continent.

[@ishrirampersad8809]

Given Just The EU is living in the time of the end of WWII. Sure they were indebted to the Russians and Americans, the latter making them pay with their dignity now enslaved for the help to rebuild. But don't they have the guts to rebuild their country with their pride and dignity as the Russians did? Now they're in a club contributing through their noses and jump to every command of Big brother. That must be galling but your country's dignity is far more valuable than servitude. The leaders of Europe seems to love the arrangements at the expense of their birthright and dignity.

[@PointBlanc1231]

@Irishi Rsmprasad. They seem to have a subservient culture.

[@Mr13FNG]

Great show, two juggernauts on at the same time love it. Reminds me of when George Galloway had Ilan Peppe on. Thanks TSP

[@mortalkomment8028]

People should share this with friends and family! Important knowledge countering the Western fake news.

[@pohkuanchan973]

Hope the viewers share this video to their friends to educate more people the truth so that World Peace will have a chance! 🙏

[@barquerojuancarlos7253]

Opportunities lost: Stalin died in 1953 and within weeks Eisenhower gave his "Chance for Peace" speech. Khrushchev's "thaw" was underway and the Soviets offered to join NATO. But, the US said ... Ever feel the US is wrong side of history?

[@fun_ghoul]

The US is a British slave plantation. Could it ever have ended up on the right side of history?

[@matthewkopp2391]

Yes the Cold War was completely unnecessary. Diplomacy would have liberalized Eastern Bloc and Socialized Western states. Dialectical materialism. A real exchange of ideas. But REAL classical liberalism for example Thomas Jefferson was against MONOPOLIES. And Real Marxism was for more direct democracy. An honest exchange of ideas was impossible because the USA already created a completely FALSE history. And the Soviets still had a narrow Marxism, but they were actually more honest about this.

[@lockbert99]

Scott Ritter says that Putin pleaded with Clinton not to expand NATO further. Then later Putin asked Clinton if Russia could join NATO. Clinton declined both requests.

[@judyking1702]

Thank you for such good content, great teachers for those of us who are teachable!

[@trevorjohnston4497]

Awesome discussion - thanks so much . In awe of the breadth of perspective shared ….a tragedy though that these perspectives seem retrospective….unable to alter the (very negative) course of events. The daily news is screaming wasted opportunity! Beyond angry at the ignorance selfishness and incompetence of so many world leaders ….most of all those in the US.

[@automaticweldingsystems116]

Thank you all. Thank you for the channel. Thank you for your hard work.

[@TomRivieremusic]

The U.S. manufactured crisis in Ukraine cannot be separated from the drive for full spectrum dominance all over the world. Today the empire uses Ukraine for its purposes, other nations will be next unless there are organized mass movements against US/NATO aggressions.

[@ibrahimba4556]

When countries are faced with a choice between strategic interests and international laws, they will choose strategic interests. Russia made a strategic choice and it is willing to pay the price. Hell with these western institutions.

[@lendzemojoachimkimeng1318]

Bro this is the smartest thing I've read in a while.

[@farshidbazyar6626]

You are totally right but just for clarifying, there is no international laws, they are all western laws and rules for others. These laws were made in 50s or 60s when west had the most power and money. These laws are all in west interest. But now new powers like China or others they want to have their own laws and rules for their own interest and west doesnt want to give other countries their share. They want to stay the only leader for ever which is impossible. Even the world biggest empire collapsed after a while🤷🏻‍♂️

[@fun_ghoul]

@@farshidbazyar6626 All empires collapse. If you believe Glubb Pasha, the average is around 250 years. Gee, how old is Amerikkka? 🤔😁

[@champtech8755]

The only thing is Ukraine is being destroyed completely, people left with no roof over their head, with just a bag of all their belongings.

[@aronkahuti6529]

Very true

[@dejavue3013]

Vijay is one of the sharpest thinkers today. The country that most needs regime change is the very one who goes around the world doing it.

[@PointBlanc1231]

True. Exactly!!

[@nurainiarsad7395]

Except that the regime is probably not in the White House, but the US military industrial complex.

[@samuraijack7295]

An additional note, there are projections of 14 million people facing acute food shortages currently in East Africa due to drought as well as the conflict in Ethiopia. The coming food price raises are going to cause chaos and upheaval and thousands are going to die. Its already too late for many of them and there is no appetite for raising the funds necessary since the donors are focused on Ukraine at the moment.

[@CommunistRSA]

Our intelligence as human beings is too intelligent for us, this world will come to an end

[@tashalorm4313]

It is something they are doing on purpose, because Covid didn’t kill the amount they wanted.

[@kevsuch5447]

I bet the $32bn being given to the Ukrainian government to bring Russia to its knees at the Americans behest would've gone an inordinate way to alleviate that inhumane problem 🤷‍♂️

[@SuperDflower]

This is hands down the best programming I’ve seen so far in explaining the context and the ramifications of what’s going on in a way that’s understandable. I really really appreciate it. This is a complicated and long history and one cannot understand what’s going on without understanding the history of what got us to this point. It really is true that those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it or the history rhymes. Huge fan of Vijay and the host was excellent. They are both really on the level and the fact that they’re having a substantive conversation that’s on the level and also educating us at the same time is brilliant. Thank you

[@margotschulz6597]

Superflower, Watch Abby Martin interviewing Brian Becker a couple of weeks ago.

[@drodrigues3451]

Nice name superflower

[@davidboyd9742]

A VOICE OF REASONING. THANK YOU MR. PRASHAD.

[@elenadhyansky6466]

Thank you for sharing the Light!

[@andy47456]

I discovered Prashard a few weeks ago. I can listen to this man all day. He can talk international politics in better English and understanding than 99.99% of Americans. I'm Right center generally, but Vijay makes a lot of sense which is uncommon these days.

[@kevinfalcao8657]

Agreed.

[@mistyfuture4925]

A pawn? Well, I think the European countries are the chess pieces, Russia and the US are the players, and Ukraine is just a chessboard.

[@freelance_commie]

I see a new clip of Vijay anywhere and it’s playing within the next second. Brian and Vijay, two greats, thanks!

[@senenvivero1943]

An excellent video, chock full of important information. Thank you Brian and Vijay, what would we do without you? We would be lost in a maze of mainstream media babble.

[@prasadmv511]

*NATO is like Subsidiary alliance of British India and with US holding pivotal position providing security, rest of europeans though they didnt disbanden their armies they slowly lost or subordinated their independence in foreign relations and security issues and slowly most parts of europe's foreign & security interests were coming under US control. With this, EU member states have become subsidiary alliance members to US and US's foreign and security interests and have surrendered decisive role they themselves can play in their own collective security interests in their own heartland Europe while on the otherhand US have shifted the battlefield away from its home.* *If anyone is to be blamed for slow process of peace talks or for the genesis of crisis then its Western Europeans themselves not the US not the Russians, they have forever ignored and never been considerate with Russia in collective european security*

[@sjhbartlet]

I’m sure India will be happy to align with evil usa 🇺🇸 in response to innocent Chinese moves on indias borders

[@szymborska]

@@sjhbartlet They've been neighbors for thousands of years, they can work it out. Nobody trusts or likes the Americans, they were simply tolerated until now.

[@sjhbartlet]

@@szymborska I guess you like how Putin is working it out to bad his forces are not doing well I trust and like the Americans

[@baruasafi5880]

@@sjhbartlet Over the centuries the misconception of Russia has been fuelled by certain special interests who hate Russia, its civilization, culture and its spiritual life. Russia, according to these interests, is a land of slaves who admire cruelty and raw power. This phobia of all things Russian can be traced to members of the so-called "illuminated " philosophical societies; secret Masonic lodges and financiers who undermined France and brought about the Reign of Terror in the 1790s. The concept of the Russian soul, so often derided and misunderstood by the Western media, is in fact real and a great uniting bond among all Russian people. Socialism in Russia was imported from the West and imposed by force and violence at the cost of millions of lives, as it was so alien and incomprehensible to the Russian people. Russian resistance to bow to alien ideologies enraged all the proponents of socialism and liberal democracy. If not gracefully accepted by natives, it must be imposed by force regardless of the cost in human lives and national destruction. Erroneous views of a "dark and obscurantist Russia " made it a justification to impose a "liberating socialism" on Russia. The academic, mass media and show-business controllers of the West always have been in sympathy with Bolshevik and Marxist enforcers who took over Russia in 1917. The people of the world have only one choice: to accept "modern democracy" as defined by media-academic-liberal establishment. If they choose anything else they are immediately demonized and subject to the most violent punishment and enforcement. Russians must forever be prohibited from finding their own way of life and development and retain the culture and history that bound them together. The forces that unleashed communism in Russia from the Western civilization at the turn of the previous century are very much in power today and efforts to subjugate Russia have never been stronger. Russia and Russian people are a friendly universe who should never be conquered by alien systems and ideologies aiming to destroy its history, culture and very nationhood. Was the Soviet Union not created in New York city and london and Berlin by bankers please? Those who created the Soviet Union are the same people who created the State of Israel..

[@lillianz7111]

Very spot on. Unlike US or UK，EU shares the same continent with Russia and the oil and gas pipe lines from Russia are like blood vessels to them. However EU countries think they could cut off or wipe off Russia from the international trading？

[@wanchikibrahim3647]

Just enjoy listening to Prashad, US and EU should absorb some of his thoughts....

[@ricardosabubi6430]

US cannot let the war to end until Ukraine win or until the last Ukrainian. If Ukraine was not getting orders from abroad the war could have been avoided or ended now.

[@yu-jd5jg]

In short, a stable peaceful happy world is fatal for the American Empire and its World Domination including the US$

[@earthman6700]

8 years they had to come to an agreement. 8 years! Putin said on Russian Insight (now censored), 'They don't hear us?'. (NATO/US). Sadly true.

[@PointBlanc1231]

@Earth man. Putin said peace talks had reached a dead end. In his words "our goal is to provide aid to the people of Donbass, who feel an unbreakable bond with Russia and have been the subject of genocide for eight years."

[@MC-in8mc]

@@PointBlanc1231 You are right! And yes it's dreadfully sad for all the victims, which are certainly Not Zilenskyy and his US chums 😠

[@khunmikeon858]

You are 100% correct. US foreign policy is totally and absolutely despicable. EU and UK are US puppets. NATO is the foreign military force of the USA. It’s unfortunate for Ukraine: this is a proxy war by America against Russia. Ukraine happens to be the location. All one has to do is put yourself into the shoes of Russia. Reverse the situation (ala Cuba) to understand why Russia has done what it did whilst it could still do so! Wouldn’t it be great to have one of these wars on USA soil😀

[@earthman6700]

@@PointBlanc1231 Thats what I've seen too.

[@Bharataurhum]

Thank God for such channels, discussions, and illuminated minds!!

[@aaronlawrence666]

Thanks Brian and Vijay. This is appreciated!

[@Han-vd4zz]

Thank you Sirs for your analysis and efforts to let the world knows what the US & Nato are doing to the human community

[@olliejohnson1733]

Thank you, Brian and Vijay for your great discussion, knowledge and insight.

[@lindamoore3304]

Thank you for your enlightened contribution it's refreshing hearing the truth.

[@sherylhay13]

I doubt some leaders are to bothered about the ordinary people. As long as they have the military at thier back they will be just fine.

[@somap8380]

Either Zelensky fell for the Uncle Sam’s trick OR Zelensky is also part of this big game but the end result is that Ukraine is the one got trampled. We are neither with you nor against you; we are with peace. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@fun_ghoul]

You only get peace if you're willing to fight for it.

[@edsondias6604]

Joe the euro whatever : what you say is like “fucking to save virginity”.

[@shinytan]

@@fun_ghoul That is what our Brothers from Russia doing so..

[@ernestmwape]

Zelensky is a professional comedian, not a statesman

[@fun_ghoul]

@@shinytan No. Putin risks Russian soldiers' lives for the _identical_ reason Biden puts Ukrainian civilians at risk: So rich 🐷🐷🐷 can stay rich! Have you seen the latest Prolekult film, comrade?

[@bnwo]

Excellent discussion.

[@lendzemojoachimkimeng1318]

Hmmm u a good sort 🥒🥒🥒🥒

[@amir_fahmi]

Nato has only two options : - lose a war against Russia or - not fight that war.

[@fun_ghoul]

NATO is Unkkkle Sam's hand puppet, and it can't lose a war it's not (officially) fighting. Also, if Ukraine's Nazis are smashed by Russia, do you think that will be the end of Amerikkkan involvement? C'mon.

[@tashalorm4313]

They want to fight till the last blood of the Ukrainians.

[@octaviopo734]

Vijay Prashad: very very good!!!

[@Pfs709]

I will be watching this over and over

[@kevinfalcao8657]

Me too....

[@I999-g2s]

Gotta love the way Larry Fink completely ignores the utter carnage in the Middle East and Afghanistan. But as the European journalists have pointed out, they’re not blonde and blue eyed!

[@jasoncummings7052]

Civilizations have lived without Petroleum and Technology but NEVER food and water. Each country should have those things so they can survive because the time is coming when we would have to stop living and start surviving and you cannot do that without those two.

[@daniellemurphy9755]

Why hasn't anyone ever stood up to the US before now??? That has always boggled my mind. There's no way that the EU members didn't see what was happening. I am so ashamed of being an American. I just hope I'll be able to get out before the US finally reaps what it has been sowing for decades. Kennedy wasn't perfect and initially handled the Soviet union poorly but he came to his senses and was working to achieve peace with the USSR and Cuba which cost him his life and his brother's life.

[@yu-jd5jg]

Ordinary Americans or US voters can only change the person and party sitting in the WH. But the actual power in Washington is the Deep State Global Capitalists

[@ksibasankarsubudhi6330]

You have to kill your defence industries then only your leaders will work as a world leader without effort of getting killed

[@farhanashaheed4810]

For many reasons the Zionist leaders had to give order to remove the best American President : JFK. Whoever tried to disturb in achieving the Zionists' objectives the Zionists ended their lives .

[@nurainiarsad7395]

i think you answered your own question

[@marcelinodeguzman7575]

Kudos to two of you, what a great eye opener for those who are not familiar with the the history on these part of the world.

[@SamLamsTop10Thankyoueveryone]

Great guest. Great analysis!!

[@pisablavatski4876]

For your correction, entire world dont support nazi regime in ukraine

[@ubegrenada]

This is what truth is very good discussion thanks for an eye opener

[@brianwillson5815]

Love your show, Brian.

[@kausilachetty3109]

Yes in South Africa sunflower oil prices have had people rushing to ensure they stocked up. Bread prices have increased too. And gosh petrol price is another factor making our food prices soar. Crime is escalating too consequently.

[@rodstarsaanjan338]

You 2 guys are genius people around the world must hear your see this videos your subjects are so truthful and enlighten some dark side of global politics the good and the bad

[@twogsds]

This is how knowledge of history should be employed.

[@emmanuelguobadia6707]

Welldone guys for your time and contributions to humanity

[@bobmenzies4137]

Zelensky was trained to be a comedian !

[@fun_ghoul]

That explains the cocaine use.

[@JJ-vw8dx]

I don’t think anyone is laughing.

[@kevinfalcao8657]

What an IDIOTIC statement.....

[@luxmibhatoolaul5013]

Not only a comedian , a liar, fake scene maker, attention seeker, Knows how to play victims games. NATO and America Know all this, yet they are sending masses of arms forces to destroy Ukrain and Russia.

[@planetarysolidarity]

So what?

[@AnthonyGTrees]

Thank you both

[@malphajallow6027]

Listening to u guys, it makes me really understand the position of Putin, though I very much love and cheare him b4. u guys absolutely beat me deep down inside my heart u're very "clear" I really feel sorry and deep sympathy for #PUTIN Grace take him through this

[@MegaWondu]

great discussion. the core of Russia - Ukraine conflict is fantastically underlined, .

[@kraz007]

Excellent guest 🙏

[@Jay_Bless]

In a previous video, Vijay called NATOt the 'North American Treaty Organisation ' and now he had to speak it in full almost everytime. Smart guy. Great insights here.

[@jameskelman9856]

Absolutely rivoting ! Thanks !

[@Albion80s]

Vijay is excellent.

[@pottedrodenttube]

Suddenly Americans are anti war.

[@joej6780]

Potted, US has never been anti war, they are upset because they cannot set a foot into Russia. They are very humbling & arrogant when comes fighting little helpless countries.

[@injujuan8993]

So thankful to you guys for this discussion. You’ve touched upon so many things here. As a Kazakhstani, I’m grateful that you mentioned Central Asia and Kazakhstan. You spoke about food concerns which, of course, is paramount but there are problems of a different nature, too. Societal problems. So I was wondering if you have discussed those on your platform? I really appreciated your way of thinking. Thanks again and lots of love from Almaty, Kazakhstan ❤️🤓🌷

[@tomgayle2849]

the msm over here in the uk is shocking , but as long as the sheep have their soap dramas , football reality tv , instagrame and ticky tocky and facebook all is well....1984 anyone.....

[@freelance_commie]

I would say less like 1984 and more like Brave New World. Plus I believe Orwell unfortunately wrote 1984 and Animal Farm at the behest of the west/CIA and pushed extreme anti-communist propaganda and narratives through them. But yeah it lights up the same pleasure centers in the brain as if you’re eating a cake or whatever. This expression of parroting the state department media and emotional investment in the partisan political drama each day is a dark dark chemical dependency now.

[@fun_ghoul]

@@freelance_commie Also, Orwell was a British imperial cop in the former Burma, and would ultimately snitch out fellow British socialists to the MI5 for not hating Stalin enough or whatever.

[@Koloviv48i]

Facts, 😆 🤣 😂

[@anandsamuel1978]

This is a wonderful broadcast! Straight and upto the point.

[@zonda1968]

Great interview. Thank you.

[@Jeffery686]

Thank you. Peace Prevail on Earth 🌎

[@a.randomjack6661]

There is only one way to explain this: We are ran by junkies, “profit junkies”

[@questworldmatrix]

You should do protests at Raytheon.

[@fun_ghoul]

Alt take: Capitalists fight hard to keep us down because most are as propagandized by capitalism as workers are, and are this scared we'll reinstate _Le rasoir national._

[@azizaziz5621]

Superb Vijay.

[@MM-cz8bt]

I have gut feeling Europeans will not tolerate being vessel states as the inflation skyrockets. It's the ordinary people who will suffer for long time and poor Ukrainian will be used to the last person as it was stated.

[@arleentorres4690]

Thank you for this incredible discussion.

[@blessedfavored2435]

A great and educational discussion

[@chw5044]

Yes it is good, but not so new...probably is new for the people who haven't been informed. However, it is excellent and good for the to hear from a proper and GOOD person. India is a great and proud country. I have Indian friends and looking at them how proud they are to see India presented with a man like Mr. Prashad. I enjoyed listening to it. 🖐🖐🖐❤🤩

[@jaycoleman3424]

Fascinating discourse, thank you guys decrypting the dialectic.

[@PointBlanc1231]

Brilliant Vijay Prashad!! There is no substitute to Russian energy and Chinese investment.

[@yungml]

I know this isn't Vijay's intention, but I cannot help feeling pessimistic about our future. Maybe this thinking derives from my lack of understanding of the real imperialist game and fear of the unknown, but the only hope for the worldwide working class I can currently see is emergence of China as a true superpower which will change the global market for food and energy for the rest of Asia and hopefully Africa and Latin America. I am praying that the current China-India talks result is something substantial and mutually beneficial for the two largest populations on Earth. Europe is f**ked beyond repair, its political scene is looking bleaker than ever, even before the rise of fascism in Europe there was a strong communist movement throughout the continent (France, Italy, Germany, Yugoslavia, Ireland, Greece...) but now we literally don't have any substantial progressive force to fight the two-headed beast of liberalism and neo-fascism. Even USA has more chance of creating a solid political movement. And don't let me start on climate change, the topic that is unfortunately largely forgotten in these tumultuous times. I cannot see anything other than a new bloc-division of the globe with contradictions getting increasingly larger by the day.

[@violetsrayreikishop2]

Not worried about China it's already the dominant world power the US been fell from Grace with the divide and conquer B's just look at America society it's fucked up. I'm American and I know this. China is way less aggressive than America. America is a threat unimaginable to the entire globe.

[@kristJ25]

Ross Kemp UK has been talking about Ukraine facism 8 years ago

[@sammychow5238]

The U.S. Empire will rise and fall just like every great Empires before! Example the once great Roman Empire!

[@lawistruth]

Whew, I could watch this again!

[@nrjcrossing]

Brilliant

[@amindra963]

Just brilliant! Thanks!

[@eggieoffo2590]

I didn't know about this man Mr. Vijay Pashad until recently, however, I have to surmise that the man is a complete geostrategic , socio-economist and geopolitical guru analyst. For me India should afford him the 《Foreign minister》 because he is the complete pakkage for the job and also a man with profound intellection and vision. I will go and hunt for his books.

[@1aZoOs]

Our external affairs minister Mr. S. Jaishankar equally brilliant, there is no dearth of intellectuals making it to the top in politics. Some of them will remain as villagers though, hopefully with time this too shall change.

[@fannybirot2362]

Vjay is a remarkable scholar! Bravo!