Ukraine: Questions for the Anti-War Movement

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🗓️ 27 February 2022

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Abby Martin is joined by longtime anti-war organizer Brian Becker to cover everything you need to know about the war in Ukraine, what it means for the future and how we can fight for peace. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introducing Brian Becker 02:15 - US unipolar authority & capitalist takeover of Russia 12:30 - NATO expansion and wars since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia's red line & failed negotiations 21:52 - Russia intervention in Syria to defend Assad from US war 28:00 - Explanation of 2014 coup 33:26 - US role in regime change, origin of struggle in east Ukraine, Crimea 40:57 - Civil war in Donetsk & Luhansk, US trains and arms insurgency against Russians 40:50 - "Denazifying Ukraine" Truth about nazi influence in Ukraine 45:30 - Why US fueled conflict in East Ukraine 47:00 - Cancelling the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty & Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty 51:08 - Abby’s views as an anti-war activist 54:17 - Putin's anti-communist speech 1:05:07 - Putin justification for the invasion 1:07:03 - Western media hypocrisy & eurocentrism 1:10:29 - Russia invasion for regime change in Ukraine 1:15:23 - Costs/benefits of war for Russia 1:18:00 - Why US is waging war with Russia 1:23:48 - Tectonic shift in global politics & risks of war in a multipolar world 1:29:53 - Why disbanding NATO is important anti-war demand 1:35:42 - Minsk agreement explanation 1:37:26 - Obama vs Trump policy, Biden cabinet instrumental in coup 1:46:01 - Impact of sanctions on Russia &countries dependent on Russia 1:49:13 - How anti-war activists can prepare for what's next Get EXCLUSIVE Empire Files content, and keep us independent and ad-free, at www.patreon.com/empirefiles FOLLOW // twitter.com/EmpireFiles // twitter.com/AbbyMartin LIKE // www.facebook.com/TheEmpireFiles MERCH // empirefiles.store

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Abby Martin, and you're listening to the Empire Files podcast.
0:05.1	Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine just days ago, and the fog of war is making it nearly impossible
0:11.2	to discern the reality on the ground. With the threat of a larger conflict erupting,
0:16.0	it's imperative to understand how we got to this point, and what anti-war activists need to know about our role
0:22.3	and the tectonic shift in geopolitics. To shed crucial insight on this changing situation,
0:29.4	I spoke with longtime anti-war organizer Brian Becker for an Emergency Empire Files livestream
0:35.1	with audience Q&A. This aired on February 26th.
0:39.7	You can find the video on our YouTube channel,
0:42.0	but we wanted to make sure this information was heard as widely as possible,
0:45.3	so we're posting it here too.
0:46.9	If you like what you hear,
0:48.1	please consider supporting us at patreon.com slash empire files.
0:52.9	Thanks for listening.
0:58.2	Thank you so much for coming on the program, Brian Becker.
1:00.7	Glad to be here. Glad to be here. Thank you for having me.
1:08.7	So as we know, earlier this week, President Putin of Russia announced a invasion, military operations in the eastern part of Ukraine. We're going to get into all of these
1:13.1	details, all of the context. But I wanted to just establish that we are doing a very important
1:20.3	live stream today with Brian Becker, who is a longtime anti-war organizer leader.
1:29.8	He was a youth organizer against the Vietnam War.
1:35.9	He's participated in organizing anti-war movements his entire life from Vietnam,
1:38.8	leading mass protests against the Gulf War,
1:43.9	and of course the immediate days following 9-11 against the war in Afghanistan, a principal organizer of rallies
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