https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/8c009287-3601-4e54-8505-0798119f0b0a As the U.S. government plans to send its most advanced surface-to-air missile system to Ukraine, the Ukrainian people are falling further and further into dire poverty and horrendous conditions. Rather than promoting peace and advocating for negotiations, the United States, European Union, and NATO are publicly discussing escalating the war, while the IMF, World Bank, and corporate interests speculate on how much profit they can make in rebuilding Ukraine and bringing the country away from Russia and into the Western fold. Brian is joined by Ben Norton, an investigative journalist based in Latin America, and editor of the independent news website Multipolarista, at multipolarista.com. ——— This show comes out weekly on BreakThrough News' YouTube, Wednesdays at 7pm ET. Subscribe now to never miss an episode. The Socialist Program with Brian Becker also comes out three times per week in podcast form — including weekly news round-ups and segments with economist Richard Wolff. Subscribe on your preferred listening platform here! https://linktr.ee/thesocialistprogram. #TheSocialistProgram Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:41:59 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/8c009287-3601-4e54-8505-0798119f0b0a All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.