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Episode 33: Maidan and the Birth of USkraine
🕑 Added 2022-04-02 00:16:35 +0000 UTCAaron and Branko Marcetic talk about the 2014 Maidan coup and the war in Ukraine. Marcetic is a Jacobin staff writer and the author of Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden.
Check out some of Branko Marcetic’s work at Jacobin:
- What the Left’s Critics Ignore About Military Solutions to Ukraine
- Turning Ukraine Into Another Afghanistan Would Be a Disastrous Idea
- A US-Backed, Far Right–Led Revolution in Ukraine Helped Bring Us to the Brink of War
Special thanks to Casey Moore for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "Motel Man" by Mock Orange
Comments
Aaron Good
I don't recall him putting it in exactly those terms, but he does couch certain things in ways that I would not. I personally avoid what many seem to regard as the mandatory perfunctory duty to always issue disavowals of Putin/Russia. But I still think this was a worthwhile discussion. I don't need to badger people on every point upon which we might disagree. I'd rather have a better conversation and cover as much of what seems important as we can. Obviously, I take an even more critical stance toward NATO and the US empire than anyone who writes for Jacobin. Yet even someone like Branko is too out there for corporate media or even, say, Democracy Now, by and large.
Johnny Case
I stand corrected. Bruno's view of Putin as an insane criminal dictator who's nothing but a front man for evil oligarchs is so fresh and different.
Aaron Good
This isn't something I often say, but you might want to watch a little CNN and MSNBC.
Johnny Case
Very disappointing. This guy sounds like he was between stops at CNN and MSNBC -- one dumb anti-Putin charge after another. And the host failed to challenge BM's assumptions.
Aaron Good
I just unlocked it. You can share the patreon link...
greg
"she's hiding from him" lol
John McElroy
Very interesting interview - starting to really feel truth seeking journalists, how much they are in a bind - finding a way to communicate and pierce through dense propaganda and always having to watch their tone, temperament for they could be black listed very easily. (Abby Martin, Chris Hedges etc) This makes me grateful for this podcast! Nice Chalmers Johnson pull!
Angleton
Great episode Dr. Good but as someone who is study in great detail the French Revolution of 1789 in particular the Jacobin period it is pronounced ja·kuh·bn
Adam Sullivan
The Patreon pitch at the end makes me think that this great episode is unlocked, but don't see it on Soundcloud, yet. Looking forward to sharing it around.
