China & Russia released a joint declaration on the need for global strategic stability, which included an explicit condemnation of the US's nuclear counterforce strategy. Historian Peter Kuznik and filmmaker Regis Tremblay join us to discuss the risks of nuclear war in the current moment and the historical implications of the Russia-China alliance.

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Drin Shapiro, one of seven University of Michigan students targeted for participating in the campus Gaza Encampment last spring, joins the show to discuss the repression. In a win for the students, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has dropped the felony charges. Shapiro describes the chilling effect of the surveillance, jail time, and other repression students faced for exercising their First Amendment rights to protest a genocide.

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Trump went to the Middle East this week, securing trillions in investment commitments that will line the pockets of the capitalists but do nothing to solve the dire crises in the United States. He also publicly denounced U.S. intervention in the Middle East, but then declared his intention to turn Gaza into a US-controlled “freedom zone.” Brian and Layan discuss Trump's Middle East trip, the dangerous chaos at Newark airport, and more.

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Trump’s trade war is causing stock market chaos and may trigger a ‘capital war’ – or even a military war – and seems to be an act of desperation in the face of a declining U.S. empire. Brian Becker and Professor Richard Wolff discuss this rapidly shifting global economy, and what may come next.

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President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Moscow tomorrow, May 7, where he’ll meet with Putin and attend Victory Day celebrations. And last week, BRICS foreign ministers convened in Rio de Janeiro to discuss cooperation in the face of Trump’s tariffs. Marco Fernandes joins Amanda Yee this week to discuss these two significant meetings, and what they signal in the face of a new uncertain global economic order introduced by Trump’s trade war.

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A new world order is emerging as the old one declines. A wide swath of countries in Asia—including China, Indonesia, and U.S.-occupied South Korea and Japan—announced a joint project to build up Asian trade infrastructure and reduce Western dependence. Brian Becker and Professor Richard Wolff discuss this comprehensive plan as a response to Trump’s tariffs and trade war.

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A new world order is emerging as the old one declines. A wide swath of countries in Asia—including China, Indonesia, and U.S.-occupied South Korea and Japan—announced a joint project to build up Asian trade infrastructure and reduce Western dependence. Brian Becker and Professor Richard Wolff discuss this comprehensive plan as a response to Trump’s tariffs and trade war.

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China doesn’t need U.S. energy or farm imports, several officials announced this week, deflating the Trump Administration’s aggressive trade war. Brian Becker and Professor Richard Wolff discuss the long use of tariffs for manipulation and bullying by the U.S. and why it’s different this time.

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Trump’s tariffs against China signal a de facto “decoupling” of the US and Chinese economies. Is this sustainable? Is this just economic competition, or could it signal deeper escalation towards kinetic war? What is the future of US-China relations?

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China doesn’t need U.S. energy or farm imports, several officials announced this week, deflating the Trump Administration’s aggressive trade war. Brian Becker and Professor Richard Wolff discuss the long use of tariffs for manipulation and bullying by the U.S. and why it’s different this time.

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