Revolutionary Left Radio: The Primrose Path: Why Ukraine is the West's Fault (2015)
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John J. Mearsheimer, the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in Political Science and Co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago, assesses the causes of the present Ukraine crisis, the best way to end it, and its consequences for all of the main actors. A key assumption is that in order to come up with the optimum plan for ending the crisis, it is essential to know what caused the crisis. Regarding the all-important question of causes, the key issue is whether Russia or the West bears primary responsibility. video:

So, Rev Left radio was able to post an Mearsheimer talk (the one that's been going around). I'm kinda surprised that Brett got permission to post it under the Rev Left Radio brand. I'm also kind of disappointed that he didn't offer any commentary, and otherwise (seemingly) uncritically re-hosted am anticommunist like Mearsheimer.

  • mao_zedonk [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Yeah haven't really been listening to RLR since it started to go downhill, but I thought this sounded interesting. Like everyone else I was pretty surprised he just put this guy out there seemingly because his view is contrary to the zeitgeist? Like Breht maybe that's not enough.

    • JohnBrownsBussy [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Where would you say the podcast went downhill? I've only started listening to episodes recently.

      • mao_zedonk [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I think Breht has spread himself pretty thin between three different podcasts around when he had completed doing retrospectives on all the main socialist movements and events.

        Critical support for Breht but I just don't think his current work is as vital as it used to be, more episodes are much more niche, more YouTuber guests, etc.

        Edit: misread your comment thought you said "why", not "when". I'd say in the last 18 months or so?