On today's episode John Prysner and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how one year into the war in Ukraine, the U.S. government has committed $100 billion dollars to this bloody proxy conflict that is threatening the whole world with catastrophe. But while huge numbers of people suffer and die, some capitalists are focused on getting their share of this enormous sum of money. Who profits from war?

Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.

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Ukraine War Turns 1: A $100 Billion Giveaway to the Arms Industry

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The new chief of the BRICS bloc’s New Development Bank, Brazil’s leftist ex-President Dilma Rousseff, revealed they are gradually moving away from the US dollar, promising at least 30% of loans in local currencies of members, to help countries in the Global South build infrastructure and fight poverty.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OkBK2vcNFJE

Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/04/15/brics-bank-dollar-local-currencies-dilma

BRICS challenges US ‘dollar dominance’, Saudi considers selling oil in other currencies: New multipolar economic order: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/21/brics-us-dollar-saudi-oil-currency-multipolar

Brazil’s Lula travels to China and calls to end US dollar dominance: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/04/15/brazil-lula-china-us-dollar-dominance

BRICS Bank is de-dollarizing, promises loans in local currencies to help Global South develop

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