The Grayzone's Aaron Maté and Max Blumenthal interview Michael Tracey live from Madrid, where NATO meets to plan a major escalation in the Ukraine proxy war and admit Sweden and Finland as members.

Guest: Michael Tracey. https://mtracey.substack.com/

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NATO escalates the Ukraine proxy war (w/ Michael Tracey)

Political theorist and professor of political science Dr. Jodi Dean joins DOSED to diagnose our dystopian hellscape as “neofeudalism.”

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Former Swiss intelligence officer and NATO adviser Jacques Baud on the next phase of the Russia-Ukraine war and new allegations that the US and UK undermined a peace deal that could have ended it. 

The West's aim "is not the victory of Ukraine, It's the defeat of Russia," Baud says. "The problem is that nobody cares about Ukraine. We have just instrumentalized Ukraine for the purpose of US strategic interests -- not even European interests."  

Guest: Jacques Baud. Former intelligence officer with the Swiss Strategic Intelligence Service who has served in a number of senior security and advisory positions at NATO, the United Nations, and with the Swiss military.

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In his Sept. 21 speech, Putin did not make an explicit threat to use nuclear weapons. He vowed to "make use of all weapon systems available to us," in the event of "a threat to the territorial integrity of our country and to defend Russia and our people." 

On nuclear weapons, the US did not have a "No First Use" policy. On the 2020 campaign trail, Joe Biden said that he supported the idea of "No First Use." He abandoned that in his presidential nuclear posture; but that was reversing his campaign stance, not official US policy.

US, UK sabotaged peace deal because they 'don't care about Ukraine': fmr. NATO adviser

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Ben Aris is the founder and editor of bne IntelliNews, a specialist business, economics and finance outlet covering Russia and Eastern Europe. You can follow him on Twitter @bneeditor.

Ilya Matveev is a political economist formerly based in St. Petersburg and editorial collective member of Posle, a new Russian anti-war website and the co-founder of the New Political Science School. You can follow him on Twitter @IlyaMatveev_

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The wonderful Ruby Innes is back to talk to Lucy and Andrew about the world of Fleshlight reviews, a man with too many or not enough fish tanks, and an update on Australia's thriving Abuse Diner industry.

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Russia’s Nord Stream pipelines with Germany were sabotaged mere hours before the EU opened its own Baltic Sea pipeline from Norway to Poland. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gloated that the attacks were a “tremendous opportunity” to weaken Moscow.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nhux0KbAe-s

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Who sabotaged Nord Stream pipelines? US boasts 'tremendous opportunity' to weaken Russia. CIA knew.

Jeffrey Sachs joins The Grayzone's Aaron Maté and Max Blumenthal to discuss escalating nuclear rhetoric in Ukraine proxy war, the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines, and why a diplomatic off-ramp is more urgent than ever. Sachs also addresses the investigation into the origins of Covid-19. 

Guest: Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He has also served as chair of the Lancet COVID-19 commission.

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Jeffrey Sachs: end Ukraine proxy war or face "armageddon"

A secret (illegal) recording of Los Angeles City Council has set city politics on fire. We discuss the local story that has surged to national headlines about corruption, racism and disenfranchisement that has embroiled four "progressive" political officials. Featuring Josh Androsky https://twitter.com/shutupandrosky

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Racism & Rigging: The LA City Council Scandal w/ Josh Androsky

As Russia escalates attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine following the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines and the Ukrainian attack on the Kerch bridge, diplomacy is nowhere to be found. Scholar and author Richard Sakwa on the latest in the Ukraine crisis. 

"The human losses are appalling," Sakwa says. "And yet, the language of peace cannot find an adequate expression."

Guest: Richard Sakwa. Emeritus Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent. His books include “Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands” and his latest, “Deception: Russiagate and the New Cold War.”

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Ukraine war escalates as diplomacy disappears

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