Trump, Biden and the crisis of the American regime – Against the Stream

With just two weeks before Trump re-enters the White House, the outgoing Democrats are doing everything they can to undermine the next president. In Ukraine in particular, where they fear a drastic change of course in the policy of US imperialism, they are funnelling in as much money as they can get away with, as well as escalating the war by allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with US bombs.

This clash at the top of the worlds strongest imperialist power has huge consequences for the whole planet.

To break it down from a Marxist perspective, as well as to discuss the turbulent political, economic and military situation on all continents, Alan Woods joins Against the Stream for a special episode.

This episode was streamed live on YouTube on Thursday 9th at 3pm GMT. You can also listen to it here:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/68nGNHz5lB8UZXICGIDMva?si=a59c93ab2e8f4e40&nd=1&dlsi=c7d3c7f952644316

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/against-the-stream/id1777793987

Articles discussed in this episode:

UK bills could rise - as Europe's gas consumption falls by 'unprecedented' amount: https://news.sky.com/story/energy-bills-could-rise-more-as-continent-effectively-rationing-gas-with-storage-levels-low-13284719

US ‘prepared Syrian rebel group to help topple Bashar al-Assad’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/18/us-prepared-syrian-rebel-group-to-help-topple-bashar-assad/

Chapters:
00:00 – Trump's imperial ambitions
19:40 – The Ukraine war and the establishment's attempt to sabotage Trump
35:00 – US imperialism and the Middle East
51:12 – Trump VS Europe
57:11 – Is a 'multipolar world' a good thing?