so considered i'm peter lavelle historically speaking the cold war was a great ideological confrontation western liberalism versus soviet communism according to joe biden the great geopolitical struggle of our time is democracy versus a caucus each for we are in another great ideological struggle but there is a difference the west particularly the united states is the only ideological actor . cross talking geopolitics i'm joined by my guest rick ross off in chicago he is an anti nato analyst and a contributor to antiwar dot com in bath we have bruce gagne he is the coordinator of the global network against weapons and nuclear power in space and in charlottesville we cross to david swanson he is the executive director of the world beyond war all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate david let me go to you 1st in charlottesville . going after my introduction right here listening to the president the united states we're in a great ideological struggle against autocracy here very much in tune with what we experienced during

hello and welcome across town where all things are considered on peter lavelle remembering war on this edition of the program we explain why russians have an aversion to war contrary to what is said in the west and at the recent g 7 foreign ministers meeting russia was declared reckless and aggressive who is really reckless and aggressive. to discuss these issues and more i'm joined by my guest mark has popped up with us and london he's a historian analyst and author of the new book a rise rossiya return of russia to world politics and here in moscow we're joined by bob and she is a political analyst and editor who knows me internet media project hi gentlemen crossed out rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciated i was going to marcus 1st in london well here we are again commemorating the end of the 2nd world war in europe the the destruction of fascism which of course is a truly profound holiday in russia though it's not this holiday is now nearly recognized as much as it was one time in the west as a matter of fact what really pains me and why w

i'm peter lavelle imposing sanctions and the country used to be a policy of last resort. that is not the case today. now. washington sanction scores of countries and even threaten sanctions against suppose the allies, the sanctions work. no, not really. also we have an update on beatrice. i to discuss these issues and more, i'm joined by my guess. jordan sent me well we in budapest, he is in podcast or at the gaggle which can be found on youtube rumble and locals. and here in moscow were joined by dmitri bobbitt. she is a political analyst and editor at, you know, me internet media project or a gentleman crossed our rules in the fact that means you can jump in anytime you want. and i always appreciate it. ok, let's go to george 1st in budapest and george, you know, the, it used to be when we were coming up as it were, sanctions were something that were done very selectively with a very poignant, directed, targeted outcome. it was a very specific surgical instrument. if we can use that german in regards to diplomacy, now it's this blunt objects be swinging it around to see

we're all things are considered peter lavelle every president is obsessed with the issue of legacy the historical benchmarks are f.d.r. and l.b.j. joe biden is no different he is being encouraged to go big and fast and that he is there's just one problem f.d.r. and l.b.j. had massive majorities in congress and public opinion joe can think big but does he have the votes. cross sucking presidential legacy i'm joined by my guess because driscoll is in washington he is an adjunct professor of legislative politics at the george washington university and federal lobbyists for a medical professional association in atlanta we have dee dawkins she is a political strategist and a former georgia state representative and in dallas we cross to george c. he is a doll a space businessman and a conservative political leader all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate well let's go to george in dallas here's what he said in my introduction george you know presidential legacy is everything once you get into the oval office here but the compari

hello and welcome to crossfire for all things considered i'm peter lavelle who is a fascist well given the state of our politics a fascist is your political opponent even mortal enemy tragically and dangerously the term fascist is more times than not a political slower to destroy someone's character fascism is an odious ideology and political practice we all should be careful when referencing. cross talking fascism i'm joined by my guest lattimer goldstein in providence he's the chair of the department of slavic studies at brown university and in budapest we crossed to george he is a podcast or at the gaggle which can be found on you tube rumble and the locals are gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime he want and i always appreciate it let's go to vladimir 1st let me i'm very glad to have you and george on the program to talk about this very important topic because being a trained academic historian in modern european and russian history and still dabble in it because i get to talk to a very interesting people like yourself and george on this program i'm

i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing fascism. ok let's go back a lot of here let me in the 1st part of the program we discussed the varieties of what could be described as fascist movements fascist ideas fascist practices here and now we can and you brought it up so i'm going to go back to you on of this whole phenomenon swope ism and it's exclusively focused on race and it's coming from what i think it's fair to say from the left here and it's completely self-referential because. he hears nothing you can do about your your the color of your skin you're just born that way ok and this is so there's no in this kind of woke asst. ideology there is no redemption because you were born in oppressor i mean that is such a self-referential ideology and george used the word at the very end of the 1st part of the program it terrorizes you go ahead lot of where. you know it 1st of all is bay's not doing you know a reality and not in a serious and how this is all sort of historical circumstances and so i'm going to read musical scene here you

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle americans had a long and contentious history with the word socialism for conservatives most often it is a dirty word even unpatriotic for many liberals it's about social justice and compassion however for better or worse it remains a red line within the electorate. ross talking socialism i'm joined by my guest mouth in new york he is a journalist and political analyst at r.t.e. in miami we have soraya foss she is a former us presidential candidate and in atlanta we have lived on jones she's an attorney and a former state director for bernie sanders in 2016. in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it. being let me go to you 1st because we've kind of bumped heads in the past about this issue here what does socialism mean to you in and i really want to make it very clear here i don't really want to go into the pros and cons of it i want to talk about the meaning of it in the context of american politics because everyone knows i'm a conservative but i have to you know show my

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter lavelle how should we interpret the recent f.b.i. raid on the home of former trump lawyer rudy giuliani a legitimate investigation into wrongdoing or a strong and very public political warning is trump his former circle and supporters the real target can the average citizen trust the f.b.i. . talking criminal justice i'm joined by my guest andrew langer in williamsburg he's president of the institute for liberty in atlanta we have robert patillo he is a civil rights attorney and a radio host and in las vegas we have robert barn. he's a constitutional lawyer right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate let me go to robert in las vegas for 2 reasons he got up early for this program and he's also wearing a bow tie which of course points with me obviously robert let me go to you here what do you make of this raid on giuliani's house and taking his devices that was what the. the raid was all about they didn't take all of them we might want to go into why but i

slowing welcome across town where all things are considered on peter lavelle remembering more on this edition of the program we explain why russians have a new version to war contrary to what is said in the west and at the recent g 7 foreign ministers meeting russia was declared reckless and aggressive who is really reckless and aggressive. to discuss these issues and more i'm. joined by my guest mark has bubbled up alyson london he's a historian analyst and author of the new book arise rossiya return of russia to world politics and here in moscow we're joined by bob and she is political analyst and editor he knows me internet media project hi gentlemen crossed out rules in effect that means you can jump anytime he wants and i was appreciated on his go to marcus 1st in london well here we are again commemorating the end of the cycle will mourn europe the destruction of fascism which of course is a truly profound holiday in russia though it's not this holiday is not nearly recognised as much as it was at one time in the west as a matter of fact what really pains me and why we do a prog

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle every president is obsessed with the issue of legacy but historical benchmarks are f.d.r. and l.b.j. joe biden is no different he is being encouraged to go big and fast and that he is there's just one problem f.d.r. and l.b.j. had massive majorities in congress and public opinion joe can think big but does he have the votes. ross talking presidential legacy i'm joined by my guests 3 cause driscoll in washington he is an adjunct professor of legislative politics at the george washington university and fed. a lobbyist for a medical professional association in atlanta we have dee dawkins she is a political strategist and a former georgia state representative and in dallas we cross to george c. he is a dallas space businessman and a conservative political leader all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it or let's go to george in dallas here's what he said it.

welcome back to cross talk where all things are considered on peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing geopolitics. please go back to david in charlottesville one of the things i've been looking at over the years here is that we do live in a multilateral world that is the reality here but the foreign policy blog in washington and the think tanks and all of their donors don't believe that and they will and this is one of the reasons why we see such an erratic foreign policy because washington believes in me and you know polar world but it's not that's no longer the case and that's why we're seeing so many tensions said differently countries can say no. this is what we're exactly we saw in anchorage go ahead david . i agree and i think rick maybe it was right to point out that the united states is going after a couple of big countries at once but people in the united states not so much disproportionately people who identify as the democratic party blame russia for everything where those who think they're republicans blame china for everything works out well for the government as they can

i'm peter lavelle historically speaking the cold war was a great ideological confrontation of western liberalism versus soviet communism according to joe biden the great geopolitical struggle of our time is democracy versus a caucus leave for by we are in another great ideological struggle but there is a difference the west particularly the united states is the only ideological actor . cross talking geopolitics i'm joined by my guest rick ross off in chicago he is an anti nato analyst and a contributor to antiwar dot com in bath we have bruce gagne he is the coordinator of the global network against weapons and nuclear power in space and in charlottesville we cross to david swanson he is the executive director of world beyond war all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate david let me go to you 1st in charlottesville . going after my introduction right here listening the to the president the united states we're in a great ideological struggle against autocracy here very much in tune with what we experienced during the

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle how should we interpret the recent f.b.i. raid on the home of former trump lawyer rudy giuliani a legitimate investigation into wrongdoing or a strong and very public political warning is trump his former circle and supporters the real target than the average citizen trusts the f.b.i. . talking criminal justice i'm joined by my guest andrew langer in williamsburg he's president of the institute for liberty in atlanta we have robert patillo he is a civil rights attorney and a radio host and in las vegas we have robert barnes he is a constitutional lawyer or a gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and always appreciate let me go to robert in las vegas for 2 reasons he got up earliest for this program and he's also wearing a bow tie which of course points with me obviously robert let me go to you here what do you make of this raid on giuliani's house and taking his devices that was what the. the raid was all about they didn't take all of them we might want to go into w

hello and welcome to crossfire for all things considered i'm peter lavelle americans have a long and contentious history with the word socialism for conservatives most often it is a dirty word even unpatriotic for many liberals it's about social justice and compassion however for better or worse it remains a red line within the electorate. ross talking socialism i'm joined by my guest mouth in new york he is a journalist and political analyst and r.t.e. in miami we have soraya foss she is a former us presidential candidate and in atlanta we have don jones she's an attorney.

the welcome to cross up were all things considered on peter lavelle? this is the home edition to remind you were discussing some real news. i okay, let's go back to the ma here in moscow, and let's switch gears and we'll talk about what's going on and be our business has been in the news a lot over the last few months. and not always in the ways that we'd like. obviously, the latest data point we have is where president lucas shank met with president putin in sochi. and the readout was kind of a big, boring, very staid. they discussed different issues. they focused on the recent events that were going on with the, the apprehension of a, of a, a citizen wanted by mens. and they talked about them. a coven. what's the relationship right now? because what the west has been trying to do is, what was the george a 3000000000 dollars dollars will give you, you know, you know, a chump change, you know, to do what we want the, they turned it down. we have this believe what is allegedly a coup attempt recently against the government and minutes here, and now spee

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on peter lavelle in the name of social justice and democracy is the u.s. becoming a police state and what is driving the west increasingly hysterical and paranoid policy towards russia what happened to engagement and diplomacy. to discuss these issues and more i'm joined by my guest who own these and he's an awesome he's a professor at the university of southeastern norway as well as author of the new book great power politics in the 4th industrial revolution and in budapest be cross to join semi well he is a pop caster at the gavel which can be found on you tube and rumple gentling process not rules in effect that means you can jump any time you want and i was appreciative when i was going to george 1st and in budapest george i mean the f.b.i. and the d.o.j. were really really active ok and this is the move for the advent of the administration of course and making reference to january 6th and on another front here we have rudy giuliani going to be the attorney for the former president president trump. having your house es

welcome back to crossfire we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing presidential legacy. ok let's go back to george in dallas and one of the things that i think that needs to be given more consideration is as we come out of this pandemic and lockdowns i look at states like yours which i think did a good job on the whole and i just think you know instead of thinking about space spending so much money 6 trillion in more why don't we let the states like texas show the way because we see you know we see growth in the. i mean we see a labor shortage in many places here and what let the economy roar because then we can take the right signs from that because you know instead of looking always to washington that so far away and distant and quite arrogant i have to say you know look at the what some of the governors have done in red states and i think they have. a remarkable job and they should be seen as an example we don't need washington to solve all of our problems go ahead george. well peter texas and florida are for the future of the country whether whet

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered time peter lavelle every president is obsessed with the issue of legacy the historical benchmarks or f.d.r. and l.b.j. joe biden is no different he is being encouraged to go big and fast and that he is there's just one problem f.d.r. and l.b.j. had massive majorities in congress and public opinion jochen think big.

slow unwelcoming crosstalk are all things considered i'm peter lavelle remembering war on this edition of the program we explain why russians have an aversion to war contrary to what is said in the west and as the recent g 7 foreign ministers meeting russia was declared reckless and aggressive who is really reckless and aggressive. to discuss these issues and more i'm joined by my guest mark has popped up with us and london he's a historian analyst and author of the new book a rise rossiya return of russia to world politics and here in moscow we're joined by bob and she is political analyst and editor of you know it's me internet media project originally crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciated go to marcus 1st in london well here we are again commemorating the end of the 2nd world war in europe the the destruction of fascism which of course is a.

hello and welcome across all things considered i'm peter lavelle who is a fascist well given the state of our politics a fascist is your political opponent even mortal enemy tragically and dangerously the term fascist is more times than not a political slur to destroy someone's character fascism is an odious ideology and political practice we all should be careful when referencing. cross talking fascism i'm joined by my guest but i'm goldstein in.

welcome back to cross talk where all things are considered on peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing criminal justice. ok let's go back to atlanta robert i mean i'm sorry i'm very very cynical when it comes to this i you know i it's not that i distrust the the f.b.i. when republicans are in power i don't trust the f.b.i. when the democrats when i just don't trust the f.b.i. ok full stop ok unfortunately there is too many stories to a litany of stories of things that have gone wrong here but i mean it seems to me i mean if we're looking at the timing and all of this this is a shot across the bow at giuliani a very high profile figure i mean everyone in america knows who he is again love him or hate him and his very close relationship with donald trump this sends a signal to a lot of people may be true may not be true but the anyone in terms of our inner circle is going to be looked at very carefully they're not going to use subpoenas to get to keep using these tactics here because it creates fear and i don't disconnect this all to the upcoming trial we don't know when it's going to be