Khury Petersen-Smith on Economic Sanctions, Greg LeRoy on Amazon Subsidies

['Bradley Grower', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow', 'Class', 'Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus', 'Display Inline', '.Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar', 'Where Img', 'Height Auto Max-Width', 'Vertical-Align Bottom .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Coauthors.Is-Layout-Flow .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar', 'Vertical-Align Middle .Wp-Block-Co-Authors-Plus-Avatar Is .Alignleft .Alignright'] CounterSpin 2022-03-11 17:04:10

This week on CounterSpin: Russia’s horrendous invasion of Ukraine is providing yet another reminder that when elephants fight, it’s the grass that’s trampled. Khury Petersen-Smith is Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. He joins us to talk about the problem with seeing sanctions as an alternative to war. Transcript: ‘The Most Vulnerable People Lose When the US Imposes Sanctions’Also on the show: In March 2012, Amazon opened an office dedicated to ferreting out tax breaks and subsidies. We talk with the group’s executive director, Greg LeRoy.