Sanctions Backfire: Europe Plunged into Energy Crisis

<p>On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard &nbsp;Wolff discuss how Europe has plunged into an even deeper energy crisis &nbsp;as Russia cuts off imports through the Nord Stream pipeline in response &nbsp;to western sanctions. While US and European leaders pledged that &nbsp;sanctions would quickly bring the Russian economy to its knees, is the &nbsp;reality in fact the opposite?</p> <p>Professor Richard Wolff is an author &nbsp;&amp; co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find &nbsp;his work at rdwolff.com.</p> <p>Please make an urgently-needed contribution to The Socialist Program by joining our Patreon community at <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpatreon.com%2Fthesocialistprogram&amp;token=55c699-1-1662537501913" rel="nofollow ugc" target="_blank" title="http://patreon.com/thesocialistprogram">patreon.com/thesocialistprogram</a>. We rely on the generous support of our listeners to keep bringing you consistent, high-quality shows.</p> <p>All Patreon donors of $5 a month or more are invited to join the monthly Q&amp;A seminar with Brian.</p>