U.S. Prepares for War with China, 50 Years After Nixon’s Visit and Shanghai Communiqué
Brian Becker and Dr. Ken Hammond discuss U.S. aggression against China, which often uses Taiwan as a pretext. But next month is the 50th anniversary of the Shanghai Communiqué – a document the U.S. an...
20 Jan 20221h 9min
Wall Street Panic: The Paradox of Inflation & A Slowing Economy
On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss cascading crises that rocked Wall Street and the stock market, which crashed yesterday, as inflation spikes and the economy slows. Thing...
19 Jan 202232min
The Racist Offensive - Time to Fight Back!
On today's In the News roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem and Nicole Roussell discuss how the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court has decided to help spread Covid, how Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten ...
18 Jan 20221h 15min
Fascism in the USA and Strategies to Fight It
Brian Becker, Claudia De La Cruz and Gabriel Rockhill continue The Socialist Program’s analysis of the deeper meaning of the January 6 assault that temporarily dispersed Congress. One year after the a...
13 Jan 20221h 6min
Murdered by Capitalism: Housing Fires Kill the Poor
On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the devastating residential fire over the weekend in New York City that claimed 17 lives, including 8 children. Coming on the heels ...
12 Jan 202229min
U.S. Capitalism Surrenders to COVID
On today's In the News roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the Biden administration is sending stronger and stronger signals that it is effectively...
11 Jan 20221h 27min
American Fascism: White Supremacy and the Far Right from the Klan to Jan. 6
Brian Becker and Dr. Gerald Horne discuss the one-year anniversary of the January 6th assault on the U.S. Capitol, encouraged and organized by Donald Trump. It was the first time since 1812 that the U...
6 Jan 202249min
Why Profit is Theft
On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how wage theft is rampant across the United States -- Workers are sent to jail for theft, but under capitalism corporate executives h...
5 Jan 202229min
