In the News: Socialist tactics and Biden's economic program

In the News: Socialist tactics and Biden's economic program

On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss where the Biden administration is headed politically and why. In his address to a joint session of Congress last Thursday, Biden appears to have signaled a significant turn towards a program aimed at providing substantial benefits to working people.

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Inflation Crisis & the March Towards Recession

Inflation Crisis & the March Towards Recession

On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how fears of an all-out economic crisis are deepening as FedEx announces that it expects a global recession based on a sharp decline in ...

21 Sep 202234min

How the Ultra-Right Intends to Take & Consolidate Political Power

How the Ultra-Right Intends to Take & Consolidate Political Power

The assault on our democratic rights within the United States is growing. The right wing of the U.S. ruling class, using the Supreme Court and other undemocratic institutions, has begun eviscerating h...

20 Sep 202255min

Vijay Prashad and Noam Chomsky on Afghanistan War & the Fragility of US Empire

Vijay Prashad and Noam Chomsky on Afghanistan War & the Fragility of US Empire

The U.S. government has destroyed cities, countries, and towns around the world, through bombs and air raids, military ground invasions, naval attacks, economic sanctions and strangulation, coups, and...

15 Sep 202248min

Queens, Kings and Capitalism

Queens, Kings and Capitalism

On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how the corporate-owned media has been consumed with wall-to-wall coverage of the death of the Queen, fawning over the British mon...

14 Sep 202227min

The Deepening Assault on Core Democratic Rights in the USA

The Deepening Assault on Core Democratic Rights in the USA

The United States is in the midst of a political upheaval right now, after the 2020 uprising, the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, and the Dobbs decision that overturned one of the Supreme Court's bi...

13 Sep 202244min

Global Confrontation: The US, Russia, China, and a New Era

Global Confrontation: The US, Russia, China, and a New Era

The United States and South Korea put on the biggest military war games in four years, while Russia and China also ran military drills. Will the world become multipolar and is that enough to fully c...

8 Sep 202257min

Sanctions Backfire: Europe Plunged into Energy Crisis

Sanctions Backfire: Europe Plunged into Energy Crisis

On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how Europe has plunged into an even deeper energy crisis as Russia cuts off imports through the Nord Stream pipeline in response t...

7 Sep 202232min

Brian Becker Seminar #17: Gorbachev's Legacy, Afghanistan, Climate Catastrophe, Education, & More [Preview]

Brian Becker Seminar #17: Gorbachev's Legacy, Afghanistan, Climate Catastrophe, Education, & More [Preview]

In this August 2022 patrons-only seminar, Brian discusses the legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union before its dissolution, who is being lionized by the capitalist media ...

1 Sep 202211min

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