Billionaire Capitalism Makes a Killing During COVID-19
On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss growing inequality, the Juneteenth holiday, the New York City mayoral race, Joe Manchin's ...
22 Juni 202151min
The Pentagon Papers 50 Years Later: America's Most Famous Whistleblower Still Fighting Militarism
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the publication by The New York Times of excerpts of the Pentagon Papers — 7,000 pages of top-secret documents. These documents proved that the government of th...
17 Juni 202140min
The State as a Tool of Class Oppression
Brian and Prof. Wolff continue a series of discussions about the basics of Marxism — a method for understanding and changing the world used by many of the great revolutionaries of modern history. T...
16 Juni 202132min
Biden Appeals for Imperialist United Front at G7
On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss the G7 summit and its leaders' hypocritical rhetoric about human rights and democracy, the...
15 Juni 202156min
Brian Becker Seminar #5: Palestine, China, Nuclear winter, and more (Preview)
In this May 2021 patrons-only seminar, Brian and the crew discuss the new era in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine and what it means for the region, U.S. imperialist plots to dismember Chin...
12 Juni 202110min
China's Foreign Policy Part 3, 1965-1975: When Enemies Become "Friends"
Today's episode is the third in a multi-part series that takes an in-depth look at the history of China's foreign policy. We discuss how Chinese foreign policy shifted after the Cultural Revolution. ...
10 Juni 202151min
Karl Marx's Unique Theory of Social Classes
Brian and Prof. Wolff continue a series of discussions about the basics of Marxism — a method for understanding and changing the world used by many of the great revolutionaries of modern history. Tod...
9 Juni 202132min
How the People Blocked the Israeli Apartheid Ship
On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem and Walter Smolarek discuss an exciting new victory for the Palestine solidarity movement, a crackdown on journalists that has gained m...
8 Juni 202159min
