The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

News and views about the world for those who want to change it.

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Housing Market Whiplash Locks out Millions of Workers

Housing Market Whiplash Locks out Millions of Workers

On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how huge numbers of people are being locked out of the housing market amid soaring interest rates and home prices, marking a dramatic...

9 Nov 202227min

From Poll Taxes to Election Police: Racist Voter Suppression in America

From Poll Taxes to Election Police: Racist Voter Suppression in America

The poll tax was eliminated within this lifetime, in 1966, but the right-wing in America has been hard at work reconstructing it with ID requirements, stripping people with convictions of the right ...

8 Nov 202245min

Supreme Court Plots to End ‘One Person, One Vote’ & the Hidden Hand of Big Oil

Supreme Court Plots to End ‘One Person, One Vote’ & the Hidden Hand of Big Oil

The right-wing loves yelling, “We’re a republic, not a democracy!” Now they have a Supreme Court that agrees with them. The Court is about to hear Moore v. Harper, a gerrymandering case that will also...

4 Nov 202241min

The Reign of King Elon Musk Begins at Twitter

The Reign of King Elon Musk Begins at Twitter

On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how Elon Musk became the new owner of Twitter. The widely-hated billionaire immediately began to prepare layoffs, reportedly starting...

2 Nov 202232min

Lula Wins, Musk Takes Twitter, US Sends Nukes to Europe [Brian Becker Seminar #19 - Preview]

Lula Wins, Musk Takes Twitter, US Sends Nukes to Europe [Brian Becker Seminar #19 - Preview]

In this patrons-only seminar, Brian discusses the win of left Workers Party candidate & former president Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva over far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and the huge impact it wi...

1 Nov 202215min

Huge Protests in Korea As War Danger Grows

Huge Protests in Korea As War Danger Grows

Massive protests in South Korea are demanding the end of right-wing President Yoon Suk-yeol's tenure. At the same time, the US and Japan are promising a major military escalation against North Korea. ...

27 Okt 20221h 16min

U.S. steps up high-tech economic war with China

U.S. steps up high-tech economic war with China

On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how demonization of China has gone into overdrive as the country chooses its new leadership, and how a key component of this has b...

26 Okt 202228min

Rent Hikes, Inflation, Mass Evictions: The Coming Rent Revolution

Rent Hikes, Inflation, Mass Evictions: The Coming Rent Revolution

As rents spike higher and higher, tent cities grow across the country, and eviction protections wear out, tenants are fed up and organizing. Nicole and Brian discuss the coming — and necessary — ren...

25 Okt 202226min

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