In the News: The War Against the Poor
Congress decides to throw tens of millions of working people under the bus with the new so-called stimulus package. Will Joe Biden bring the United States back into the Iran nuclear arms deal? FBI and...
23 Dec 202039min
The Real Story: Why U.S. Capitalism is Addicted to War
Militarism is everywhere you look in U.S. society. No country on earth spends sums anywhere near as vast as the U.S. government. We are fed propaganda from childhood glamorizing war and the armed forc...
18 Dec 202036min
Capitalism in Crisis: What the Hell is a K-Shaped Recovery?? The Fraud of Capitalist Economics
On this week's episode of The Socialist Program's regular segment "Capitalism in Crisis" with Prof. Richard Wolff, we discuss the economy's "K-Shaped" recovery -- in which one section of society bounc...
16 Dec 202033min
In the News: Police Stand Aside as "Proud Boys" Lynch Mob Rampages Through D.C.
On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell, Esther Iverem, and Walter Smolarek discuss the huge and rapidly rising rates of hunger in the United States, the "Proud Boys'" racis...
15 Dec 202037min
The Real Story: Why Not Have Peace with North Korea?
The Korean War began 70 years ago and has still not ended even though North and South Korea want it to end. The key obstacle is not in Pyongyang or Seoul but in Washington DC. Brian takes an in-depth ...
10 Dec 202053min
Capitalism in Crisis: Free Society from the Banks!
On this week's episode of The Socialist Program's regular segment "Capitalism in Crisis" with Prof. Richard Wolff, we discuss the system of capitalist banks, their stranglehold on society, and why un...
9 Dec 202038min
In the News: Capitalist America's Shocking Poverty - A Tale of Two Countries
On today's “In the News” roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell and Esther Iverem discuss the roots of exploding poverty from Alabama to the Bronx, Biden's pick for Secretary of Defense, the hidden...
9 Dec 20201h 9min
The Real Story: The Criminal Assassination of Iran’s Top Scientist: What Comes Next?
A top Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated on November 27 in a brazen murder. Was it the Israeli Mossad, the CIA, or both? Brian discusses the killing and takes an in-depth look at U.S.-Iran re...
3 Dec 202036min
