Abolish the Supreme Court! Fight Back to Defend Women's Rights!
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2021
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
On today's In the News roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the ultra-right wing majority on the Supreme Court is poised to eviscerate Roe v. Wade, but a movement to fight back against this assault on women’s rights is growing and demanding that Democrats in Congress legalize abortion once and for all. They also discuss U.S. aggression stepping up against Iran, China, and Russia; the Omicron variant continuing to cause panic around the world; Michigan reeling in the aftermath of yet another mass shooting; the U.S. marking the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and more.
The following articles are referenced in this episode:
Supreme Court prepares to decimate abortion rights — Here’s why it’s not too late
https://www.liberationnews.org/supreme-court-prepares-to-decimate-abortion-rights-heres-why-its-not-too-late/
Campaigners Warn of 'Wave After Wave of Variants' as Long as Vaccine Apartheid Remains
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/06/campaigners-warn-wave-after-wave-variants-long-vaccine-apartheid-remains
China Seeks First Military Base on Africa’s Atlantic Coast, U.S. Intelligence Finds
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-seeks-first-military-base-on-africas-atlantic-coast-u-s-intelligence-finds-11638726327
Air Board Denies Key Permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline, Dealing Critical Blow to Beleaguered Fracked Gas Project
https://appvoices.org/2021/12/03/air-board-denies-key-permit-for-mountain-valley-pipeline/
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| 0:00.0 | The ultra-right-wing majority on the Supreme Court is poised to eviscerate Roe v. Wade, |
| 0:06.6 | but a movement to fight back against this assault on women's rights is growing and demanding |
| 0:11.1 | that Democrats in Congress legalize abortion once and for all. |
| 0:15.3 | Meanwhile, U.S. aggression is stepping up against Iran, China, and Russia. |
| 0:19.8 | The Amicron variant continues to cause panic around the world. |
| 0:23.5 | Michigan reels in the aftermath of yet another mass shooting. |
| 0:27.1 | The United States marks the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and more. |
| 0:33.3 | We need a new system. |
| 0:34.9 | We need a new society. |
| 0:36.8 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not |
| 0:42.0 | only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to today's episode of In The News, our Tuesday show on The Socialist Program with Brian Becker. |
| 1:13.6 | It's December 7, 2021. |
| 1:15.9 | This is an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the news right now, today, and this week. |
| 1:21.1 | We look beyond the headlines and expose the distortions in the corporate-owned media. |
| 1:26.3 | Video episodes of The Real Story are available |
| 1:28.7 | on Breakthrough News, Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Eastern at YouTube.com slash breakthrough news. |
| 1:34.9 | If you enjoy our show, please support this independent programming by going to patreon.com |
| 1:39.6 | slash the socialist program and subscribing. I'm Nicole Roussel, here with Esther Ivarim, Walter Smalerick, and our host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:48.1 | Esther Iveram is also the host of the radio show and podcast on the ground at on thegroundshow.org. |
| 1:53.9 | Make sure to check out on the ground, which comes out weekly on Fridays. |
| 1:58.2 | Brian, where do you want to start this week? |
| 2:00.2 | Well, I think the big news really is the |
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