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The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
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 war on the working class, far right calls for a coup in Peru, the Biden-Putin summit, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | The rich get richer, U.S. Empire maneuvers to keep its grip on the world, and the now federally recognized Juneteenth holiday poses questions for the future of the fight for Black freedom. |
| 0:12.4 | We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. necessity. Welcome to today's episode of In The News, our Tuesday show on the Socialist program with Brian Becker. |
| 0:53.2 | It's June 22nd, 2021. |
| 0:55.5 | This is an in-depth look |
| 0:56.8 | at the biggest stories in the news right now, |
| 0:59.0 | today, and this week. |
| 1:00.5 | We look beyond the headlines |
| 1:01.7 | and expose the distortions |
| 1:03.2 | in the corporate-owned media. |
| 1:05.0 | If you enjoy the show, |
| 1:06.2 | please support this independent programming |
| 1:07.9 | by going to patreon.com |
| 1:09.6 | slash the socialist program and subscribing. |
| 1:11.7 | I'm Nicole Roussel here with Esther Evarim, Walter Smalerik, and our host Brian Becker. |
| 1:17.6 | Esther Evarum is also the host of the radio show and podcast On the Ground at on thegroundshow.org. |
| 1:22.6 | Make sure to check out On the Ground, which comes out weekly on Fridays. |
| 1:26.6 | All right, Brian, there's a number of really important stories this week. Where do you want to start? make sure to check out on the ground, which comes out weekly on Fridays. |
| 1:30.7 | All right, Brian, there's a number of really important stories this week. |
| 1:31.4 | Where do you want to start? |
| 1:38.7 | Well, before we start with the stories, again, we want to thank all of the people who make this show possible. |
| 1:46.5 | The people who are subscribers who donate vis-a-vis Patreon.com forward slash the socialist program. |
| 1:53.0 | As we say over and over again, we can do this show with you, but not without you. |
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