Cutting Through the Spin: What the Showdown in Congress Means for Workers
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2021
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how trillions of dollars to address the needs of working people in the areas of education, childcare, health, housing and more are on the line as a crucial struggle unfolds in Congress and in the streets. They also discuss the Biden administration’s brutal treatment of thousands of Haitian refugees seeking asylum in Texas, the latest on the pandemic as COVID spreads virtually unchecked in large parts of the country, and more.
The following articles are referenced in today's episode:
The U.S.’s Long History of Mistreating Haitian Migrants
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-uss-long-history-of-mistreating-haitian-migrants
Covid Gets Redder
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/briefing/covid-red-states-vaccinations.html
Covid’s Hidden Toll: One Million Children Who Lost Parents
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-children-orphans-parent-deaths-million-11632675021
Supreme Court observers see trouble ahead as public approval of justices erodes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-public-opinion/2021/09/25/379b51ec-1c6c-11ec-bcb8-0cb135811007_story.html
Keystroke tracking, screenshots, and facial recognition: The boss may be watching long after the pandemic ends
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/24/remote-work-from-home-surveillance/
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| 0:00.0 | Trillions of dollars to address the needs of working people in the areas of education, |
| 0:05.8 | childcare, health, housing, and more are on the line as a crucial struggle unfolds in Congress |
| 0:11.6 | and in the streets. We'll also discuss the Biden administration's brutal treatment of thousands |
| 0:16.5 | of Haitian refugees seeking asylum in Texas, the latest on the pandemic as COVID spreads virtually |
| 0:21.9 | unchecked in large parts of the country, and more. |
| 0:25.8 | We need a new system. |
| 0:27.9 | We need a new society. |
| 0:29.8 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not |
| 0:35.1 | 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. |
| 1:06.7 | It's September 27, 2021. This is an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the news right now, today, and this week. |
| 1:14.4 | We look beyond the headlines and expose the distortions in the corporate-owned media. |
| 1:19.1 | If you enjoy the show, please support this independent programming by going to patreon.com |
| 1:24.0 | slash the socialist program and subscribing. |
| 1:27.0 | And sign up for our September |
| 1:28.5 | patrons only seminar with Brian which will be held this Wednesday September 29th at 7 p.m. |
| 1:33.7 | Eastern 4 p.m. Pacific time. Brian will be speaking about tactics and strategies for |
| 1:38.7 | building an anti-war, social justice, and socialist movement in the United States. |
| 1:43.2 | We'll take questions for him beforehand |
| 1:45.0 | and live as we go. I'm Nicole Roussel here with Esther Eberram, Walter Smalerick, and our host, |
| 1:51.0 | Brian Becker. Esther Evarim is also the host of the radio show and podcast On the Ground at |
| 1:56.2 | On the Ground Show.org. Make sure to check out on the ground, which comes out weekly on Fridays. |
| 2:02.9 | Brian, we've got a huge week this week. There were tons of actions in the street all weekend, |
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