Does Trump’s Victory Signal a Major Political Realignment in the United States? [Preview]
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
On this patrons-only episode, Brian & Layan discuss the election results, what they show us about the shifting political landscape, and how we can take action and move forward.
Brian Becker is joined by Layan Sima Fuleihan, a Palestinian organizer with the Shut It Down for Palestine coalition, a popular educator, the Education Director at The People’s Forum, and an editor at 1804 Books.
This is a preview of a patrons-only episode. Subscribe at patreon.com/thesocialistprogram to hear the full episode, get access to all our patrons-only content including live Q&A seminars with Brian Becker, and help keep this show on the air.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to The Socialist Program. |
| 0:04.0 | This is John Prysner, a producer of this show. |
| 0:07.0 | This is a preview of a patrons-only episode. |
| 0:10.0 | Subscribe at patreon.com slash the Socialist Program to hear the full episode, |
| 0:16.0 | get access to all our patrons-only content, including live Q&A seminars with Brian Becker, and help keep |
| 0:22.4 | this show on the air. |
| 0:27.0 | Donald Trump has won the popular vote, he won the Electoral College, and the Republicans |
| 0:32.1 | also won control of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Are we witnessing a political realignment in the United States? |
| 0:40.6 | I'm Leanne Fullahan, here with Brian Becker, and today we are providing a patrons-only show |
| 0:45.9 | on the meaning of the U.S. election outcome. |
| 0:48.7 | Brian, it's great to be back with you. |
| 0:50.7 | It's really important that we're able to continue these discussions. |
| 0:53.7 | We've talked about |
| 0:54.6 | what the election might look like before the election, the day after the election, we had an |
| 0:59.2 | important discussion with Eugene per year. We're having this discussion. There's a lot to talk about. |
| 1:05.7 | And I have to say, it's not just talk. On January 20th, the first day of the next Trump administration, |
| 1:11.9 | there will be a very large mobilization of people opposing the billionaire's agenda, |
| 1:17.7 | opposing the U.S. support for the Israeli genocide against the people of Gaza, demanding that |
| 1:24.4 | the money that's being spent, I would say wasted for death and destruction, |
| 1:28.4 | the trillion dollar a year military budget, that that money be spent instead to meet people's needs. |
| 1:34.2 | We have millions of working class families who can barely make ends meet. |
| 1:39.1 | Millions have been affected by hurricanes, by climate catastrophe. |
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