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The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

Exposing Trump’s Latin America Policy and Why It Will Fail w/ Richard Wolff

The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

The Socialist Program

Politics, News

4.7587 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Economist Richard Wolff joins Brian Becker to discuss President Trump’s resurrection of the Monroe Doctrine and pivot to Latin America, aimed squarely at pushing China out of the Western hemisphere — and why the strategy will fail.


Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.


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0:00.0

Today we continue our discussion on Donald Trump's new national security strategy.

0:07.5

We'll focus on the economic side of the strategy what the Trump White House means and what

0:13.9

they hope for.

0:15.8

We need a new system.

0:17.9

We need a new society.

0:19.9

We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible

0:22.9

even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. We are excited to have Professor Richard Wolfe join us again for our regular weekly segment

0:56.4

where we talk about the biggest stories related to the economy, the state of the working class,

1:01.6

and the crimes of big business.

1:03.5

I'm your host, Brian Becker.

1:05.6

The Socialist Program brings you content several days a week.

1:09.3

Thanks to the support of our patrons at patreon.com

1:12.4

forward slash the socialist program.

1:15.2

We appreciate all of your support

1:17.4

and encourage you if you're not yet

1:19.3

to become a patron today.

1:21.9

Richard Wolfe is the co-founder

1:23.3

of the organization Democracy at Work.

1:25.3

He's the author of many books,

1:26.8

including understanding capitalism

1:29.3

and many others, all of which are available at Democracy at Work. Info. Professor Wolf, welcome back.

1:36.3

Thank you very much, Brian. Glad to be here. Great to have you once again. Richard, the National

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