Facts and Lies at DNC — The Democrats’ False Promise
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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On today's episode Nicole Roussell interviews Brian about the Democratic Party Convention, with Kamala as the new nominee, while the war in Gaza rages on and millions of people in the US continue to live in or near poverty.
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| 0:00.0 | The Democratic Party convention is over. Kamala Harris is the candidate. |
| 0:05.0 | But the war in Gaza rages on, so does the U.S. proxy war against Russia and Ukraine, |
| 0:10.0 | the U.S. prepares for a military confrontation with China, and millions of people in the United States |
| 0:15.0 | continue to live in or near poverty. |
| 0:18.0 | We need a new system. We need a new system. |
| 0:22.1 | We need a new society. |
| 0:28.1 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. |
| 0:55.6 | Yeah. Welcome to the Socialist Program. |
| 0:58.4 | I'm producer Nicole Roussel, and I'm here with Brian Becker. |
| 1:06.1 | If you enjoy or rely on the show or both, please show your support by subscribing to our show on patreon.com slash the Socialist Program. |
| 1:10.5 | Brian, today we're going to talk about the Democratic National Convention. |
| 1:11.1 | It's over. |
| 1:14.1 | It comes one month after the Republican convention is over. |
| 1:16.9 | Kamala Harris is now the candidate of the Democratic Party. |
| 1:21.0 | But I think one thing we can say with certainty at this point, |
| 1:24.8 | the Democratic Party looked like it was on the road to defeat in November. |
| 1:29.8 | Their candidate, Joe Biden, was maybe the worst political candidate ever. And there was really clearly a sense of despair and resignation |
| 1:32.8 | because Biden wouldn't step down, |
| 1:34.3 | and he was so unpopular that his election was almost certainly doomed. |
| 1:38.7 | That has definitely changed. |
| 1:40.0 | You can see it in the way the Democrats conducted the convention, |
| 1:43.8 | the entire convention, |
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