One year after the January 6th assault on Congress, we talk about the rising tide of fascism

and how a people's movement can defeat it.

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. Welcome to this week's episode of the Socialist Program. I'm your host, Brian Becker.

Today we'll be talking to Claudia

De La Cruz. She is the co-executive director of the People's Forum. She is a popular educator,

community organizer, and theologian. We're also talking to Dr. Gabriel Rockhill. He is the founding

director of the Critical Theory Workshop and Professor of Philosophy

at Villanova University. Claudia, Gabriel, welcome to the Socialist Program.

Thank you so much for inviting us. Thanks for having us. Great to have you. Claudia, let's start with you.

This is not exactly the January, the anniversary of January 6,

but close enough. And this is the second part of a two-part series that we're doing here on the

Socialist Program. Last week, we were joined by Professor Gerald Horn. There's a lot to cover

about January 6th. It's in the news.

One of the things that's in the news right now, perhaps not that surprising, is that Attorney

General Merrick Garland has announced the formation of a new domestic terrorism unit to fight

what they call right-wing extremism, or actually what they call extremism and radicalism

in America. It's a unit that will be funded to the tune of $100 million, half of which will go to the

FBI. And when you look at the description of what the unit's going to do, it's focusing, it says,

on domestic terrorism, white supremacist organizations, and anarchist groups.

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