Hidden U.S. War Crimes in Syria
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
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🗓️ 16 November 2021
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
On today's In the News roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss a newly-revealed US war crime in Syria that took the lives of over 60 civilians, causing shock and outrage around the world. They also discuss the trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and the killers of Ahmaud Arbery, CIA-orchestrated efforts to destabilize Cuba, the dangerous rise of the violent far right, the social program budget being pushed to the side in favor of military spending, and more.
The following articles are referenced in this episode:
How the U.S. Hid an Airstrike That Killed Dozens of Civilians in Syria https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/us/us-airstrikes-civilian-deaths.html
How a School District Got Caught in Virginia’s Political Maelstrom https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/14/us/loudoun-county-school-board-va.html
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| 0:00.0 | A newly revealed U.S. war crime in Syria that took the lives of over 60 civilians is causing shock and outrage around the world. |
| 0:10.6 | Meanwhile, the trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and the killers of Ahmed Arbery continue. |
| 0:15.3 | CIA orchestrated efforts to destabilize Cuba are condemned by supporters of the country's revolution. |
| 0:21.2 | The social program budget is pushed to the side in favor of military spending and more. |
| 0:26.9 | We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded |
| 0:33.0 | impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not 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. |
| 1:07.9 | It's November 16th, 2021. |
| 1:10.7 | This is an in-depth look at the biggest |
| 1:12.7 | stories in the news right now, today, and this week. We look beyond the headlines and expose |
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| 1:34.4 | socialist program and subscribing. I'm Nicole Roussel here with Esther Evarim, Walter Smalerick, |
| 1:40.1 | and our host, Brian Becker. Esther Evarim is also the host of the radio show and podcast On the Ground at On Thegroundshow. |
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| 1:47.7 | Make sure to check out On the Ground, which comes out weekly on Fridays. |
| 1:51.4 | Brian, where do you want to start today? |
| 1:53.3 | Well, I do want to talk in the beginning a little bit about the new revelations about |
| 1:59.1 | the latest war crime committed by U.S. forces against the people |
| 2:04.3 | of Syria. This is big news in one way, although for people in Syria or people in Iraq, in Afghanistan, |
| 2:12.6 | in Somalia, in Yemen, the people who have been the victims of U.S. airstrikes routinely day after day, |
| 2:19.9 | maybe this wouldn't be as surprising or shocking, but I do want to talk about it. |
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