ICE Terror Is a Sign of Trump's Desperation. A General Strike Can Turn the Tables w/ Richard Wolff
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The United States is at a boiling point after the ICE killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis. Cities across the country are under attack from Trump’s federal ICE agent police force, and hundreds of thousands protested this ICE invasion this past weekend. Brian and Prof. Wolff discuss the struggle that is heating up.
Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Days after ICE agents killed a woman in cold blood in Minneapolis, |
| 0:07.0 | hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of people in the United States, |
| 0:12.0 | went into the streets in the past weekend, demanding that ICE leave their communities. |
| 0:19.0 | The Trump administration is doubling down, and this struggle is heating up. |
| 0:24.6 | We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible |
| 0:31.5 | even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. |
| 1:05.0 | Music but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. I'm We are excited to have Professor Richard Wolfe join us for our regular weekly segment, where we talk about the biggest stories related to the economy, the state of the working |
| 1:10.0 | class, and the crimes of |
| 1:11.2 | big business. I'm your host, Brian Becker. The Socialist Program brings you content |
| 1:16.7 | several days a week. Thanks to the support of our patrons at patreon.com forward slash the |
| 1:22.9 | socialist program. We appreciate all of your support and encourage you to become a patron today. |
| 1:29.4 | Richard Wolf is the co-founder of the organization, Democracy at Work. He's the author of many |
| 1:34.0 | books, including Understanding Capitalism, which is available at Democracy at Work. Info, Professor |
| 1:42.1 | Wolf, welcome back. Thank you very much, Brian. I'm glad to be here. |
| 1:46.8 | Richard, things in the United States are reaching a boiling point because the Trump administration, |
| 1:53.5 | using the false pretext of emergency, has carried out basically invasions of different urban areas. Last week was Minneapolis. |
| 2:04.4 | They're doubling down. They're sending more agents after they killed Renee Good. They shot her three |
| 2:11.0 | times in the face. And then the agent who shot her said, you effing be sort of an indicator of what the mentality is. |
| 2:20.6 | Christy Noam, the head of the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the ICE |
| 2:25.7 | agents, she had on the podium on her press conference earlier today, the day we're |
| 2:32.4 | recording on Tuesday, a slogan that it reads, |
| 2:37.3 | one of ours, all of yours. That's from the Nazis occupying countries in central and |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Socialist Program, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Socialist Program and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

