In the News: A Lynching that Led to a Nationwide Rebellion
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
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🗓️ 3 March 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell, Esther Iverem and Walter Smolarek discuss the one year anniversary of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery by racist vigilantes, the trial of Derek Chauvin -- the Minneapolis police officer who murdered George Floyd -- beginning this week, Donald Trump delivering a major speech to the CPAC right wing political gathering, the uprising in Haiti against the US-backed president’s power grab, and the US-Iran confrontation as Iran says enough is enough.
This episode features a special interview with Mohammad Marandi, an expert on American studies and postcolonial literature who teaches at the University of Tehran, on recent U.S. actions towards Iran.
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| 0:00.0 | One year after the murder of Ahmed Arbery set into motion the historic 2020 uprising against racism, |
| 0:07.7 | the fight for justice continues for him, George Floyd, Brianna Taylor, and so, so, so many others. |
| 0:15.1 | 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, |
| 0:23.6 | 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. |
| 0:56.0 | It's March 2nd, 2021. |
| 0:58.2 | This is an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the news right now, today, and this week. |
| 1:03.0 | We look beyond the headlines and expose the distortions in the corporate-owned media. |
| 1:07.0 | If you enjoy the show, please support this independent show by going to patreon.com slash |
| 1:11.9 | the socialist program and subscribing. We can do it with you, but not without you. I'm Nicole |
| 1:17.7 | Roussel here with Esther E. Verim, Walter Smalerick, and our host, Brian Becker. Esther is also |
| 1:23.2 | the host of the radio show on the ground at on the ground show.org. |
| 1:30.5 | Make sure to check out On the Ground, which comes out weekly on Fridays. |
| 1:35.5 | The trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who murdered George Floyd, begins this week. Meanwhile, Donald Trump delivered a major speech to the CPAC right-wing political |
| 1:40.7 | gathering where he pledged revenge against disloyal Republicans. The uprising in |
| 1:45.3 | Haiti continues against the U.S.-backed president's power grab. Biden abandons the fight for 15 |
| 1:50.5 | as the stimulus bill makes its way through Congress, and the U.S.-Iran confrontation grows, |
| 1:55.6 | as Iran says, enough is enough. Brian, where do you want to start today? |
| 2:00.1 | There's a lot to talk about today. We have a really great show. I also want to give a quick |
| 2:05.6 | preview of our plans for the month of March. Before I do, I want to say a word about how and why |
| 2:11.7 | we produce this show three times a week. We are the Socialist Program. |
| 2:17.7 | We are bringing news, analysis, history, political economy, and socialist theory every week. |
| 2:24.5 | We are also organizers in all the struggles of the people for justice, opposing racism, |
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