In the News: Capitalism Kills
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell, Esther Iverem and Walter Smolarek discuss the COVID death toll in the United States topping 500,000, the winter storm that has left millions without power in zero degree temperatures in Texas, a new independent report that further exposes the police in Aurora Colorado for the brutal murder of Elijah McClain, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | The COVID death toll in the United States tops 500,000. |
| 0:05.6 | A winter storm leaves millions without power in zero-degree temperatures in Texas. |
| 0:10.6 | A new independent report indicts the police in Aurora, Colorado for the brutal murder of Elijah |
| 0:15.9 | McLean. |
| 0:17.1 | The capitalist government and the capitalist system in the United States continues to fail the people of this country. |
| 0:24.0 | 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. |
| 1:04.6 | Thank you. 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. |
| 1:12.3 | It's February 23, 2021. This is an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the news right now, today, and this week. We look beyond the headlines and expose the distortions in the corporate-owned media. |
| 1:17.3 | If you enjoy the show, please support this independent show by going to patreon.com slash |
| 1:22.0 | the socialist program and subscribing. We can do this with you, but not without you. |
| 1:27.1 | I'm Nicole Roussel, here with Esther |
| 1:29.0 | E. Verum, Walter Smilerick, and our host, Brian Becker. Esther Evarim is also the host of the radio show |
| 1:34.6 | on the ground at on the ground show.org. Make sure to check out the show, which comes out weekly |
| 1:39.8 | on Fridays. Brian, we want to talk today about a number of really important topics like all of the |
| 1:46.1 | failures of capitalism we saw in Texas, like what is going on between the U.S. and Iran, but I know |
| 1:52.9 | we want to start today with really big news out of Colorado. Right. We are going to turn to Colorado |
| 1:59.2 | and the new independent investigation report about the |
| 2:03.6 | brutal killing of Elijah McLean. But before we do that, Nicole, I want to say a few words about |
| 2:10.6 | our introduction. We said the capitalist government and the capitalist system is failing the people |
| 2:17.1 | of the United States. |
| 2:19.3 | And I think it's so important when we talk about what we're trying to accomplish with this show, |
| 2:25.5 | with the socialist program, because we're not simply bringing news and analysis, even though |
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