In the News: China Tells Secretary of State: The U.S. is Not Our Master
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem and Walter Smolarek discuss the tense summit in Alaska between top US and Chinese officials, the significance of the struggle to unionize the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, back room maneuvering to strengthen the two-party duopoly in American politics, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Another horrifying mass shooting in Colorado leaves 10 people dead. |
| 0:05.8 | The Biden administration continues to escalate its rhetoric against China, |
| 0:09.0 | and protests erupt throughout the United States to protest violence and murder directed against Asian Americans, |
| 0:15.1 | while the fight for voting rights heats up. |
| 0:18.2 | We need a new system. We need a new society. |
| 0:22.2 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:26.5 | but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. |
| 0:58.6 | Yeah. Welcome to today's episode of In The News, our Tuesday show on the Socialist Program with Brian Becker. |
| 1:00.8 | It's March 23, 2021. |
| 1:05.8 | This is an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the news right now, today, and this week. |
| 1:10.0 | We look beyond the headlines and expose the distortions in the corporate-owned media. |
| 1:14.9 | If you enjoy the show, please support this independent show by going to patreon.com slash the socialist program and subscribing. |
| 1:17.4 | We can do this with you, but not without you. |
| 1:20.2 | I'm Nicole Roussel, here with Esther Evarim, Walter Smalerick, and our host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:25.6 | Esther Ivarim is also the host of the radio show and podcast On the Ground at on thegroundshow.org. |
| 1:31.7 | Make sure to check out on the ground, which comes out weekly on Fridays. |
| 1:35.6 | Today we discuss the tense summit in Alaska between top U.S. and Chinese officials, |
| 1:41.1 | backroom maneuvering to strengthen the two-party duopoly in American politics and more. |
| 1:46.4 | Brian, we're back this week and we have another great week of programming. Tell us about it. |
| 1:51.2 | Yes, we do. Welcome Nicole, Esther, Walter, and it will be another week of high-quality programming. |
| 1:58.7 | We have our show today in the news and tomorrow with Professor Richard Wolfe on the big |
| 2:04.4 | stories of the economy and on Thursday, the real story. |
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