In the News: Israeli War Crimes Paid for by the USA
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2021
⏱️ 67 minutes
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On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss Palestinians' general strike today as fierce resistance continues to the increasingly brutal Israeli attack, the possibility that the right-wing Supreme Court will eviscerate the right of women to control their own bodies, the criminal injustice system and another extreme and odious form of racism used to justify police murder, and a left wing victory in the recent Chilean elections.
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| 0:00.0 | Palestinians hold a general strike today as fierce resistance continues to the increasingly brutal Israeli bombardment of Gaza and deadly repression of Palestinians elsewhere in historic Palestine. |
| 0:12.3 | The right-wing Supreme Court is now poised to eviscerate the right of women to control their own bodies. |
| 0:18.0 | We'll also talk about the criminal injustice system and another extreme and odious |
| 0:22.2 | form of racism used to justify police murder and a left-wing victory in the recent Chilean elections. |
| 0:29.7 | We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible |
| 0:36.6 | even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. I'm Welcome to today's episode of In The News, our Tuesday show on the Socialist program with Brian Becker. |
| 1:10.5 | It's May 18th, |
| 1:11.5 | 2021. This is an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the news right now, today, and this week. |
| 1:17.2 | We look beyond the headlines and expose the distortions in the corporate-owned media. |
| 1:22.0 | If you enjoy the show, please support this independent programming by going to patreon.com |
| 1:26.7 | slash the socialist program and |
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| 1:34.2 | next Wednesday, May 26th at 7 p.m. Eastern, 4 p.m. Pacific. Supporters can ask Brian |
| 1:40.5 | questions beforehand and live on the seminar. I'm Nicole Roussel here with Esther |
| 1:45.8 | Evarim, Walter Smalerick, and our host, Brian Becker. Esther Evarim is also the host of the radio show |
| 1:51.5 | and podcast on the ground at on the ground show.org. Make sure to check out on the ground, which |
| 1:56.9 | comes out weekly on Fridays. Brian, the biggest story and the most incredibly important thing to talk about, again, this |
| 2:04.3 | week remains Israelis just ongoing brutal assault on Gaza and, you know, of course, the roving |
| 2:12.7 | mobs who are also attacking, assaulting and killing Palestinians throughout the rest of |
| 2:17.4 | historic Palestine. |
| 2:18.7 | And the Palestinian people are fighting back. That's the other important part of the story. |
| 2:24.5 | Every time the Palestinians try to defend themselves, their neighborhood, their homes, their families, |
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