In the News: Police Murders are not a "Mistake" -- They are Class War Against Black America
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
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🗓️ 13 April 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss the police murder of Daunte Wright outside of Minneapolis as the trial of Derek Chauvin continues, the Pentagon's latest statement on "extremism" in its ranks, the brutalization of Army lieutenant Caron Nazario, the cyberattack on a key Iranian nuclear facility, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | The police, the courts, the military, we've seen even more evidence over the past week that |
| 0:06.3 | America's police and military institutions are saturated with racism, white supremacy, and fascism. |
| 0:13.5 | We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded |
| 0:19.7 | impossible even a few weeks ago, 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. It's April 13th, |
| 0:55.9 | 2021. This is an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the news right now, today, and this week. |
| 1:01.9 | We look beyond the headlines and expose the distortions in the corporate-owned media. |
| 1:06.7 | If you enjoy the show, please support this independent programming by going to patreon.com |
| 1:11.6 | slash the socialist program and subscribing. |
| 1:15.0 | And once you subscribe, register for our patrons-only seminar with Brian Becker on next Wednesday, April 21st at 7 p.m. Eastern, 4 p.m. Pacific. |
| 1:23.7 | Supporters can ask Brian questions beforehand and live on the seminar. |
| 1:27.9 | I'm Nicole Roussel, here with Esther Iveram, Weltrus Malerick, and our host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:33.5 | Esther Iveram is also the host of the radio show and podcast On the Ground at on thegroundshow.org. |
| 1:39.9 | Make sure to check out On the Ground, which comes out weekly on Fridays. |
| 1:44.0 | Brian, what do we have in store for listeners this week? |
| 1:47.3 | What can people expect come down the pike this week? |
| 1:50.1 | Yeah, another big week. |
| 1:52.2 | Again, tomorrow we speak as we do every Wednesday with Professor Richard Wolf |
| 1:56.8 | talking about the biggest stories in the economy with Richard Wolf. |
| 2:02.4 | He's an economist, a socialist. |
| 2:08.9 | Tomorrow we're going to be focusing on the issue of the global minimum corporate wealth tax. |
| 2:15.0 | Again, that's been in the news. We're going to talk about what that actually means and what impact it will have or won't have. |
| 2:22.3 | On Thursday, we're going to have a really special edition of the real story. |
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