In the News: Trump’s Foreign Policy, Marxists Win in Sri Lanka, Netanyahu’s Pretend Ceasefire Offer [Preview]
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
On this patrons-only episode, Brian & Layan discuss Trump's foreign policy, Netanyahu's so-called ceasefire 'gift,' the Marxist electoral sweep in Sri Lanka, Trump's cabinet picks, the fightback on Trump's first day in office, Jan 20.
Brian Becker is joined by Layan Sima Fuleihan, a Palestinian organizer with the Shut It Down for Palestine coalition, a popular educator, the Education Director at The People’s Forum, and an editor at 1804 Books.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to The Socialist Program. |
| 0:04.0 | This is John Prysner, a producer of this show. |
| 0:07.0 | This is a preview of a patrons-only episode. |
| 0:10.0 | Subscribe at patreon.com slash the Socialist Program to hear the full episode, |
| 0:16.0 | get access to all our patrons-only content, including live Q&A seminars with Brian Becker, and help keep |
| 0:22.4 | this show on the air. |
| 0:27.0 | The political character of the Second Trump White House is coming into view with a flood |
| 0:31.9 | of new cabinet appointments in the last few days. At the same time, a mass, grassroots |
| 0:37.4 | fightback movement is building across the |
| 0:39.6 | country. I'm Leanne Fullahan here with Brian Becker, and this is in the news, a segment of the |
| 0:45.8 | socialist program and a patrons-only show. Layan, we have a lot to talk about today. We want to talk about |
| 0:52.5 | what the Trump White House, the second Trump White House, will look like. |
| 0:57.0 | Of course, Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, Pete Heggseth, complete lunatic extremist as defense secretary. |
| 1:05.3 | We want to talk about Mike Wals, Michael Wals, super anti-China Hawk. He's going to be the national security advisor. |
| 1:15.0 | Interestingly, Matt Gates, as Attorney General, many Republicans say his nomination is doomed from the |
| 1:20.8 | beginning. We'll talk about that. And of course, Tulsi Gabbard, who was surprisingly, at least |
| 1:27.3 | surprising for some, named by Donald Trump. |
| 1:30.6 | She used to be a fierce critic of Trump, called him a war criminal for assassinating Soleimani in |
| 1:36.3 | 2020. She's now the director of national intelligence. We want to talk about all of that. |
| 1:42.3 | But just in case people are filled with doom and gloom because Donald Trump won the election, there is good election news, but it comes from Sri Lanka, a very important country. But, Leanne, the Marxist-led movement has completely dominated in the new elections. |
| 1:58.6 | Yep, it's some really good news for us for the international left, Brian. |
| 2:02.6 | The leftist coalition, National People's Power Coalition, led by the Janatha Vimuxi Perumana, the JVP, has won a landslide victory in the Parliament. |
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