Poverty wages, racist police brutality, confrontation with China.

Last week was filled with examples of the other failure of this system.

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.

The Welcome to today's episode of In The News, our Tuesday show on The Socialist program with Brian Becker.

It's March 16th, 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. If you enjoy the show, please support

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I'm Walter Smolerick, here with Esther Rivera and our host, Brian Becker.

Nicole Roussel is traveling today.

Esther Averum is also the host of the radio show and podcast On the Ground at on the ground.

Make sure to check out On the Ground, which comes out weekly on Fridays.

Today we discuss the latest

developments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, actions to mark the anniversary of Brianna Taylor's

murder, the Biden administration's latest maneuvers against China, the continuing fight to win a living

wage, and more. So, Brian, this week marks some very important anniversaries in recent history. Why don't you

tell us a little bit more about that? Right. And Esther and Walter, again, we are bringing our

audience another exciting week packed with news analysis history. high quality programming brought to our listeners,

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