Mass Killing in Buffalo & the Promotion of Fascist Ideology in the USA
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2022
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
On today's In the News roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, and Nicole Roussell discuss the racist massacre in Buffalo, New York over the weekend, journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces and despite being an American the United States hasn’t responded, Finland and Sweden are nearly set to join NATO, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | A racist massacre in Buffalo, New York, ends with 13 people shot, 11 of them black. |
| 0:07.8 | A new women's movement takes the streets in hundreds of cities. |
| 0:11.6 | A Palestinian-American journalist was assassinated by Israeli forces with no response from the U.S. government. |
| 0:18.1 | In another dramatic NATO escalation, Finland and Sweden are set to join NATO, and more. |
| 0:24.6 | We need a new system. |
| 0:26.8 | We need a new society. |
| 0:28.6 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible |
| 0:31.5 | even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:32.9 | but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. |
| 1:04.2 | Music but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. I'm Welcome to today's program of In The News, our Tuesday show on the Socialist Program with Brian Becker. It's May 17, 2022. This is an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the |
| 1:10.6 | news right now, today, and this |
| 1:12.3 | week. We look beyond the headlines and expose the distortions in the corporate-owned media. |
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| 1:51.7 | I'm Nicole Russel here with Esther Evarim and our host, Brian Becker. Esther Evarim is also the host of |
| 1:57.6 | the radio show and podcast On The Ground at On The Ground Show.org. |
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| 2:05.5 | Brian, where do you want to start? |
| 2:07.7 | Well, I want to start with the horrific massacre, racist massacre in Buffalo, New York, |
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