The World Turns Against Israel’s Killing Spree, Trump’s Takeover of D.C., Trump Meets Putin [Preview]
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Brian and Layan discuss the rapidly expanding worldwide opposition as Israel intentionally slaughters journalists and starves Palestinian civilians. Even mainstream media figures are now denouncing Israel. They also expose the coup-like nature of Donald Trump’s militarization decree that intensifies an all-out attack against Black, Latino and immigrant communities. They also provide a political framing for the Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska and assess Russia’s goals in the Ukraine War.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to The Socialist Program. |
| 0:04.0 | This is John Prysner, a producer of this show. |
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| 0:27.1 | Using the power of the federal government, Donald Trump is attempting to carry out a right-wing |
| 0:32.5 | takeover of the District of Columbia, the nation's capital. People all over the world are marching to stand with |
| 0:39.3 | Gaza, and Trump meets with Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible end to the Ukraine war. I'm Leanne Sima |
| 0:47.5 | Fulahan, here with Brian Becker, and this is in the news, a segment of the Socialist Program, |
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| 1:14.1 | Non-stop efforts by the Netanyahu government to basically destroy the will of the Palestinian people to remain. |
| 1:23.0 | That's what's really going on. Starvation, killing people at food aid centers, killing journalists, |
| 1:30.5 | trying to make it feel for the Palestinians, you can't win, you can't survive, you have no choice |
| 1:37.3 | but to leave. And yet we have this incredible resilience on the part of the people. |
| 1:43.6 | And also, and I want to ask you about what's actually |
| 1:46.2 | going on, but around the world, including today, our show is coming out today, August 16th, |
| 1:52.8 | tens of thousands of people are going to be in the streets right here in New York City where we're |
| 1:57.2 | recording. But all around the world, people are standing with Gaza. But let's talk about, |
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