Two Verdicts: Racist Violence & American Capitalism
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2021
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
On today's In the News roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the three men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery have been convicted of murder in a major victory for the struggle against racism, but at the same time the Rittenhouse verdict reveals a grave danger. They also discuss the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID due to global vaccine apartheid, efforts to rig the U.S. electoral map, the historic victory of the left in the Honduran presidential election, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | In a major victory for the struggle against racism, the three men who murdered Ahmed Arbery have been brought to justice and convicted of murder. |
| 0:09.5 | We'll also discuss the emergence of the Amicron variant of COVID due to global vaccine apartheid, the historic victory of the left in the Honduran presidential election, and more. |
| 0:19.9 | We need a new system. We need a new system. |
| 0:22.0 | We need a new society. |
| 0:23.9 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible |
| 0:26.7 | even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:28.2 | but is not only realizable, |
| 0:30.9 | but an imperative necessity. |
| 1:00.4 | We need to... Welcome to today's episode of In The News, our Tuesday show on the Socialist Program with Brian Becker. |
| 1:03.0 | It's November 30th, 2021. |
| 1:08.3 | This is an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the news right now, today, and this week. |
| 1:11.8 | We look beyond the headlines and expose the distortions in the corporate-owned media. Video episodes of The Real Story are available on Breakthrough News, |
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| 1:23.2 | please support this independent programming by going to patreon.com slash the socialist program and subscribing. |
| 1:29.6 | I'm Nicole Roussel here with Esther Everec, Walter Smalerick, and our host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:35.1 | Esther Evarim is also the host of the radio show and podcast on the ground at on thegroundshow.org. |
| 1:40.7 | Make sure to check out On the Ground, which comes out weekly on Fridays. |
| 1:45.7 | Brian, let's start today with this major victory that is absolutely brought to you by the struggle against racism, |
| 1:51.7 | the conviction of the three men who murdered Ahmed Arbery. Yes, Nicole, this is so important that |
| 1:59.1 | Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael, and William Bryan were found |
| 2:04.6 | guilty of the murder of Ahmed Arbery. He was lynched. He was a black man who was out jogging, |
| 2:12.9 | and he was lynched. Their argument was that they acted in self-defense, which is the argument of all the |
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