U.S. Warships and Fighter Jets Threaten Venezuela as Millions Join in Military Drills To Defend the Country [Preview]
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
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🗓️ 9 September 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Millions of Venezuelans participated in military drills to help defend the country as U.S. warships and fighter aircraft are deployed by Trump. Brian is joined by Manolo De Los Santos, Executive Director of The People’s Forum, for a discussion of the latest threats from the Trump Administration, how the issue of narcotics trafficking is being falsely used to justify another U.S. war of aggression – this time against the country that possesses the largest oil reserves in the world. Manolo explains how Maduro supporters are now being joined by many critics of the government to defend the homeland from Yankee Imperialism’s latest threats.
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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 |
| 0:22.4 | keep this show on the air. |
| 0:26.8 | On September 2nd U.S. fighter aircraft destroyed a small boat in the Caribbean, killing all the |
| 0:33.4 | people on board. |
| 0:35.0 | The attack came without warning. |
| 0:37.4 | The Trump administration is deployed in armada |
| 0:39.9 | of U.S. warships in the direction of Venezuela, and the government of Venezuela has warned that the U.S. |
| 0:46.0 | may be preparing a new war of aggression against the oil-rich country in South America. |
| 0:52.5 | We are happy to be joined today by Manolo de los Santos. |
| 0:57.0 | Manolo is the executive director of the People's Forum for today's patron-only episode of |
| 1:04.3 | In the News. |
| 1:05.3 | Manolo, welcome back to the Socialist Program. |
| 1:08.4 | Thank you. |
| 1:09.4 | It's a pleasure to join you again, Brian. |
| 1:10.7 | Well, thank you. I mean, |
| 1:11.8 | this is really an important story. The U.S. fighter jets destroyed this vessel, small boat. |
| 1:20.3 | They say it had left Venezuela's shores, that it was carrying drugs and drug traffickers. |
| 1:27.0 | The Trump administration has labeled certain so-called |
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