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Abolish the Supreme Court! Fight Back to Defend Women's Rights!
On today's In the News roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the ultra-right wing majority on the Supreme Court is poised to eviscerate Roe v. Wade,…
Published on 4 years ago
China and Africa: The Real Story of Western Hypocrisy
Brian and Prof. Ken Hammond discuss U.S.-China relations, China’s role in Africa and the new Cold War. In a stunning display of hypocrisy, western powers are decrying China for alleged “colonialism” …
Published on 4 years ago
Why China Succeeded and the U.S. Failed to Beat COVID
On today's episode Brian and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how the Omicron variant is causing panic in global financial markets, with huge stock sell-offs taking place worldwide. What can we learn abou…
Published on 4 years ago
Brian Becker Seminar #11: Global Class Struggle, The National Question & Revolution in US (Preview)
In this November 2021 patrons-only seminar, Brian and the crew discuss the big picture of global class struggle and its history, the movement for justice in the U.S. where the national question is ce…
Published on 4 years ago
Two Verdicts: Racist Violence & American Capitalism
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 victo…
Published on 4 years ago
U.S. Capitalism Born in Blood: From the First Thanksgiving to Today w/ Dr. Gerald Horne
Karl Marx wrote in Capital that capitalism came into the world “dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt.” The Thanksgiving holiday is built around an insidious and false crea…
Published on 4 years ago
Biden Backs Fed Chair Powell: How the Ruling Class Rules
On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the Biden administration's announcement that Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell would be renominated for a second term. Powell, …
Published on 4 years ago
"Justice" in America: Rittenhouse Acquitted, Racist Vigilantes Can Kill with Impunity
On today's In the News roundtable, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the menace of racist vigilante violence received a dramatic boost by the U.S. court system with the a…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Islamophobia, the Surveillance State & U.S. Wars of Aggression w/ Dr. Nazia Kazi
How does the relentless U.S. war machine sell its operations to the public? Dr. Nazia Kazi, an activist and professor of Anthropology at Stockton University, explains how the managers of the U.S. emp…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Inflation is Class Warfare
On today's episode Brian and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the steepest rise in prices in the last 30 years, which has set off alarm bells and handed politicians like Joe Manchin a convenient excuse to…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago