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Q&A: What Project Esther Means for Democratic Rights, & Socialist Approach to Building Unity in 2025
College graduation ceremonies are turning into hotbeds of protest against the complicity of university administrations and the U.S. government in suppressing dissent on college campuses. Project 2025…
Published on 7 months ago
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Trump Bashes ‘Interventionists,’ But Wants To Take Over Gaza [Preview]
Trump went to the Middle East this week, securing trillions in investment commitments that will line the pockets of the capitalists but do nothing to solve the dire crises in the United States. He al…
Published on 7 months ago
Q&A: The Reality of AI, Trump’s Middle East Trip & Socialist Organizing Tactics
Brian Becker and Layan Fuleihan field questions from listeners on the AI hype, Trump charting a new U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, a socialist view of organizing tactics, and more. Have you…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
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Trump’s Deal With Yemen, New Iran Talks, China Tariffs, and more [Preview]
U.S. officials announced that they will begin distributing aid in Gaza, with or without a ceasefire. Donald Trump declared an end to US strikes on Yemen, and plans to hold new talks with Iran. What a…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Asian Nations Announce Plans to Fight Trump’s Trade War
A new world order is emerging as the old one declines. A wide swath of countries in Asia—including China, Indonesia, and U.S.-occupied South Korea and Japan—announced a joint project to build up Asia…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Why Is Trump Trashing The World Order That The U.S. Created? [Preview]
The Trump White House has issued another executive order announcing their intention to deploy the U.S. military against the people of the United States. Donald Trump is hell bent on building a new po…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
China is Ready for Trump’s Trade War
China doesn’t need U.S. energy or farm imports, several officials announced this week, deflating the Trump Administration’s aggressive trade war. Brian Becker and Professor Richard Wolff discuss the …
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Trump Faces Setbacks On Tariffs, Student Deportations, And Ukraine [Preview]
Trump had to retreat big this week, and Brian and Layan discuss all of it. The administration is backing off of tariffs, Trump is furious over Ukraine negotiations, and Musk took a huge step back fro…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump’s Trade War: U.S. Empire Is In Free Fall w/ Prof. Richard Wolff
Trump’s trade war is causing stock market chaos and may trigger a ‘capital war’ – or even a military war – and seems to be an act of desperation in the face of a declining U.S. empire. Brian Becker a…
Published on 8 months ago
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The US Oligarchy Can Be Defeated – But Not By The Democrats [Preview]
Brian Becker and Layan Fuleihan break down Trump’s doubling down on deportations – including potential plans to deport U.S. citizens, Rubio’s signal of a possible pivot away from the war in Ukraine, …
Published on 8 months ago