Name: In The News: What is Trump's Real Game Plan? by The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
Duration: 48 min 23 s
Description: Is Trump trying to incite a fascist-type insurrection or simply hold control over the Republican Party -- or both? Is there a new danger of a U.S. war with Iran? Julian Assange had a major court victory...and more, on this episode of In The News.

Brian and Prof. Wolff discuss the Biden administration's next big priority -- passing an infrastructure plan his administration says will create a huge number of jobs. What’s in the proposal, will it pass and what does it mean for the working class?

Richard Wolff is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work and the author of many books, the latest being “The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself”. You can check out his work at rdwolff.com

Biden is Funneling Trillions to the Capitalists and Calling it an Infrastructure Program

This week: a college football edition of Great American Hall of Name, some airborne feminism, a cow who can see things beyond our ken, and (you guessed it) the Shipping Report.
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EPISODE 201: Centuries Of Teats

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Why does the capitalist economy lurch into a recession every few years with massive unemployment and job losses? Why is the debate between the millionaires in Congress only about whether working families should get $600 or $2,000 in a one-time payment when the banks and corporations already received trillions in subsidies and loan guarantees?

Brian speaks with Richard Wolff, the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work and the author of many books, the latest being "The System is the Sickness: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself."

Capitalism in Crisis: Why Do Recessions Happen?

Is Trump trying to incite a fascist-type insurrection or simply hold control over the Republican Party -- or both? Is there a new danger of a U.S. war with Iran? Julian Assange had a major court victory...and more, on this episode of In The News.

In The News: What is Trump's Real Game Plan?

Andrew, Theo, and Ben look at what's happening in the US through the only lens we know: how dipshit Australian columnists are responding to it. Plus: Theo bought a Škoda.
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EPISODE 181: Katamari Dermatitis

On today's In the News roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell, Esther Iverem and Walter Smolarek discuss the rising tide of the fascist movement in the United States amid the pro-Trump mob's seizure of the Capitol Building, what may come next as Trump's term comes to a close, and how the people can organize and fight back.

In the News: Fighting Fascism

Dr. Gerald Horne offers his insights and historical perspective on the fascist-led mob that seized temporary control of the Capitol Building and dispersed Congress for hours in an effort to alter the 2020 election outcome. Professor Gerald Horne originally sat down for a conversation with Brian about his latest book "The Bittersweet Science -- Racism, Racketeering, the Political Economy of Boxing." This episode covers both topics and draws the connection between racism, fascism and capitalism.

Special Episode: Racism, Fascism, & the New Book "The Bittersweet Science"

Peter Bloom and Carl Rhodes on their article "Beware Corporate ‘Democracy Washing’: Twitter, Trump, and the Danger of Privatizing the Fight Against Fascism" for Common Dreams.


https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/01/23/beware-corporate-democracy-washing-twitter-trump-and-danger-privatizing-fight

1292: Corporate platforms, corporate censorship / Peter Bloom + Carl Rhodes

Cultural theorist Lynn Parramore on the deep social effects of economic precarity, and her article "Epidemic of Despair Could Haunt America Long After COVID" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking.

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/epidemic-of-despair-could-haunt-america-long-after-covid

1294: All the other epidemics / Lynn Parramore

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