The Socialist Program

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.

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...

Covid-19 failures, 60 million lose their jobs, growing hunger in the richest country in the world, 40 million facing imminent evictions and rampant police violence against Black and Brown people -- 2020 revealed the crises and failures of US capitalism.

Professor Richard Wolff dissects the new "stimulus package" and exposes the mind-blowing cruelty and greed of the capitalist class and the political agents in Congress.

Congress decides to throw tens of millions of working people under the bus with the new so-called stimulus package. Will Joe Biden bring the United States back into the Iran nuclear arms deal? FBI and federal police shoot and kill in DC without any account.

Militarism is everywhere you look in U.S. society. No country on earth spends sums anywhere near as vast as the U.S. government. We are fed propaganda from childhood glamorizing war and the armed forces, and the endless bombing and occupation of multiple countries around the world is normalized and forgotten. Brian is joined by Lee Camp -- a writer, comedian, activist, journalist, and host of the...

On this week's episode of The Socialist Program's regular segment "Capitalism in Crisis" with Prof. Richard Wolff, we discuss the economy's "K-Shaped" recovery -- in which one section of society bounces back from the pandemic but the majority of people see their living standards and prospects for the future continue to decline. Richard Wolff is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work...

On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell, Esther Iverem, and Walter Smolarek discuss the huge and rapidly rising rates of hunger in the United States, the "Proud Boys'" racist rampage through D.C. while the cops looked the other way, Congress's swift action on massive military spending compared with its inability to provide pandemic relief, and more.

The Korean War began 70 years ago and has still not ended even though North and South Korea want it to end. The key obstacle is not in Pyongyang or Seoul but in Washington DC. Brian takes an in-depth look at US-Korean relations as the Biden Administration prepares to take the helm. Hyun Lee and Gregory Elich are the featured expert guests in this fascinating analysis.

On this week's episode of The Socialist Program's regular segment "Capitalism in Crisis" with Prof. Richard Wolff, we discuss the system of capitalist banks, their stranglehold on society,  and why unemployment and poverty are skyrocketing. Richard Wolff is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work and the author of many books, the latest being "The System is the Sickness: When &nb...

On today's “In the News” roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell and Esther Iverem discuss the roots of exploding poverty from Alabama to the Bronx, Biden's pick for Secretary of Defense, the hidden U.S. war in Somalia, new government failures on the Covid-19 front, a remembrance of murdered Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton, and more. PLUS: Leonardo Flores joins the show to talk about the...

A  top Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated on November 27 in a brazen murder. Was it the Israeli Mossad, the CIA, or both? Brian discusses the killing and takes an in-depth look at U.S.-Iran relations as Joe Biden prepares to ascend to the White House with Professor Mohammad Marandi. He is an expert on American studies and postcolonial literature who teaches at the University of &...

On this week's episode of The Socialist Program's regular segment  "Capitalism in Crisis" with Prof. Richard Wolff, we discuss the obscene and widening inequality in U.S. society, the abject failure of Congress to do anything to address this even amidst the Coronavirus crisis, and what dramatic consequences could follow. Richard  Wolff is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at W...

On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell  and Walter Smolarek discuss the exploding Coronavirus crisis, the assassination of a top Iranian scientist, the upcoming legislative election in Venezuela, the latest on the formation of the Biden government, and more. PLUS: Sabina Wildman, National Organizing Director of United Students Against Sweatshops,  jo...

On the first episode of The Socialist Program's weekly segment "Capitalism in Crisis" with Prof. Richard Wolff, we discuss how Wall Street rules Washington and tailors government policy to suit their own needs. These include outsourcing, "free trade" agreements and union-busting. Plus, we discuss Janet Yellen, Biden's choice for Treasury Secretary, and what workers can expect from a Biden administ...

In the first installment of an ongoing series where The Socialist Program examines the real origins of U.S. society, we discuss the true history of Thanksgiving. Brian and Dr. Gerald Horne talk about the history of settler colonialism in the United States, how it gave rise to slavery and white supremacist ideology, and the enduring features of U.S. society that can be traced to these phenomena. Dr...

Episode 1 of The Socialist Program! In our inaugural "In the News" roundtable discussion, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss Biden's cabinet picks so far and what they indicate about his administration's political orientation, especially regarding foreign policy and U.S. empire.  PLUS: Joel Northam, Eliza Lucero and Lillian House -- the three Denver anti-racist organize...

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