The Socialist Program with Brian Becker Podcast
1) Same Empire, New Rhetoric: Inside Trump's Security Strategy [Preview]
Every four years, the U.S. government releases something called a ‘National Security Strategy’ (NSS). The Trump administration released its NSS in the last few days, and the media in the U.S. and all ...Show More
2) Monroe Doctrine 1823 To Trump Doctrine 2025 [Preview]
Donald Trump this week went on an all-out racist tirade against Somali Americans as ICE agents descend on Minneapolis, New Orleans, and other cities to carry out mass arrests of immigrant workers. Peo...Show More
3) ‘You DON’T Want Lower Prices’? Economist Richard Wolff Rips WaPo Propaganda
Billionaire Jeff Bezo’s Washington Post published a jaw-dropping article this week with the headline: ‘Why you may not want lower prices as much as you think you do.’ Economist Richard Wolff joins Bri...Show More
4) Trump’s Escalates Lies and War Threats On Venezuela; Plans Mass Deportations After DC Shooting [Preview]
Following the targeted shooting of two National Guard members in Washington DC, Donald Trump pledges to end all immigration from the so-called “third world.” Trump has also declared Venezuela’s airspa...Show More
5) U.S. Capitalism Born in Blood: From the First Thanksgiving to Today w/ Dr. Gerald Horne [Preview]
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 creat...Show More
6) Millions Set to Lose Health Care in USA, w/ Professor Wolff
Millions of working class people in the U.S. will lose their health insurance coverage in the coming weeks. Brian and Professor Wolff discuss how both ruling-class parties are acting as agents of cor...Show More
7) How Trump Got The UN To Approve U.S. Control of Gaza [Preview]
The Trump White House has pushed a new resolution UN Security Council hands control of Gaza to an international body that will be chaired—according to Donald Trump—by Donald Trump. Meanwhile, as winte...Show More
8) How an AI Bubble Crash Could Be Worse Than the Great Depression w/ Prof. Wolff
The stock market has plunged several days in a row due to fears of the overinvested AI bubble bursting. Nicole Roussell, a producer of the show, and Professor Wolff discuss how the next stock market c...Show More
9) The Economic Motives Driving the US Toward War Against Venezuela [Preview]
The Trump administration and the pro-imperialist Venezuelan opposition are making plans for war against Venezuela. Behind the scenes, corporate capitalism is salivating over the possibility of seizing...Show More
10) Government Shutdown or General Strike? How to Fight Trump’s Agenda
Democrats caved and health insurance premiums could more than double on average. Brian and Professor Wolff discuss the aftermath of the government shutdown, why it happened, and why it failed.Professo...Show More