The Socialist Program with Brian Becker Podcast
1) Why The War Powers Resolution Won't Stop Trump By Itself [Preview]
Masked ICE agents are on a rampage in Minneapolis, in Portland, and throughout the United States. The Trump White House and the Pentagon have seized the fifth oil tanker carrying Venezuelan oil. Brian...Show More
2) ‘Venezuela’s Revolution Still Stands,’ Even With Gun to Its Head
After the January 3rd bombing of Venezuelan neighborhoods, military facilities and the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, the Trump White House and Pentagon are sti...Show More
3) Attacking Venezuela is a Repeat of 1930s History w/ Richard Wolff
Trump, Steven Miller, and other top administration officials are claiming that they are “running Venezuela,” taking over the country and its vast oil reserves. That’s not true, the Venezuelan governme...Show More
4) ‘I Am the President of Venezuela,’ a Defiant Maduro Appears in NYC Court
Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores appeared in a U.S. court in New York City earlier today following the illegal kidnapping of Venezuela's president. Donald Trump has now acknowledged that he co...Show More
5) How Trump Promised Peace But Ramped Up Militarism at Home and Abroad [Preview]
Brian and Layan review the year of 2025 under the Trump regime – including his lies about being a ‘peace president’ – and what to expect in 2026. This is a preview of a patrons-only episode. Subscribe...Show More
How Trump Promised Peace But Ramped Up Militarism at Home and Abroad [Preview]
10:21 | Dec 30th, 2025
6) From the Palmer Raids to COINTELPRO: The War Against American Socialism and Communism
Brian speaks with author and historian Aaron Leonard about his book "Menace of Our Time: The Long War Against American Communism.” Leonard’s book is a riveting account of the extraordinary efforts by...Show More
7) Inside Trump's Venezuela War and Year One Failures [Preview]
Donald Trump and the Pentagon are at war, once again, this time against Venezuela, and this war is widening. As the year 2025 comes to an end, Donald Trump is taking to the airwaves to talk about his ...Show More
8) Venezuela to Trump’s ‘Total Blockade’: You Will Never Colonize Us
Brian Becker is joined by Manolo De Los Santos of The People’s Forum to discuss Trump’s “total blockade” against Venezuela — an “act of war” targeting oil tankers and ports, according to members of Co...Show More
9) Exposing Trump’s Latin America Policy and Why It Will Fail w/ Richard Wolff
Economist Richard Wolff joins Brian Becker to discuss President Trump’s resurrection of the Monroe Doctrine and pivot to Latin America, aimed squarely at pushing China out of the Western hemisphere — ...Show More
Exposing Trump’s Latin America Policy and Why It Will Fail w/ Richard Wolff
29:46 | Dec 17th, 2025
10) ‘A+++++’ for Whom? Trump's Week of Delusions [Preview]
The Trump White House engages in straight out piracy by seizing a Venezuelan oil tanker on its way to Cuba. Donald Trump says he’s giving the economy an “A+++++” grade under his administration. Millio...Show More