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Analysis
John Deere workers strike blow at corporate greed with contract victory
The strike, made up of production and warehouse workers across 14 facilities in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas, was the largest…
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The Socialist Program
Inflation is Class Warfare
Brian and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the steepest rise in prices in the last 30 years, which has handed politicians…
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Analysis
Auto workers to decide on direct voting for union leadership
United Auto Workers union members across the U.S. are currently voting on a referendum that will decide whether the president…
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The Socialist Program
Why Federal Reserve Bankers Should be Arrested for Corruption
Brian and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how a scandal over financial trading conducted by high-ranking Fed officials led to the…
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The Socialist Program
Secrets of the Ultra-Rich Exposed: Global Network of Tax Havens Cater to the Capitalists
Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the Pandora Papers -- the massive leak of financial information exposing how the…
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The Socialist Program
Why U.S. Capitalism is a Form of Organized Crime
This interview is an episode of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, a podcast providing news and views about the…
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The Socialist Program
Labor Movement Surge: Workers Unite Against Inequality
Members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees voted almost unanimously to authorize a strike that would shut down…
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Militant Journalism
National Grid to hike utility prices in Mass. and other deregulated states
As of November 1, 2021, National Grid in Massachusetts plans to hike their prices. The fixed price option rate is…
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The Socialist Program
Wall Street Stooges in Congress
Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the battle in Congress over the fate of major…
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Analysis
US COVID death toll hits 700,000: A massacre by the capitalist system
The United States marked a grim milestone Oct. 1 as the 700,000th death from COVID-19 was officially registered. Since January…
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