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Analysis
PSL Editorial — Will Biden reward right-wing blackmail in ‘debt ceiling’ talks?
With his administration’s popularity at a remarkably low level, Biden should remember that any concessions to this extortion will be…
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PSL Editorial – Biden’s budget proposal a reminder of the Democrats’ failure
When it was actually possible to enact the measures included in Biden’s draft budget, the Democratic Party leadership failed
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Biden’s budget cements turn towards war, police
President Joe Biden unveiled his 2023 budget, calling for dramatically increased funding for war and the police while allocating all-too-little…
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Biden’s appeasement strategy in social program talks nears total failure
The Biden administration wasted valuable time conducting secret, backroom negotiations with Manchin when conditions called for organizing a movement to…
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Massive war budget increase sails through Congress as social programs stall
The NDAA allocates massive sums of money to the Pentagon to wage wars of aggression around the world and prepare…
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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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The Socialist Program
Congress Decides that Pentagon Spending is #1 Priority — Above All Else!
Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how Biden is giving away more and more in backroom…
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Right-wing Democrats aim to gut social program budget — Will Biden capitulate?
Right-wing Democrats in Congress remain determined to kill some of the most important measures included in the Biden administration’s social…
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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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What’s in the pro-worker budget that Manchin and Sinema want to kill?
The showdown in Congress over the fate of social programs that would provide desperately-needed relief to working class people has…
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