Capitalism Fiddles While the Planet Burns

The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss the Glasgow climate summit and Biden's capitulation to the right wing on his social program budget. The Glasgow summit is underway, and yet again the U.S. government has failed to meet the challenge -- coming up with only the woefully inadequate measures contained in Biden’s social spending “framework” agreement. The following articles are referenced in this episode: The Laughing Stock of the World: Why the world pities us and fears us https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/the-laughing-stock-of-the-world Warnings of violence before Jan. 6 precipitated the Capitol riot https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/warnings-jan-6-insurrection/ The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/us/police-ticket-quotas-money-funding.html Why Many Police Traffic Stops Turn Deadly https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/us/police-traffic-stops-killings.html Before the Final Frame: When Police Missteps Create Danger https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/10/30/video/police-traffic-stops-danger-video.html Please make an urgently-needed contribution to The Socialist Program by joining our Patreon community at patreon.com/thesocialistprogram. We rely on the generous support of our listeners to keep bringing you consistent, high-quality shows. All Patreon donors of $5 a month or more are invited to join the monthly Q&A seminar with Brian.