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From 1955 to 1975, US soldiers were used as unwitting test subjects for nerve agents and psychochemicals at Edgewood Arsenal. Many suffered life-changing after-effects. The experiments were run in part by Nazis who had also experimented on concentration camp inmates, and 🧵1/6
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Germany’s Political Polarization And What It Means For World Politics w/ @profwolff and @BrianBeckerDC 🎧LISTEN: linktr.ee/TheSocialistProgra…
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What AI CEOs Are Really Thinking w/ @profwolff & @BrianBeckerDC LISTEN: linktr.ee/TheSocialistProgra…
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A gas company just paid a record-breaking $5.3 million for its tanker ship to skip the Panama Canal’s long line, a line induced by the US-Iran war. 🎧@profwolff explains: linktr.ee/TheSocialistProgra…
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Why The New US ‘Total Economic War’ On Iran Will Fail w/ @profwolff and @BrianBeckerDC 🎧LISTEN: linktr.ee/TheSocialistProgra…
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From 1955 to 1975, US soldiers were used as unwitting test subjects for nerve agents and psychochemicals at Edgewood Arsenal. Many suffered life-changing after-effects. The experiments were run in part by Nazis who had also experimented on concentration camp inmates, and 🧵1/6
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This is part of our new podcast series: ‘Socialist History,’ which uncovers the real story of US imperialism through a socialist lens, told from the perspective of the people who fought back. In this first season each episode unpacks a different Pentagon or CIA operation. 🧵6/6
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The Iran War Is Choking Japan’s Economy w/ @profwolff and @BrianBeckerDC 🎧LISTEN: linktr.ee/TheSocialistProgra…
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TONIGHT, Tuesday, August 11th is class 9 of Socialist Summer School: People Vs. Billionaires — Marx, Lenin, and the Science of Revolution with Brian Becker. It’s not to late to register: peoplesforum.org/summer26 What is the science, and theory of revolution? How have revolutionary forces turned to this theory time and time again to evaluate their conditions and determine the strategy and tactics for the next stage of struggle? Tonight, we’ll explore the methods of Marxism and Leninism, extracting key concepts and definitions that remain vital tools for revolutionaries today. What can we bring forward from this theoretical framework to inform our actions? 🗓️ Ongoing thru Aug 20 • Tuesdays & Thursdays, plus select Saturdays
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💻📍 HYBRID! In-person in NYC or virtual from anywhere. FREE!
 ✅ Register now at peoplesforum.org/summer26 (link in bio)
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The Trump administration is targeting the left, even placing BT in its crosshairs. What's behind this new Red Scare? Brian Becker, host of @thesocprogram says these attacks are nothing but "a weapon of mass distraction — a gratuitous effort by a failing administration to blame progressive people." Support independent media and watch full episodes of BT Live as a member: breakthroughnews.org/subscri…
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Trump Admin Won’t Prosecute Corporate Drug Traffickers w/ @profwolff 🎧LISTEN: linktr.ee/TheSocialistProgra…
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Repression & Revolution: ICE Kills Again & Bastille Day w/ @profwolff and @BrianBeckerDC 🎧LISTEN: linktr.ee/TheSocialistProgra…
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New documents reveal the extent of Trump’s profiteering through the office of the presidency. Trump made over $2 billion his first year back in office, including more than $1 billion from promoting a Trump cryptocurrency alone. @profwolff explains: 🎧linktr.ee/TheSocialistProgra…
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The Supreme Court just gave Trump the power to dismiss the heads of supposedly independent agencies — overruling 91 years of precedent — with the exception of the Federal Reserve. @profwolff explains this and the other SCOTUS rulings this week: 🎧linktr.ee/TheSocialistProgra…
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