Capitalism Fiddles While the Planet Burns

<p>On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss the Glasgow climate summit and &nbsp;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.</p> <p>The following articles are referenced in this episode:</p> <p>The Laughing Stock of the World: Why the world pities us and fears us<br> <a href="https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/the-laughing-stock-of-the-world" target="_blank">https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/the-laughing-stock-of-the-world</a></p> <p>Warnings of violence before Jan. 6 precipitated the Capitol riot<br> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/warnings-jan-6-insurrection/" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/warnings-jan-6-insurrection/</a></p> <p>The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops<br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/us/police-ticket-quotas-money-funding.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/us/police-ticket-quotas-money-funding.html</a></p> <p>Why Many Police Traffic Stops Turn Deadly<br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/us/police-traffic-stops-killings.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/us/police-traffic-stops-killings.html</a></p> <p>Before the Final Frame: When Police Missteps Create Danger<br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/10/30/video/police-traffic-stops-danger-video.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/10/30/video/police-traffic-stops-danger-video.html</a></p> <p>Please make an urgently-needed contribution to The Socialist Program by joining our Patreon community at <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpatreon.com%2Fthesocialistprogram&amp;token=eeffb2-1-1635877327934" rel="nofollow ugc" target="_blank" title="http://p