Joe Manchin's War Against Workers

<p>On today's In the News roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole &nbsp;Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how after months of talking, &nbsp;begging and offering concessions the Biden administration’s dead-end &nbsp;strategy of appeasing right wing Democrat Joe Manchin &nbsp;has gone up in flames. Now Manchin wants to pulls the plug on the &nbsp;“build back better” social programs entirely, and only a people's &nbsp;movement can stop him. They also discuss the victory of Gabriel Boric &nbsp;over his fascist opponent in the Chilean presidential &nbsp;election, new revelations about the scale of civilian casualties from &nbsp;U.S. airstrikes, the spread of the omicron variant, and more.</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=b0ec6d-1-1640091136001" rel="nofollow ugc" target="_blank" title="http://patreon.com/thesocialistprogram">patreon.com/thesocialistprogram</a>. &nbsp;We rely on the generous support of our listeners to keep bringing you &nbsp;consistent, high-quality shows. All Patreon donors of $5 a month or more &nbsp;are invited to join the monthly Q&amp;A seminar with Brian.</p>