Assad is an anti-communist murderous horrendous dictator and he has been overthrown by US backed Al-Qaeda and ISIS forces. There is nothing to celebrate. There are no progressive rebel forces in this situation, and things will go from bad to worse in Syria. Everywhere the US sticks its greedy claws things always get worse, to keep the Arab world divided and facilitate US imperialism and must be opposed in every situation.

The main topic of the program is the right wing pearl clutching over the death of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, and the arrest of suspected killer and thirst trap Luigi Mangione, a man with very confused politics. Nonetheless this killing has inspired a renewed hatred of the US healthcare system, a universal feeling across the divide and ever a reminder of the science of class struggle: not right vs left but the working class against the bourgeoise. This is also an example of the limitations of individual terrorism, it is no substitute for class struggle.

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