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July 14 is Bastille Day, when the French stormed an armory and took up arms against the monarchy and opened the gates to a prison during the French Revolution. Guards opened fire and many died—but by August 4th, feudalism was abolished. In the midst of widespread killings by ICE, Professor Richard Wolff and Brian Becker discuss repression, revolution, and our current moment.
Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.

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New financial disclosure 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 his promotion of a Trump cryptocurrency alone. Professor Richard Wolff and producer Nicole Roussell discuss.
Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.
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The Supreme Court just gave Trump the ability to dismiss the heads of supposedly independent agencies — overruling 91 years of precedent — with the exception of the Federal Reserve. Professor Richard Wolff and producer Nicole Roussell discuss the meaning of this ruling, as well as the birthright citizenship and campaign finance SCOTUS decisions this week.

Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.

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Socialist History is an in-depth, immersive podcast that uncovers the real story of US imperialism through a socialist lens, told from the perspective of the people who fought back. 

Hosted by Layan Sima Fuleihan and Brian Becker, each episode reopens a hidden chapter of US imperialism and shows how it still shapes the world today. 

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Episode 1: 'Operation Ajax' in Iran: The CIA's Original Sin

Episode 2: 'Operation Mongoose': Washington's Secret War on Cuba

Episode 3: 'NSC-68': The Blueprint for Permanent War

Episode 4: 'Project Iceworm': The Secret Nuclear City Under the Ice

Series link: https://open.spotify.com/show/033dcMLvgGT1GKmSY8BtQP?si=4a3ad0bebd01411a

In 1959 the US Army began building a base beneath the Greenland ice sheet, presented to the press, to Congress, and to the Danish government as a scientific research station. This was a cover story. The real plan, code-named Project Iceworm, was to bury a network of tunnels housing up to 600 nuclear missiles under the ice, invisible to Soviet satellites, on land taken from Indigenous people who were never consulted, in a country that had declared itself nuclear-free.
In this episode we take a deep dive into the breathtaking scale of the classified plan, why the moving ice ultimately defeated it, the radioactive waste left behind, the straight line to Trump's push to take Greenland today, and more.
This is part of the first season of Socialist History, our new series on The Socialist Program. In each episode we unpack a different CIA or Pentagon operation, each of which was given its own code-name as Project Iceworm was.
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Archival notes (included in this preview only):
0:01 - Documentary on Camp Century, narrator voiceover (1964)
1:31, 1:49 - Documentary on Camp Century, narrator voiceover (1961)
3:54 - President Donald Trump speaking at press conference (2025)
4:21 - Documentary on Camp Century, narrator voiceover (1961)
5:17 - Newsreel on the United States Strategic Air Command (SAC), narrator voiceover (1965)