Recession is Business as Usual Under Capitalism
On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how economists around the world are agonizing over the question – Will the United States enter a recession, and how bad will it be? N...
7 Kesä 202328min
A Nuclear Ticking Time Bomb [Brian Becker Seminar Preview]
In this patrons-only Q&A seminar, Brian discusses the buildup of nuclear waste, librarians facing prison time, divisions in the ruling class, the possibilities in the Ukraine War, perspectives on Chin...
1 Kesä 202311min
Biden & Republicans Unite Against the Poor and the Environment
On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy have unveiled a “debt ceiling” agreement involving major attacks on workers and th...
31 Touko 202331min
China’s Return: the Quest for a Socialist Future and the US’s Huge Miscalculation
Before it was colonized and divided, China was once the most powerful economy in the world. Today it is re-emerging as a leading force, under “socialism with Chinese characteristics.” What paths has C...
25 Touko 202358min
U.S. Microchip Trade War on China: All About Corporate Profits, Not Workers
On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the consequences of the most recent step up in the U.S. microchip trade war against China. In response to major U.S. sanctions agains...
24 Touko 202326min
How Colonialism Created Israel w/ Prof. Nazia Kazi
In a historic event, on Monday the United Nations commemorated al-Nakba, which means “catastrophe,” and marked the beginning of the apartheid state of Israel and the massacre and displacement of hundr...
18 Touko 202353min
Writers strike challenges corporate greed in Hollywood
On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how the Writers Guild of America is taking on the Hollywood bosses in a strike that is now entering its third week. Writers are fed u...
17 Touko 202319min
How South Korea Enslaved Women for U.S. Troops for Years
The U.S. and South Korean government have hidden the sex slave system for U.S. troops, called camp towns, that began after World War II as a continuation of the Japanese-run sex slave system in Korea,...
11 Touko 202354min
