Soaring Rents Lead to New Housing Crisis
Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff continue a discussion on the Marxist understanding of the housing market, today focusing on the system of rent and the current crisis resulting from soaring ren...
14 Jul 202133min
U.S. Strangles Cuban Economy & Seeks Counter-Revolution
On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the U.S. government and corporate media are hoping for regime change in Cuba, but t...
13 Jul 20211h 14min
China's Foreign Policy Part 4, 1975-1989: Reaping the Whirlwind
Today's episode is the fourth in a multi-part series that takes an in-depth look at the history of China's foreign policy. At a time when U.S. imperialism seemed to be in complete and utter decline f...
8 Jul 20211h 5min
The Capitalist Roots of the Florida Condo Collapse Tragedy
Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the Marxist understanding of the real estate market and how the speculative nature of this capitalist market leads to tragedies like the deadly Miami condo...
7 Jul 202131min
Climate Change Activists Given Long Prison Sentences While Big Oil Makes Super-Profits
On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how activists trying to defend the environment are being sent to prison for many years and...
6 Jul 20211h 6min
Gerald Horne on Juneteenth: The Revolutionary Class Struggle in America
On today's episode, we discuss the hidden history of the revolutionary class struggle that brought down the system of slavery in America, an accomplishment celebrated by the Juneteenth holiday. The mi...
1 Jul 202155min
Brian Becker Seminar #6: The Communist Party Of China, How To Organize A Union, & More (Preview)
In this June 2021 patrons-only seminar, Brian and the crew discuss the Communist Party of China and other communist parties in power, the union movement today and how to organize with unions, a behi...
1 Jul 202110min
Why the Bourgeoisie Loves the Gig Economy
Today we continue a series of discussions about the basics of Marxism — a method for understanding and changing the world used by many of the great revolutionaries of modern history. We discus the Ma...
30 Jun 202132min
