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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juni 202132min
A Socialist Mayor in New York State's Second Largest City?
On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss the election of a socialist in the Democratic primary for mayor of Buffalo, New York, a se...
29 Juni 202138min
How a COVID Conspiracy Theory Fuels U.S. War Drive Against China
Over the past month, the U.S. media and the Biden administration have sought to give credence to the conspiracy theory first advanced by Trump that the COVID-19 virus emerged from the Wuhan Institute ...
24 Juni 202155min
Stock Markets: Making the Rich Richer for 400 Years
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 discuss the Ma...
23 Juni 202132min
