Stock Market Record: Wall Street Celebrates, Workers Suffer
On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss The Dow Jones stock index closed above 40,000 for the first time in its history last Friday. Wall Street uncorked the champagne to celeb...
22 Maj 202430min
‘Lesser of Two Evils’ Logic Destroyed w/ Eugene Puryear
Trump is beating Biden in the polls in several key swing states. The Democrats have pushed the logic of ‘the lesser of two evils’ argument for years, yet the country has moved to the right. They give ...
16 Maj 20241h 7min
Biden’s Tariff War on Clean Energy
On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the lies both parties are telling about the effects on climate and jobs of tariffs slapped on electric vehicles from China. Professor...
15 Maj 202427min
Thousands of U.S. Students Arrested While Israel Invades Rafah
In a massive, nationally coordinated crackdown, the United States has arrested nearly 3,000 U.S. students in the last week. Many have been beaten, pepper sprayed, and tear gassed; expelled from their ...
9 Maj 20241h 6min
Wall Street’s Dream Is Privatizing Social Security & Medicare…But They’re Here to Stay!
On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the latest fear-mongering over the solvency of Medicare and Social Security, the two most popular programs in the United States. Pro...
8 Maj 202425min
The Colonial Roots of Zionism: Palestine, Israel, and the U.S. Empire Part 2: 1947-1967
Starting with the illegal UN vote to partition Palestine in 1947, this second episode in a series goes over the colonial, racist history of the zionist project up until the 1967 Six-Day War. Listen to...
2 Maj 202443min
It’s May Day! Understanding How Every Worker Is Exploited by Their Boss
On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff explain why and how workers actually do make all of our goods, including what capitalists claim is what they bring to the table—the productio...
1 Maj 202429min
Student Uprising Spreads as US & Israel Plan Rafah Invasion
As the Pentagon and U.S. elite provide Israel more weaponry and urge a Mosul, Iraq-style mass demolition in Rafah, protest encampments on college campuses are erupting nationwide. And in the face of e...
25 Apr 20241h 3min
