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The Reign of King Elon Musk Begins at Twitter
On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how Elon Musk became the new owner of Twitter. The widely-hated billionaire immediately began to prepare layoffs, reportedly starting w…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
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Lula Wins, Musk Takes Twitter, US Sends Nukes to Europe [Brian Becker Seminar #19 - Preview]
In this patrons-only seminar, Brian discusses the win of left Workers Party candidate & former president Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva over far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and the huge impact it wil…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Huge Protests in Korea As War Danger Grows
Massive protests in South Korea are demanding the end of right-wing President Yoon Suk-yeol's tenure. At the same time, the US and Japan are promising a major military escalation against North Korea.…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
U.S. steps up high-tech economic war with China
On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss how demonization of China has gone into overdrive as the country chooses its new leadership, and how a key component of this has bee…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Rent Hikes, Inflation, Mass Evictions: The Coming Rent Revolution
As rents spike higher and higher, tent cities grow across the country, and eviction protections wear out, tenants are fed up and organizing. Nicole and Brian discuss the coming — and necessary — rent…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Xi Elevates China’s Socialist Goals, Prepares Country for Global ‘Storms’
The Communist Party of China is in its 20th Congress, a week-long meeting of 2,296 elected delegates from around the country in a nominations and voting process in which 95 million CPC members partic…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Socialism in the US Can Happen, and Here's What It Can Look Like
What would socialism look like in the United States—the richest country ever known yet 38 million people are hungry? Socialism would use that wealth and our development for the needs of the people, s…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Crimea Attack, Pipeline Sabotage, Kiev Bombing, Endless NATO Weapons: Ukraine War Widens
Russia has been hit by multiple major attacks, including sabotage in their Nordstream energy pipelines and the explosion on the Crimean Bridge. The bridge is a vital supply route to and from the peni…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Bankers & The Fed Push the Economy Toward a Recession—But It's Workers Who Will Feel the Pain
On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the International Monetary Fund predicting a worse economy in 2023 and the illuminating comments from CEO Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chas…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Ukraine War Gets Bigger: Russian Missile Strikes in Retaliation for Terrorist Attacks
Russia hit Kyiv with missile strikes yesterday, in response to the attack that damaged the bridge to Crimea. The war in Ukraine is escalating—and the United States is cheering. Esther Iverem talks wi…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago