Economic Update: A US Left Rises to Remake the World

CA 9+ Economic Update: A US Left Rises to Remake the World 22,652 views Aug 9, 2021 1.8K 34 Share Save Democracy At Work 246K subscribers [S11 E29] A US Left Rises to Remake the World On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on the "Friends" reunion and what it teaches, how China outmaneuvers US tariffs, etc., and how Yellow Vests plus French unions defeated Macron "reforms." On the second half of the program, Wolff interviews Astra Taylor, filmmaker and debt rebellion activist. **Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a@Democracy At Work production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Please consider supporting our work. Donate one time or become a monthly donor by visiting us at democracyatwork.info/donate or become a patron of Economic Update on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/economicupdate. Your contributions help keep this content free and accessible to all. 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The Friends Reunion: - https://www.independent.co.uk/life-st... - https://www.businessinsider.com/frien... - https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment... 2. China outmaneuvers US tariffs: - https://www.solarreviews.com/blog/sou... - https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/03/econom... 3. Yellow Vests plus French unions defeated Macron "reforms: - https://www.theguardian.com/world/202... - https://www.theguardian.com/world/202... 453 Comments Auggie Giuseppe Add a public comment... Marvin Gershowitz Marvin Gershowitz 1 day ago “We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy.” ― Chris Hedges 207 ynp7 ynp7 1 day ago Tbh, the American dream for this generation is managing to stay in your home and maybe having a dog 107 James Barlow James Barlow 1 day ago (edited) "We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy." -- Chris Hedges 33 Muuh Propertyyy Muuh Propertyyy 1 day ago “I’m convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, the nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin to shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society…. When machines and computers, profit models and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.” -Martin Luther King Jr. 31 Laurent Canalejas Laurent Canalejas 11 hours ago “Socialism is not a science, a sociology in miniature: it is a cry of pain.” ― Émile Durkheim Thank you Professor Wolff for your exceptional love for common mortals like me-- used, abused, never restored to its original beingness. The revolution will happen when we are willing to make small sacrifices, when we are ready to relinquish some of our comfort. The bourgeois will never change this criminal world, the bourgeois is stiff-scared about change-- any type of comfort is good enough: "Hush hush don't touch anything i'm fine i'm fine..." (read Kafka's "The Burrow.") Socialism is this very democracy losers like Jefferson (a gambler who sold the books he had been given by the greatest enlightened minds he ran into while sojourning in Paris to go on gambling, and a vile philanderer who got a teenager pregnant), failed to get started in the USA. Eugene Debs was our greatest moment in this sordid society. Only those who realize what an unfair system this is and dare to yell it everywhere will eventually turn our society into a sane place where every individual gets a fair share of life. Stay away from the wannabe leftie bluesy media, they're as corrupt as the reds. Professor Wolff, unfortunately, is one rare exception to this lousy rule. PS I always turn on NPR when i leave home. 1 Guido Bächi Guido Bächi 1 day ago Macrons so-called pension reform was just another attempt to advance his austerity policies. 18 VeryUs Mumblings VeryUs Mumblings 1 day ago "The Friends' $1 million/ show salary was achieved through collective bargaining. The actors formed a mini-union. 26 Dave The Profit Dave The Profit 1 day ago Ok I cracked up when he said “the friends” lol…love you Prof! 37 Sam Crawford Sam Crawford 1 day ago Excellent point about the USA hypocrisy, on China treatment of the Muslims and Israel/USA treatment of the Palestinians and muslims. 31 Dominik Mittag Dominik Mittag 1 day ago And all the cameramen and suppprters for the actors. They get even less. 5 Zehra Jafri Zehra Jafri 1 day ago Workers pay is taxed when the 1%aren't and what little pay remain's is further reduced by taking out amounts for insurance.