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63. COVID-19 and the End of Capitalism w. Dr. Richard Wolff
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Mexie talks with Marxian economist, Dr. Richard Wolff, about COVID-19, the current economic recession, and the prospects for a post-capitalist future. Prof. Wolff argues that democratizing our workplaces from the ground up is critical to building that future.
Sources and Links
* Democracy at Work: https://www.democracyatwork.info/ * Democracy at Work on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/democracyatwrk/ * Prof. Richard Wolff on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RichardDWolff
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F1: [MUSIC] How can we not only discover more compassionate relations with human beings but how can we develop compassionate relations with the other creatures with whom we share this planet?
F2: There’s an us before the wound, there’s an us before oppression, and to me pleasure is the way that we tap down into that.
F3: We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings.
MEXIE: Hello everyone, welcome to the Vegan Vanguard. It is Mexie and as promised, I am releasing my series of talks with Dr. Richard Wolff, just kind of edited together. We talked about covid-19, the end of capitalism, and the potential for building post-capitalist futures in part through democratizing our workplaces, so I think it was a fantastic series of talks. I hope you enjoy it. As I said on Patreon, we have some fantastic guests coming up that I am really excited about, so just another shameless plug for the Patreon. This is a donor-funded show. We rely on all of your generous donations to keep the show going. For just two dollars a month, you can get access to the Total Liberation Discord server that I co-host with Kathrin and Mad Blender, and we host bi-monthly political chats on there, so that’s twice per month and they’re always so much fun and really engaging, so definitely head over there if you want to be part of that community.
Otherwise to help the show, you can share the episodes with friends and family or give us those ratings and — no, you must; you must go and give us ratings and reviews on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, or whatever you listen to us on, only if you’re gonna give us five stars. But that really does help and I love reading the reviews, so thank you so much to everyone who’s done that. You could also just give us a one-time donation via PayPal on our website which is veganvanguardpodcast.com. With all of that out of the way, let us get into this interview with Dr. Richard Wolff.
[MUSIC] Richard D. Wolff is professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a visiting professor in the graduate program in International Affairs of The New School University NYC. He’s the founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update. His latest book is The System is the Sickness: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself. It’s available with his other books Understanding Socialism and Understanding Marxism at www.democracyatwork.info. So, I highly encourage everyone to check out the Democracy At Work YouTube channel and also Richard Wolff’s personal YouTube channel because he does a really, really great job making all of this incredibly important and incredibly complex economic information accessible to a really wide audience. So, Richard, thank you so much for being here. We’re thrilled to have you on the show.
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Mexie talks with Marxian economist, Dr. Richard Wolff, about COVID-19, the current economic recession, and the prospects for a post-capitalist future. Prof. Wolff argues that democratizing our workplaces from the ground up is critical to building that future.
Sources and Links
* Democracy at Work: https://www.democracyatwork.info/ * Democracy at Work on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/democracyatwrk/ * Prof. Richard Wolff on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RichardDWolff
Support the Show
Transcript
F1: [MUSIC] How can we not only discover more compassionate relations with human beings but how can we develop compassionate relations with the other creatures with whom we share this planet?
F2: There’s an us before the wound, there’s an us before oppression, and to me pleasure is the way that we tap down into that.
F3: We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings.
MEXIE: Hello everyone, welcome to the Vegan Vanguard. It is Mexie and as promised, I am releasing my series of talks with Dr. Richard Wolff, just kind of edited together. We talked about covid-19, the end of capitalism, and the potential for building post-capitalist futures in part through democratizing our workplaces, so I think it was a fantastic series of talks. I hope you enjoy it. As I said on Patreon, we have some fantastic guests coming up that I am really excited about, so just another shameless plug for the Patreon. This is a donor-funded show. We rely on all of your generous donations to keep the show going. For just two dollars a month, you can get access to the Total Liberation Discord server that I co-host with Kathrin and Mad Blender, and we host bi-monthly political chats on there, so that’s twice per month and they’re always so much fun and really engaging, so definitely head over there if you want to be part of that community.
Otherwise to help the show, you can share the episodes with friends and family or give us those ratings and — no, you must; you must go and give us ratings and reviews on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, or whatever you listen to us on, only if you’re gonna give us five stars. But that really does help and I love reading the reviews, so thank you so much to everyone who’s done that. You could also just give us a one-time donation via PayPal on our website which is veganvanguardpodcast.com. With all of that out of the way, let us get into this interview with Dr. Richard Wolff.
[MUSIC] Richard D. Wolff is professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a visiting professor in the graduate program in International Affairs of The New School University NYC. He’s the founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update. His latest book is The System is the Sickness: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself. It’s available with his other books Understanding Socialism and Understanding Marxism at www.democracyatwork.info. So, I highly encourage everyone to check out the Democracy At Work YouTube channel and also Richard Wolff’s personal YouTube channel because he does a really, really great job making all of this incredibly important and incredibly complex economic information accessible to a really wide audience. So, Richard, thank you so much for being here. We’re thrilled to have you on the show.