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Podcast: The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
Episode: Capitalists Wage War on Nature
Description: On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the massive wildfires in Canada that blanketed the East Coast in a haze of smoke for days. As the climate crisis intensifies, hazardous conditions are set to become more and more common in every part of the world. But for the capitalists, the only thing that matters is that their employees keep coming in to the job, regardless of the severe health dangers. Without workers working, the capitalists make zero profits.
Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at...