Massive wildfires in Canada

blanketed the East Coast in a haze of smoke for several days.

And then it went beyond the East Coast. It went to the South. It went to the Midwest.

As the climate crisis intensifies, hazardous conditions are set to become more and more common in every part of the

world. But for the capitalist, the only thing that matters really is that their employees, the workers,

keep coming into the job, regardless of severe health dangers. Without workers, after all,

without them working, the capitalists make zero profits.

We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded

impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity.

Thank you. only realizable, but an imperative necessity. We are excited to have Professor Richard Wolfe join us again for our regular weekly segment,

where we talk about the biggest stories related to the economy, the state of the working class,

and the crimes of big business.

I'm your host, Brian Becker.

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Richard Wolfe is the co-founder of the Organization Democracy at Work. He's the author of many books.

The latest being the sickness is the system when capitalism fails to save us

from pandemics or itself. Be sure to check out all of his work at R-D-Wolf.com. That's R-D-W-O-L-F-F.com.

Professor Wolfe, welcome back. Thank you very much, Brian. I'm glad to be here.

Thank you so much. Well, it's not unusual,

Richard, for there to be massive wildfires in the western part of the United States or the

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