Economic Update (Special Edition): Exclusive interview with Dr. Cornel West
Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff
Democracy at Work
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Third Party Politics and Social Change We would like to present a special edition of Economic Update featuring an exclusive discussion between Professor Richard Wolff and Dr. Cornel West. This program was recorded in June, 2023, but unfortunately we were unable to air this important discussion at that time. You will hear Dr. West explain why he undertook the challenge and burden to run for President of the United States. Given the political reality of US politics, as exhausted by the two major parties, we thought it would be a public service to invite Dr. West to be heard in this form. No endorsement is intended.
If you haven't already, please subscribe to our channel, follow us on social media and of course be sure to sign up on our website: www.democracyatwork.info And as always, we thank for your attention, support and solidarity. The d@w Team
The d@w Team Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff is a DemocracyatWork.info Inc. production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads and rely on viewer support to continue doing so.
You can support our work by joining our Patreon community:
https://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Or you can go to our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate
Every donation counts and helps us provide a larger audience with the information they need to better understand the events around the world they can't get anywhere else.
We want to thank our devoted community of supporters who help make this show and others we produce possible each week.
We kindly ask you to also support the work we do by encouraging others to subscribe to our YouTube channel and website: www.democracyatwork.info
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | As you know, after a difficult 2023, we at Democracy at Work are now fully back in full operation. |
| 0:10.0 | During last year, we made some videos that we could not then broadcast. |
| 0:14.0 | One was with my good friend Cornell West. |
| 0:18.0 | It occurred on the eve of his presidential announcement. We have now recovered and processed the raw |
| 0:24.2 | footage into a proper program with Dr. West. It is our pleasure to be able to bring his important |
| 0:31.5 | thoughts to you today when their enduring relevance will be obvious. We apologize for any out-of-date, current event topics. |
| 0:41.6 | You understand the circumstances under which this was produced. |
| 0:46.9 | Please accept this historic interview as our gift to you |
| 0:51.3 | in recognition of your continued interest and support. Welcome, friends, to another edition of Economic Update, a weekly program devoted to the economic dimensions of our lives and those of our children. |
| 1:25.6 | I'm your host, Richard Wolfe. Today's program is going |
| 1:30.6 | to be extraordinary in a number of ways and extraordinarily important in a number of ways. |
| 1:37.7 | The entire program will be devoted to an interview with my guest today, Cornell West. |
| 1:45.4 | He really needs no introduction. |
| 1:47.5 | You all know who he is and what he's been doing, because he's been a fighter for the issues |
| 1:53.2 | he believes in for a long, long time. |
| 1:57.2 | I am fortunate, lucky, and honored to have gotten to know him over the years in a variety |
| 2:03.3 | of capacities. I know how hard he works. I know how faithful he is to the principles that |
| 2:10.1 | guide him and that have led him now to announce that he is running for the job of President |
| 2:17.2 | of the United States. |
| 2:19.3 | We will get to that in a moment, and we will devote the entirety of today's program to this |
| 2:25.6 | important conversation. |
| 2:28.2 | Before jumping in, I want to remind you, we now have a way for those of you interested |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Democracy at Work, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Democracy at Work and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.