Facing The Human Rights Crisis

Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff

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🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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[EU S13 E46] Facing The Human Rights Crisis

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This week's episode of Economic Update features updates on an analysis of Philadelphia, PA's extreme income inequality, the number of workers on striker per year since 2017 in the U.S., the UAW organizing a strike at the VW plant in Tennessee plus other UAW unionization drives and the 400k public employees on strike in Quebec that are heading towards a general strike. In the second half of, Prof. Wolff interviews Rob Robinson, formerly homeless advocate/fighter for homeless housing rights, housing, official of Human Rights Network and Chairman of The Left Forum.

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0:00.0	Welcome friends to another edition of Economic Update, a weekly program devoted to the economic
0:16.2	dimensions of our lives and those of our children. I'm your host Richard Wolf. As usual I want to remind you of our volunteer, Charlie
0:26.7	Fabian, who is available if you have suggestions or materials you'd like to bring to our attention.
0:34.0	You can reach him at Charlie.
0:36.2	info 338 at gmail.com.
0:41.7	Today we're going to be talking about Philadelphia a city of poverty and wealth extremes that deserves some attention
0:49.9	We're going to be talking about unionization drives that are really remarkable across the United States
0:57.2	with special emphasis on the effort to organize United Auto Workers at the UAW campaign, Chattanooga, Tennessee at the VW Plant.
1:11.1	And we're going to talk about the emerging general strike situation in Quebec, Canada,
1:18.0	our neighbor to the north, which is experiencing similar surge of labor activism. So let's get right to it. Oh and I
1:27.7	should remind you after the break we will have an interview with a
1:31.9	perennial guest on this program, Rob Robinson, about the whole
1:36.3	human rights movement around the world of which he is an active leader and member.
1:43.0	Okay, let's begin. is an active leader and member.
1:45.4	Okay, let's begin.
1:51.1	Philadelphia has the distinction, if that's the word, of being the US's poorest large city.
1:57.0	And by poorest large city is meant that the gap between the poorest and the richest is downright stunning, so stunning
2:10.0	that I want to read these numbers to you just so you get it.
2:16.5	Back in 2008 and 12, so roughly 10 years ago, The gap was already grim between the Fair Hill neighborhood,
2:28.0	the poorest, and the Chestnut Hill neighborhood, the then richest.
2:34.3	The median income, and remember,
2:36.5	median income means half the people make more than that,
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