In a major surprise, the left in France organized under the egos of the new popular front,

won the recent second round elections, dealing a major blow both to the Macron government

and to the far right.

We need a new system. We need a new system.

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Richard Wolfe is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work, and he is the author of many books,

the latest being, The Sickness is the System when Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself.

You can check out all of this work at R-D-Wolf.com. That's R-D-W-O-L-F-F.com. Professor Wolfe, welcome back. Thank you, Brian. Glad to be here.

For the American audience, Richard, the French elections had two parts. The first part of the

parliamentary elections showed that the far right, by Marine Le Pen was a significant leader.

Second to Le Pen to the far right was the left party led by Melaschen, Jean-Luc Melichon,

and behind him was Macron's party. In the second election, one week later,

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