As the country marked Labor Day, workers are fighting back with intensity not seen in many

years.

From UPS to academic workers to writers and actors, major labor struggles have been erupting

nationwide in a revolt against mounting inequality and corporate greed.

And the next major fight on the horizon is a potential strike at the big three automakers.

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.

Music but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. We're very excited to have Professor Richard Wolfe join us for a regular weekly segment

where we discuss the biggest stories relating to the economy, the state of the working class,

and the crimes of big business. I'm Walter Smolerick, filling in for Brian Becker.

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Richard Wolfe is the co-founder of the

organization Democracy at Work and 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 his work at R.D.Wolf.com. So Professor Wolf, the country marked Labor Day.

There's certainly a lot of reasons to celebrate if you're a trade union activist, a rank-and-file

worker, because workers are fighting back.

Unions are fighting back in a way that we haven't seen in really quite some time.

And it's capturing a lot of political momentum.

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