The stocks of European weapons manufacturers soared early this week as Europe committed to sending

weapons to Ukraine and increasing military budgets throughout the continent.

Donald Trump also enacted 25% tariffs yesterday on Canada and Mexico.

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. 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, including Understanding Capitalism, which is available at Democracy at Work.Info.

Professor Wolfe, welcome back.

Thank you very much, Brian.

Glad to be here.

You know, I remember vividly when the Soviet

Union went into Afghanistan in 1979, Richard. And, you know, the main stories in the media

were like about how terrible it was that the Soviet Union was moving into a neighboring country. I mean,

it's a complicated story of what happened there. The CIA was working with Osama bin Laden

de Toppel, a socialist government in Afghanistan, all of that kind of stuff. But I don't want to talk

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