With Kamala Harris, Ruling Class Knows It Can Get a Nice Night’s Sleep
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode Nicole Roussell and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss Kamala Harris's record and the interests she represents now that she's the presumptive Democratic party nominee for president.
Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Kamala Harris is very likely the Democratic candidate for president with big, big money coming behind her very quickly. |
| 0:07.0 | But who is she, and what is the strategy of the capitalist class? |
| 0:11.0 | We need a new system. We need a new society. |
| 0:15.0 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:20.0 | but is not only realizable, but an imperative of big business. I'm Nicole Rucel, sitting in for your host, |
| 0:58.7 | Brian Becker. The Socialist Program brings you content several days a week, thanks to the support |
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| 1:13.4 | Richard Wolfe is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work and the author of many books, |
| 1:18.0 | including the forthcoming book Understanding Capitalism, which will be out soon. |
| 1:22.0 | You can check out all his work and get that book at R-D-W-O-L-F-F.com. |
| 1:28.6 | Richard, welcome back to the show. |
| 1:30.3 | Thank you, Nicole. I'm glad to be here. |
| 1:33.3 | So Richard Biden dropped out. |
| 1:35.5 | He finally acknowledged that there was no way he could win this race. |
| 1:38.9 | He endorsed Kamala Harris, who has quickly gotten the blessing of the Democratic Party elites. |
| 1:44.1 | But I want to talk today |
| 1:45.5 | about who is Kamala Harris? On its face, you know, this might look like a real step up. There's, |
| 1:50.9 | you know, a candidate who speaks so much better than Joe Biden and, you know, who's younger than |
| 1:55.4 | Joe Biden. But what's the reality? She's been there all the way with Joe Biden, including |
| 2:00.1 | sponsoring two proxy wars. |
| 2:01.8 | She actually led the administration's anti-immigration crackdown on the border, violently |
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