Economic Update: Social Movement for Economic Democracy

Help us reach 100,000 subscribers and gain access to more studio time! Please hit the red SUBSCRIBE button above. ^^^ We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Please consider supporting our work. Become an EU patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/economicupdate Economic Update: [S9 E19] Social Movement for Economic Democracy THIS WEEK'S TOPICS (w/timestamps): 00:52 - Updates on how 60 mega corporations paid no 2018 Federal taxes; 04:01 - why GM's CEO gets $29.1 million while GM fires thousands and wrecks communities; 06:56 - how the Notre Dame tragedy exposes French inequality as billionaires suddenly find money for a church, not for the people; 10:33 - and the rising wave of U.S. worker strikes reflect militance and unity; 15:18 - announcements. 16:12 - SPECIAL GUEST: Prof. Wolff interviews Rebecca Lurie, the Director of the Community and Worker Ownership Project at CUNY. Follow us ONLINE: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/economicupdate Websites: http://www.democracyatwork.info/economicupdate http://www.rdwolff.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EconomicUpdate http://www.facebook.com/RichardDWolff http://www.facebook.com/DemocracyatWrk Twitter: http://twitter.com/profwolff http://twitter.com/democracyatwrk Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracyatwrk Subscribe to our podcast: http://economicupdate.libsyn.com Shop our Store: http://bit.ly/2JkxIfy Prof. Wolff's latest book "Understanding Marxism" http://bit.ly/2BH0lkL Want to help us translate and transcribe our videos? Learn about joining our translation team: http://bit.ly/2J2uIHH Jump right in: http://bit.ly/2J3bEZR --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rebecca Lurie’s first career was as a union carpenter where she moved to teaching the trade and then to developing a specialty in union and industry partnered workforce development linked to community economic development. Always dedicated to equitable community development, she collaborates on numerous projects in NYC assuring that the voices and talents of workers are cultivated and included.