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Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff

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The Aspirations of a Workers Strike Back Movement

Shama Sawant is not running for re-election on the city council in Seattle, but trying to build nationally a worker strike back movement. Many of these strikes really have to become wildcat strikes, where they defy the union leadership. Even professors now have been plunged into the temp or gig economy with no benefits and no job security. So yes, there's certainly hope, but we can't be naive about all of the forces that will attempt to break this movement.

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