U.S. elite politicians and media are panicking over the victory of self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in the New York City Mayoral Democratic primary. What are they so afraid of? Professor Richard Wolff and Brian Becker break down the American elite’s uniquely extreme anticommunism, and the long history of socialists holding local office in the United States and around the world. Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com. Listen to the full interview with Prof. Wolff and Brian Becker on any podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/TheSocialistProgram – ‘Trump and the Den of Thieves, aka Congress w/ Prof. Wolff’ Join the The Socialist Program community at https://www.patreon.com/TheSocialistProgram to get exclusive content and help keep this show on the air.
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