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• Richard Wolff on Bernie Sanders and Socialism, 25.49 min, uploaded by GRITtv, July 14, 2015 … This week: On Sanders and Socialism. Is socialism still an American taboo? Not so much, says professor Richard Wolff; nor was it in the past, says Nation columnist John Nichols. Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, and a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School University in New York City. He has authored or co-authored more than a dozen books, including his most recent; Capitalism’s Crisis Deepens: Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown 2010- 2014, and he hosts the weekly Economic Update podcast. John Nichols’ many books include The “S” Word: A Short History of an American Tradition … Socialism, and, most recently, Dollarocracy: How the Money-and-Media-Election Complex is Destroying America. This episode also features an commentary from Laura on renaming capitalism;  
• Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy in the 21st Century – Prof Ross Garnaut , 92.54 min, uploaded by London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Oct 10, 2014;
• Audio: What is Capitalism, What is Socialism, 63.50 min, uploaded by Marxist Student Federation, Oct 3, 2014;
• Workplace Democracy and Democratic Ownership – Richard Wolff & Gar Alperovitz, 93.41 min, uploaded by Workplace Democracy, April 1, 2014 … Workplace Democracy and Democratic Ownership: moving from theory to strategy … Richard Wolff and Gar Alperovitz at Left Forum, 2013;
• Democratic Socialism – THE ARENA, 59.01 min, uploaded by The Arena Uncensored, Dec 16, 2013;
• Socialism in Britain – Interview with Tony Benn, 64.07 min, uploaded by Tannhauser108, Sept 16, 2012 … on democracy, socialism, the Labour Party, the trade-union movement, and much more;
• Cartoon: Le socialisme n’est pas un programme politique mais une tendance sociale, dans cent papiers, 1er novembre 2013;
• Cartoon: Docteur Flamme en Bretagne, qu’est-ce que le “socialisme actif? dans hypotheses.org, par BENOÎT KERMOAL, le 5 avril 1934
• Was ist Sozialismus? auf Kontrovers, von Michael Brie, Christoph Spehr, Januar 2008;
• Buchbesprechung: Der nationale Sozialismus, auf ZEIT Online, von KURT SONTHEIMER, 14. März 1997: eine wichtige Untersuchung zur deutschen politischen Ideengeschichte zwischen 1918 und 1945.

Other Links:

German Wage Repression – Getting to the Roots of the Eurozone Crisis, on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, Aug 22, 2015: How Germany’s wage repression, a war against its own workers, has been exported to the rest of the Eurozone;

Kiev ordered deployment of ‘illegal & inhumane’ anti-personnel mines – ex-Ukrainian officer, on Russia Today RT, Aug 22, 2015;

Where’s the Nurture? on Dissident Voice, by James Hoover, Aug 21, 2015;

Dow Jones, Nasdaq face worst weekly losses since 2011 after yuan devaluation, on Russia Today RT, Aug 21, 2015;

How Complex Systems Fail, on naked capitalism, by Yves Smith, Aug 21, 2015;

The Ugly Reality of Canada’s “Humanitarian” Aid to Haiti, on Dissident Voice, by Yves Engler, Aug 21, 2015;

Autopsy reveals St. Louis cops shot teen in the back, on Russia Today RT, Aug 21, 2015;

Deliberate Deception – Washington Gave Answer Long Ago in NSA Case, on Spiegel Online International, by Matthias Gebauer, René Pfister and Holger Stark, Aug 21, 2015: For months, the German government sought to create the impression it was still waiting for an answer from the US on whether it could share NSA target lists for spying with a parliamentary investigation. The response came months ago;

Russian troops to join China’s parade to celebrate victory over Japan in WWII, on Russia Today RT, Aug 21, 2015.