Air Date: 8/1/2017
Today we look at the state of capitalism, the logical arguments for its inevitable demise and the evidence that the end may more nigh than ever before
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: Caitlin Moran on the need for a revolutionary upgrade to society - Politics & Prose from @Slate Track One
Ch. 3: Song 1: Revolution - Grandaddy
Ch. 4: Act 2: Casey Gerald: The gospel of doubt - @TEDTalks - Air Date 3-12-16
Ch. 5: Song 2: Capitalism Is Tearing Us Apart - sole
Ch. 6: Act 3: Wolfgang Streeck: Surviving Post-Capitalism Coping, hoping, doping & shopping Part 1 - Ideas from CBC - Air Date 2-9-17
Ch. 7: Song 3: Hit the Wall - GoGoSnapRadio
Ch. 8: Act 4: Prof. Richard Wolff on the coming death of capitalism - Upstream - Air Date 12-12-16
Ch. 9: Song 4: Break On Through - The Doors
Ch. 10: Act 5: Wolfgang Streeck: Surviving Post-Capitalism Coping, hoping, doping & shopping Part 2 - Ideas from CBC - Air Date 2-9-17
Ch. 11: Song 5: Elysium - Mendum
Ch. 12: Act 6: What’s After Capitalism? Create Our Next Economy via @TheNextSystem - Best of the Left Activism
Voicemails
Ch. 13: Recommending book about Woodie Guthrie - Josh from Dallas, TX
Ch. 14: Thoughts on technology and addiction - Kyle from Portland
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 15: Final comments on Late Capitalism and “Judeo-Christian Values”
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism:
TAKE ACTION
Help find the answer to "What's Next?" with The Next System Project
Read Gar Alperovitz "Principles of a Pluralist Commonwealth"
Download resources and organize a Next System Project Teach-In in your community
Follow @TheNextSystem on Twitter
EDUCATE YOURSELF
Is Capitalism Dying? (Forbes, 2013)
’Is Capitalism Dying?’ (Marxism, 2013)
The Pain You Feel is Capitalism Dying (Joe Brewer, Medium, 2016)
Beyond the Minimum Wage Debate: Let's Move Toward a System That Works for All (Democracy at Work)
Prof. Richard Wolff debates Fox's Stuart Varney (Democracy at Work)
Written by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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