Rick Wolff: Macro-economics and why it matters to mass movements

Rick Wolff, Marxist economist and author of Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It, talks to us about the current state of the global economic crisis and why it's important to understand it.

available at above link:
audio (Jan 28) - Economics Update on WBAI
video (Jan 27) - The Cost of Capitalism's Crisis: Who Pays?

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Hamid Khan: LAPD Surveillance of mass movements is alive and well in 2012

Hamid Khan, Los Angeles organizer, discusses surveillance practices of the Los Angeles Police Department, especially about LAPD surveillance of grassroots activists and social movements. Hamid Khan helped co-found the Los Angeles Taxi Workers Alliance (LATWA) and was Executive Director of the South Asian Network (SAN).

Listen in: http://ia600806.us.archive.org/18/items/DailyDigest-012712/2012_01_27_khan.MP3