U.S. Escalates ‘Nuclear’ Risk: World Stands On 'Edge' Of Destruction | Richard Wolff

Richard Wolff, Founder of Democracy At Work, discusses the recent escalations in Ukraine, the ongoing war in the Middle East, and how sanctions against Russia have backfired.

*This video was recorded on May 31, 2024

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0:00 - Intro
2:03 - Escalations in Ukraine War
18:43 - What is Putin's endgame?
22:22 - How to prevent WW3?
25:00 - Sanctions backfired
32:35 - U.S. power fading
35:31 - Israel-Palestine
41:23 - Price controls vs. inflation
52:55 - Workplace democracy

#economy #geopolitics #economics

[jabezireal]

Americans are sick and tired of wars, It's time to grow up America

[piagard]

From Sweden.
I think that inflation around The world is a way of making us all to good "slaves".

[sliekerstar]

The American military industrial complex is happy to make us all cannon fodder

[AgentSmith]

The US is the common denominator when it comes to conflicts around the world

[jb]

As a Yale graduate, I would be quite embarrassed to be in the position of admitting Janet Yellen was my classmate. Good grief, my sincerest sympathies!

[ycamara]

Innocent childrens womans, don't punish the innocents 😡😡

[Marxist]

I don't want humanity to end because of Ukraine & the U.S. military industrial complex.

[robt]

This is worse than the Cuban missile crisis and nobody has any idea except for when they look out of their window and see 1, 000, 000° fireball coming at them

[toddflynn]

Imagine getting vaporized over a corrupt country like Ukraine.

[ernstchin]

And the 'free press' is pretty quiet on the severity of the situation. The Cuban crisis was very well reported at that time.

[cerebral-liberty]

Im from New Zealand, we're part of the same gang, the West, & its exactly the same thing happening here .
The cost of living is out of control, housing is unaffordable, groceries just keep going up, inflation is high, lots of stress on all infrastructure- hospitals, schools, police, roads . Stagnant wages . & to top it all off & this is also a very common theme, mass immigration ! This just adds fuel to the fire, which makes me believe that the people in power want collapse, maybe to usher in their new system, you know, the "you'll own nothing & be happy" notice its not "we'll own nothing" its YOU WILL OWN NOTHING.

[juli_lB]

My Father was in Florida during the Cuban missile crisis. He said it was so earie you could hear a pin drop.
Scary stuff.

[damirzanne]

Russians will not fight alone, N Korea, China, and Iran will be there with them, and possibly some other countries…

[leo]

Our government thinks bullying is the best thing to do

[andyhughes]

Yet, everyone is clueless as to how close they are to disintegration.

[joanlivingston]

With product ad? And why is Woolf so uninformed about Pres. Putin, vs NATO provocations?

[meman]

Unfortunately, ego and incompetence will maim and kill millions and billions. Insanity beyond insanity

[WarrenCromartie]

The decision to let Ukraine use NATO supplied weapons on Russian soiil is a significant escalation, and in the UK it’s not on the news agenda at all. That’s worrying. It suggests to me that we genuinely are in the brink and MSM have been instructed not to report it so as not to start social collapse.

[darksword]

The problems are not nation-states the problems are corporations and big Banks making a profit off of human suffering

[peterkerruish]

Professor Wolf I love your intelligent input, thankyou.