“Capitalism’s Crisis Changes Politics: Seattle to Barcelona to Athens”

Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work, Left Forum, and Judson Memorial Church, Global Capitalism begins with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month. Professor Wolff then analyzes several major economic issues that include:

1. Completing last month’s discussion of socialism: Marxism’s role past and present
2. Socialism in Seattle today: lessons of Sawant’s re-election campaign
3. Winning against austerity in Europe: Greece, now Spain, more coming