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Minqi Li, "The Rise of China and the Demise of Capitalism" (May 21, 2009)
Part 1 (Lecture)
Part 2 (Questions & Discussion)
Presentation by Minqi Li, Asst. Professor of Economics, University of Utah. Given at the Marxist School of Sacramento, May 21, 2009. Taking the subject from his new book, Li tells us that historically the spread and growth of capitalist economies has required low wages, taxation, and environmental costs, as well as a hegemonic nation to prevent international competition from eroding these requirements. With the decline of the economic power of the United States, its current hegemonic role will deteriorate and the unprecedented growth of China will so erode the foundations of capital accumulation—by pushing wages and environmental costs up, for example—that the entire capitalist system will be shaken to its core. Minqi Li is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah.
"Great Speeches and Interviews: opposing conclusions on the events of 9-11-01" Paul Zarembka vs Popular Mechanics (Sept. 11, 2008)
Paul Zarembka, author of 9-11, an Inside Job? was recorded when he spoke for the Marxist School on September 11, 2008. In this recording, Professor Zarembka's presentation from the Marxist School is followed by a 2006 panel of editors from Popular Mechanics magazine, speaking against US involvement in the 9-11 attacks.
The program was aired on Access Sacramento/The Voice, Sacramento's cable/internet radio station.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, "Roots of Resistance: History of Land Tenure in New Mexico" (Dec. 20, 2007)
Part 1 (Presentation)
Part 2 (Questions & Discussion)
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz presented her new book Roots of Resistance: History of Land Tenure in New Mexico, published by University of Oklahoma Press. This is a new and revised edition of the 1980 UCLA publication, under the same title. The new edition has a new ending chapter and is updated throughout, with a new Preface by Simon J. Ortiz of Acoma Pueblo.
Alexander Saxton: "Religion and the Human Prospect" (Sept. 20, 2007)
Alexander Saxton is Emeritus Professor of History, UCLA. This talk focuses on "the debate about religion in the high science hierarchy." In his 2007 book, "Religon and the Human Prospect," Saxton surveys the history of religion and its part in human development. His special focus is religion’s potential role in preventing or enabling a global catastrophe caused by the demise of human ecology and rise of hi-tech weaponry. This recording has only one segment.
Ann Fagan Ginger: "How the Left Can Use the Law After 9-11" (March 18, 2004)
Ginger is a constitutional lawyer and executive director of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute. There are two segments to this presentation--Part 1 is the lecture; Part 2 is the Q&A session.