300 - Richard Wolff, Cornel West, & Norman Finkelstein: America Is in DENIAL | On Mamdani, Tucker, & Trump

<p>Support the Show: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsxwneBx6apV1mQ7CbWKfXQ/join" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsxwneBx6apV1mQ7CbWKfXQ/join</a></p><p>Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and co-founder of Democracy at Work. Cornel West holds the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary. Norman Finkelstein is a political scientist and author who received his PhD in politics from Princeton University. In this episode, Richard, Cornel, Norman, and Robinson discuss the crisis of the American left and whether it can rebuild its political power. More particularly, they discuss Zohran Mamdani’s compromises, Cornel’s warning that he could become another Barack Obama, and their disagreements over working with Tucker Carlson. They also discuss Donald Trump and American decline, Bernie Sanders and class politics, Cornel’s break with Jill Stein and the Green Party, immigration, Gaza, and where to draw moral lines when building political coalitions. Their recent books include Richard’s Understanding Capitalism (Democracy at Work, 2024), Cornel’s Truth Matters, coauthored with Robert P. George (Post Hill Press, 2025), and Norman’s Gaza’s Gravediggers: An Inquiry into Corruption in High Places (OR Books, 2026).</p><p>Richard’s Website: <a href="https://www.rdwolff.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.rdwolff.com/</a></p><p>Understanding Capitalism: <a href="https://www.democracyatwork.info/understanding_capitalism" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.democracyatwork.info/understanding_capitalism</a></p><p>Cornel’s Website: <a href="https://www.cornelwest.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.cornelwest.com/</a></p><p>Truth Matters: <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Truth-Matters/Robert-P-George/9798888451700" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Truth-Matters/Robert-P-George/9798888451700</a></p><p>Norman’s Website: <a href="https://www.normanfinkelstein.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.normanfinkelstein.com/</a></p><p>Gaza’s Gravediggers: <a href="https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/gazas-gravediggers/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/gazas-gravediggers/</a></p><p>OUTLINE<br>00:00 Introduction<br>01:06 What Do Elections Actually Change