In this every-other-month presentation, Professor Wolff presents insights and analysis on six key topics leading up to, and lasting beyond, the current war on Iran; including: the history of U.S. military involvement in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the economic trends throughout U.S. history that lead up to war, the role of oil and natural gas as an excuse for conflict, the relevance and importance of the Straight of Hormuz, the reality of the U.S. empire’s decline and Israel’s gamble, and the prospects and consequences of renewed global conflict.

Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work and Left Forum

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Professor Wolff discusses how the first two world wars brought an end to the British, German, and Japanese empires, and how a third would likely bring down the American empire. Specific topics include:

1. The U.S. empire's decline provokes desperate economic policy
2. The U.S. empire's decline provokes resurgent neo-colonialism around Venezuela, Greenland, Cuba, etc, along with the potential U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations and the weakening of NATO
3. A burgeoning political dictatorship in the U.S. that is giving rise to state “command” capitalism, the use of ICE as a special executive-controlled force for domestic control, and the militarization of MAGA versus the rest of us.
4. The emergence of capitalists against Trump is creating a divide among capitalists
5. An American self-imposed isolation from partners and allies while preparing for multiple wars.

Presented by Democracy at Work and the Left Forum

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We are thrilled to share the replay of Democracy at Work and The Left Forum’s special live, in-person Global Capitalism event, held last November 12, 2025 at Women Building Up (WBU). Professor Wolff addressed the topic of “Affordability: Why So Much Costs Too Much and What to do About it”

In our capitalist economy, employers pay wages and set prices that together determine whether a decent life is affordable. Employers’ goal is to maximize their profit. But employees – the vast majority of us – have different goals. One of them is basic affordability. In this presentation of Global Capitalism, Professor Wolff discusses the factors at play in determining our cost of living, and ways we can and should get involved in affecting them.

We would like to thank Susan Shah, Kim Westcott and all the remarkable people at Women Building Up for hosting Democracy At Work and The Left Forum. Presented by Democracy at Work and the Left Forum.

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Global Capitalism: On This May Day We are thrilled to share the replay of Democracy at Work and The Left Forum's special live, in-person Global Capitalism event, held last Wednesday at Women Building Up (WBU). Professor Wolff gave a special "May Day" Global Capitalism Lecture on the impact of President Trump’s economic policies and how they are ultimately an attack on working people

We would like to thank Susan Shah, Kim Westcott and all the remarkable people at Women Building Up for hosting Democracy At Work and The Left Forum. Presented by Democracy at Work and the Left Forum

We would like to thank Susan Shah, Kim Westcott and all the remarkable people at Women Building Up for hosting Democracy At Work and The Left Forum.

Professor Wolff will present four key points that reveal the emergence of a new Cold War the U.S. has embarked upon in response to the rise of global alliances from which it is being excluded and that challenge the near century-old American economic dominance.

I. The Old Cold War Targeted Communism in the West and the USSR as its Source

II. The New Cold War Targets China and the BRICS

III. Trump/Musk Target the US Working Class and its Allies

IV. Europe’s Decline Deepens

Presented by Democracy at Work and the Left Forum

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We are thrilled to share the replay of Democracy at Work and The Left Forum's special live, in-person Global Capitalism event, held this past Saturday at Women Building Up (WBU). Professor Wolff gave his thoughts and analysis on what the new Trump Presidency means and how we may react.

The U.S. Election and Trump 2.0 in Historical Perspective

Topics Include:

• The overdetermination of the vote

• The new government

• Persistent problems of a declining empire

Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work and Left Forum