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Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet Fraad
How does capitalism affect our personal lives? How does the economy affect life at home, relationships at work, romance and dating? Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet Fraad is a bi-weekly podcast that explores what is happening in the economic realm and its impact on our individual and social psychology. Learn how to support the podcast. Visit us at: https://www.democracyatwork.info/capitalismhitshome More about Capitalism Hits Home https://www.democracyatwork.info/capitalismhitshome
- 137 - "The UN World Happiness Report": Where Does America Stand?
[S07 E09] "The UN World Happiness Report": Where Does America Stand and How Do We Raise Our Satisfaction With Our Lives?
The United States has lost its position in the top 10 happiest nations? We have lost on every marker of life satisfaction. How do we regain our joy and hope?
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Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 24min - 136 - How Do We Change For A More Hopeful Egalitarian America?
[S07 E08] How Do We Change For A More Hopeful Egalitarian America?
We need to add to the powerful emerging union movement and unite it with all of our progressive movements whether Climate Justice, Black Lives Matter, the Feminist Movement, or the Sexual Rights Movement. We need one big multifaceted union and a political party that expresses that unity. In solidarity.
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Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 20min - 135 - World Transformations Have Hit Our Homes Hard
[S07 E07] World Transformations Have Hit Our Homes Hard The time for colonialism and settler colonialism is over! Whether it's in South Africa, America, Europe or Israel. The world is transforming. With the rise of China and the other BRICS nations, the United States have less power. The remaining US wealth is racing towards the billionaire class leaving the rest of us behind. What can we do about it?
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Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 25min - 134 - Positive Changes: Connections & Community Development
[S07 E06] Positive Changes: Connections & Community Development
Despite the sometimes depressing and unnerving problematic state of affairs we are seeing a growing number of people finding new connections and support systems amongst themselves, binding together and forming supporting systems to help them through these challenging times. Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet Fraad (CHH) is a @democracyatwrk production. The show addresses the intersection of capitalism, class, and personal lives, and explores what is happening in the economic realm and its impact on our individual and social psychology.
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Fri, 09 Feb 2024 - 26min - 133 - Definitions & Intersections of White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, Hetero-Patriarchy & Capitalism
[S07 E05] Definitions & Intersections of White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, Hetero-Patriarchy & Capitalism What exactly do these terms mean- White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, Hetero-Patriarchy and Capitalism?
These are social divisions that function together. They separate us. They prevent us from uniting for a just socialist society that works for all of us. Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet Fraad (CHH) is a @democracyatwrk production. The show addresses the intersection of capitalism, class, and personal lives, and explores what is happening in the economic realm and its impact on our individual and social psychology.
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Fri, 19 Jan 2024 - 27min - 132 - Addiction, Suicide and Psych Drugs: Life Is Painful In Today's USA: Part 2 of 2
America's changing global posiAmerica's Big Picture and Its Impact on Individual lives and escaping sadness in ways that are tragic and also ways that are hopeful and strong.
Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet Fraad (CHH) is a @democracyatwrk production. The show addresses the intersection of capitalism, class, and personal lives, and explores what is happening in the economic realm and its impact on our individual and social psychology. Learn more about CHH: https://www.democracyatwork.info/capi... We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Your contributions help keep this content free and accessible to all. If you would like to simply donate one time, you can do so by visiting us at http://www.democracyatwork.info/donate. Become a monthly donor: http://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork _____________________________________________________________________________________
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2021 Hardcover edition of “Understanding Marxism,” with a new, lengthy introduction by Richard Wolff is available at https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/richa... “Marxism always was the critical shadow of capitalism. Their interactions changed them both. Now Marxism is once again stepping into the light as capitalism shakes from its own excesses and confronts decline.” Check out all of d@w’s books: "The Sickness is the System," "Understanding Socialism," by Richard D. Wolff, and “Stuck Nation” by Bob Hennelly http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/democra... Dr. Harriet Fraad's Recommended Reading list: https://bookshop.org/lists/dr-harriet... Buying books at bookshop.org supports the authors, independent bookstores and Democracy at Work!
Fri, 15 Dec 2023 - 32min - 131 - Addiction, Suicide and Psych Drugs: Life Is Painful In Today's USA: Part 1 of 2
Addiction, Suicide, and Psych Drugs are all heavily marketed. Opioid medications like Oxycontin induce addiction, guns facilitate suicide, and pills numb justified anxiety and depression. Why are they now epidemics?
Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet Fraad (CHH) is a @democracyatwrk production. The show addresses the intersection of capitalism, class, and personal lives, and explores what is happening in the economic realm and its impact on our individual and social psychology. Learn more about CHH: https://www.democracyatwork.info/capi... We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Your contributions help keep this content free and accessible to all. If you would like to simply donate one time, you can do so by visiting us at http://www.democracyatwork.info/donate. Become a monthly donor: http://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork _____________________________________________________________________________________
LISTEN TO CHH: CHH Podcast: https://capitalismhitshome.libsyn.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/capital... Follow us ONLINE: Websites: https://www.democracyatwork.info/capi... https://www.harrietfraad.com/ Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DemocracyatWrk Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/democracyatwrk Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracyatwrk Daily Motion: https://www.dailymotion.com/democracy... Shop our Store: https://www.democracy-at-work-shop.my... _____________________________________________________________________________________
2021 Hardcover edition of “Understanding Marxism,” with a new, lengthy introduction by Richard Wolff is available at https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/richa... “Marxism always was the critical shadow of capitalism. Their interactions changed them both. Now Marxism is once again stepping into the light as capitalism shakes from its own excesses and confronts decline.” Check out all of d@w’s books: "The Sickness is the System," "Understanding Socialism," by Richard D. Wolff, and “Stuck Nation” by Bob Hennelly http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/democra... Dr. Harriet Fraad's Recommended Reading list: https://bookshop.org/lists/dr-harriet... Buying books at bookshop.org supports the authors, independent bookstores and Democracy at Work!
Sat, 09 Dec 2023 - 27min - 130 - What Are Some Life Supports for America's Failing Isolated Nuclear Families?
We can support our failing families. We can learn from attempts abroad and from our own history.
Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet Fraad (CHH) is a @democracyatwrk production. The show addresses the intersection of capitalism, class, and personal lives, and explores what is happening in the economic realm and its impact on our individual and social psychology. Learn more about CHH: https://www.democracyatwork.info/capi... We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Your contributions help keep this content free and accessible to all. If you would like to simply donate one time, you can do so by visiting us at http://www.democracyatwork.info/donate. Become a monthly donor: http://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork _____________________________________________________________________________________
LISTEN TO CHH: CHH Podcast: https://capitalismhitshome.libsyn.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/capital... Follow us ONLINE: Websites: https://www.democracyatwork.info/capi... https://www.harrietfraad.com/ Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DemocracyatWrk Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/democracyatwrk Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracyatwrk Daily Motion: https://www.dailymotion.com/democracy... Shop our Store: https://www.democracy-at-work-shop.my... _____________________________________________________________________________________
2021 Hardcover edition of “Understanding Marxism,” with a new, lengthy introduction by Richard Wolff is available at https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/richa... “Marxism always was the critical shadow of capitalism. Their interactions changed them both. Now Marxism is once again stepping into the light as capitalism shakes from its own excesses and confronts decline.” Check out all of d@w’s books: "The Sickness is the System," "Understanding Socialism," by Richard D. Wolff, and “Stuck Nation” by Bob Hennelly http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/democra... Dr. Harriet Fraad's Recommended Reading list: https://bookshop.org/lists/dr-harriet... Buying books at bookshop.org supports the authors, independent bookstores and Democracy at Work!
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 - 24min - 129 - Is the Nuclear Family An Eternal Ubiquitous Way of Organizing Personal Life?
Is the Nuclear Family An Eternal Ubiquitous Way of Organizing Personal Life?
The nuclear family form we recognize as the "traditional family" began with the rise of capitalism in the late 1700s.
Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet Fraad (CHH) is a @democracyatwrk production. The show addresses the intersection of capitalism, class, and personal lives, and explores what is happening in the economic realm and its impact on our individual and social psychology. Learn more about CHH: https://www.democracyatwork.info/capi... We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Your contributions help keep this content free and accessible to all. If you would like to simply donate one time, you can do so by visiting us at http://www.democracyatwork.info/donate. Become a monthly donor: http://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork _____________________________________________________________________________________
LISTEN TO CHH: CHH Podcast: https://capitalismhitshome.libsyn.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/capital... Follow us ONLINE: Websites: https://www.democracyatwork.info/capi... https://www.harrietfraad.com/ Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DemocracyatWrk Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/democracyatwrk Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracyatwrk Daily Motion: https://www.dailymotion.com/democracy... Shop our Store: https://www.democracy-at-work-shop.my... _____________________________________________________________________________________
2021 Hardcover edition of “Understanding Marxism,” with a new, lengthy introduction by Richard Wolff is available at https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/richa... “Marxism always was the critical shadow of capitalism. Their interactions changed them both. Now Marxism is once again stepping into the light as capitalism shakes from its own excesses and confronts decline.” Check out all of d@w’s books: "The Sickness is the System," "Understanding Socialism," by Richard D. Wolff, and “Stuck Nation” by Bob Hennelly http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/democra... Dr. Harriet Fraad's Recommended Reading list: https://bookshop.org/lists/dr-harriet... Buying books at bookshop.org supports the authors, independent bookstores and Democracy at Work!
Fri, 10 Nov 2023 - 28min - 128 - US Empire Falls. Families Fail? Why?
All Empires rise and fall. America's Empire is no exception. We need to admit it, cut the military budget and make a good life for Americans.
Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet Fraad (CHH) is a @democracyatwrk production. The show addresses the intersection of capitalism, class, and personal lives, and explores what is happening in the economic realm and its impact on our individual and social psychology. Learn more about CHH: https://www.democracyatwork.info/capi... We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Your contributions help keep this content free and accessible to all. If you would like to simply donate one time, you can do so by visiting us at http://www.democracyatwork.info/donate. Become a monthly donor: http://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork _____________________________________________________________________________________
LISTEN TO CHH: CHH Podcast: https://capitalismhitshome.libsyn.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/capital... Follow us ONLINE: Websites: https://www.democracyatwork.info/capi... https://www.harrietfraad.com/ Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/democracyatwork Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DemocracyatWrk Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/democracyatwrk Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracyatwrk Daily Motion: https://www.dailymotion.com/democracy... Shop our Store: https://www.democracy-at-work-shop.my... _____________________________________________________________________________________
2021 Hardcover edition of “Understanding Marxism,” with a new, lengthy introduction by Richard Wolff is available at https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/richa... “Marxism always was the critical shadow of capitalism. Their interactions changed them both. Now Marxism is once again stepping into the light as capitalism shakes from its own excesses and confronts decline.” Check out all of d@w’s books: "The Sickness is the System," "Understanding Socialism," by Richard D. Wolff, and “Stuck Nation” by Bob Hennelly http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/democra... Dr. Harriet Fraad's Recommended Reading list: https://bookshop.org/lists/dr-harriet... Buying books at bookshop.org supports the authors, independent bookstores and Democracy at Work!
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 - 24min - 125 - Capitalism’s Impact on Our Personal LivesFri, 12 May 2023 - 23min
- 124 - BRICS & The End of US Dominance
The US is out of control and we are in denial. The proof is abundant: Mass shootings, extreme inequality, lost wars, weak currency, high suicide rates, corporate greed, climate crises, deregulation, and more. In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad draws on decades of experience as a psychologist to remind us that change only happens when we face a problem fully. We as a society must reckon with the fall of the American Empire and the shift in economic and global dominance if we want to find stability and real solutions to the issues we face.
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Thu, 27 Apr 2023 - 28min - 123 - Signs of a Declining Empire
The US is out of control and we are in denial. The proof is abundant: Mass shootings, extreme inequality, lost wars, weak currency, high suicide rates, corporate greed, climate crises, deregulation, and more. In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad draws on decades of experience as a psychologist to remind us that change only happens when we face a problem fully. We as a society must reckon with the fall of the American Empire and the shift in economic and global dominance if we want to find stability and real solutions to the issues we face.
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Thu, 13 Apr 2023 - 32min - 122 - All Empires Rise and Fall, The US Is No Exception
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad traces a brief history of the rise and fall of the American empire. Throughout much of the 20th century, the US was the dominant global power, with strong unions, social programs, and a strong currency. Today, our wealthiest people are barely taxed, social services are weak, hunger and poverty are worse than ever, and the dollar is losing its primacy. How did we get here? How can we face this shift in global power and move forward? Dr. Fraad explores these questions.
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Thu, 30 Mar 2023 - 27min - 121 - The Impact of Gender Roles - Care Work, Mass Violence & the Way Forward
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues to explore the ways our upbringing within gender roles impact our relationship to society, and specifically, why it’s mostly men who commit acts of mass violence. Women traditionally occupy the role of “care worker” and learn to relate differently through the act of caring. Those care occupations, however, are some of the lowest paid and are highly undervalued. Other countries, such as New Zealand and Sweden, are exploring different ways of addressing both how children are raised in relation to gender as well as how to pay care workers a wage that reflects the skill and value of the work. Dr. Fraad looks at how these countries are making positive change and explores what we can learn from them.
Thu, 16 Mar 2023 - 27min - 120 - Where do Gender Roles Come From?Thu, 02 Mar 2023 - 23min
- 119 - Inflation & Manufactured Poverty
In this week’s episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of the personal effects of inflation. In a country that bombards all of us, even our youngest children, with images of wealth and prosperity as a symbol of worthiness, it is humiliating to struggle to make ends meet. Our culture blames the individual for being stuck in a cycle of poverty, yet most of our policies push people further into hardship. It’s easy to feel despair and want to give up hope, but, as we wake up to the reality that our government and workplaces don’t have our backs, we can join together with the masses—our fellow employees—drawing inspiration from the recent wave of labor protests and unionization efforts across the US and demand better conditions.
Thu, 16 Feb 2023 - 25min - 118 - What Are The Personal Costs of Inflation?
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad is joined by Prof. Richard Wolff, host of Economic Update to discuss inflation and the collateral damage it has caused Americans. In the first part, Prof. Wolff explains what inflation is and the real reasons behind the rising prices. Dr. Fraad then explains what inflation means to the majority of people. She explores the personal, social and psychological effects the high cost of living has caused.
Thu, 02 Feb 2023 - 34min - 117 - Ukraine War & Our Coping Mechanisms
“Denial is a way the brain copes with a painful reality.” In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of how Americans are coping with a falling empire: by not facing it. Human brains have the capacity to look away or shift blame when facing reality is too difficult, mainly through denial, dissociation, projection, and transference. Fraad looks at the war in Ukraine as a prime example of how America is falling and how our coping strategies are getting in the way of confronting that truth.
Thu, 19 Jan 2023 - 25min - 116 - Waking Up to the Falling American Empire
Welcome to Season 6! In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad dissects a harsh reality: the American empire is falling and the signs of its decline are everywhere. High divorce rates, low wages and high unemployment, mass shootings, shortened lifespan, election denials, price gouging, and war are all side effects of this American decline. We are not the empire we once were. When will we wake up to this reality?
Thu, 05 Jan 2023 - 26min - 115 - Broken Social Bonds
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of the impact of broken social bonds on our mental health. This week she focuses on government and the ways in which our American government has failed to protect us— with huge increases in poverty, low wages, unjust workplace practices, inflation, excessive military expenditures, and more. Many Americans are feeling abandoned, but we must unite with hope and cooperation to demand better conditions.
Thu, 22 Dec 2022 - 17min - 114 - How Disconnection Harms Us
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad speaks on the value of connection for our emotional, political, psychological and social lives as human beings. We’re seeing more and more disconnection as the pandemic draws on, remote work increases, and our state fails to take care of our needs. Connection is what separates us from other animals, and has always been what has allowed humans to survive throughout history. Yet, Fraad argues, our capitalist system is set on driving each and every one of us apart.
Thu, 08 Dec 2022 - 18min - 113 - Family - A Feminist, Class Analysis
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad traces the history of the traditional family unit and offers a class analysis of how it has shifted and evolved since the 1700s. Fraad discusses the feudal arrangement of families, the impact of the French Revolution and WWII, and how issues of family form are being disputed in the political sphere today.
Thu, 27 Oct 2022 - 36min - 112 - Individualism is a Capitalist Deception
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad argues against capitalist values like individualism and freedom. Too often those in charge, the "great male heroes,” receive all the credit for achievements built on the backs of so many. Fraad suggests that freedom through connection, gratitude for those who do the work to build our lives, celebration of our common goals and interests and our power to realize them are the real motivators and values of our society.
Thu, 13 Oct 2022 - 22min - 111 - Adoring the Monarchy
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad dissects the bizarre American adoration of the British monarchy following Queen Elizabeth II’s death. The monarchy symbolizes the absence of social mobility, hierarchy, and the appropriation of public money for private wealth. What do ordinary people get out of this unequal system and why are we all so comfortable with it?
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 - 16min - 110 - System-Driven Loneliness
**CW: This episode contains discussions of rape**
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad takes a look at capitalist-driven loneliness. Crime is often thought of as a person breaking the law, but what about the crimes capitalism allows, and even celebrates? In our workplaces we get ripped off, monitored, and lose our humanity. Commodities are sold to us only to get recalled, addictive pain-killers destroy lives with zero accountability, powerful men get away with sexual assault, and politicians are bought out and no longer serve everyday people. Capitalism infiltrates every corner of our lives and leaves us feeling utterly alone and helpless. What is the antidote to this state-sponsored loneliness? Connection. We must join unions, movements, and connect with our fellow Americans to demand a system that supports the masses.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 - 30min - 109 - Trauma & Survival Mechanisms
**CW: This episode features discussions of sexual assault and police brutality**
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad draws on her therapeutic expertise to discuss psychological mechanisms people unconsciously rely on when facing a reality that is too much to bear. These tools—dissociation, denial, and projection—can happen in both our personal and political lives. Fraad looks at personal traumas from clients as well as societal traumas, such as war and police brutality, to explore how commonly humans rely on dissociation, denial, and projection to not face hard truths. In order to heal, both personally and as a society, however, we must learn to look at and call out these injustices. These psychological mechanisms serve an important purpose for survival, but the realities still exist and continue to take a toll.
Thu, 01 Sep 2022 - 30min - 108 - United We Win, Divided We Fall
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of the recent Supreme Court decisions and asks: why were these decisions made when they do not align with the majority of American’s beliefs? When a system fails for the mass of people, fascism can develop to ensure that system continues. As the US becomes more and more divided, Fraad argues that we must remember our commonality as the employee class. Leftist victories in countries such as Chile, Colombia, and France remind us that when people unite and form coalitions, they win. We, the mass of Americans, must unite each of our movements—climate justice, BLM, feminism, LGBTQIA+, Indigenous rights, socialism, and more—in order to build a better world that reflects our values.
Thu, 21 Jul 2022 - 28min - 107 - Roe v. Wade Overturned - How Did We Get Here?
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad looks at the recent dramatic US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. She argues that all of the SCOTUS decisions for 2022 share a common purpose. First, they help to create a capitalist authoritarian state enforced by unaccountable police. Secondly they divide the mass of people. They antagonize divisions between people and fuel culture wars. The goal is to create hierarchical and hostile divisions that keep Americans from uniting as an employee class and winning
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 - 40min - 106 - US Militarism & Domestic Terrorism
“We have to accept that empire and militarism is not what’s going to save the world, it’s what’s going to destroy the planet.” In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues discussing America’s problem with gun violence. Because the US never converted to a peacetime economy after WWII, it continues to spend billions waging wars, stockpiling military equipment, and funding overseas conflicts. This militaristic culture enables domestic terrorism and mass violence. To counteract this, we need to encourage our many separate social movements to join together and fight to redistribute the excessive military budget to universal health care, child care, affordable housing, decent wages, climate justice, and more.
Thu, 23 Jun 2022 - 24min - 105 - America's Problem With Mass Shootings - An Analysis of Uvalde
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad looks at mass shootings in the US and in particular the most recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas. She examines the psychological, emotional, political, and economic reasons the US is the world leader in mass murder, and suggests solutions to end this cycle of violence and death.
Thu, 09 Jun 2022 - 27min - 104 - Connection - The Foundation of Mental Health
"Capitalism is really bad for our health.” In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad discusses mental health through the lens of a 4-legged table of connection: intimate relationships, friends, larger groups such as PTAs, work, or political groups, and connection to your country and shared humanity with the world. Under capitalism, Fraad explains, each leg of the table is made very shaky. With abuse, alcoholism, crime, and suicide all going up, as well as unemployment and illness rising, it’s clear that our social fabric is breaking down. Cooperation and connection, the most important contributors to mental health, aren’t protected under capitalism. In a system that allows for such deprivation, our only antidotes are to have hope and create connection through political activeness, strikes, unionizations, and more. Hope is not passive, it can be an active way to build a better world.
Thu, 26 May 2022 - 26min - 103 - The Right vs. Gender Freedom
With rising inflation rates, mass resignations, poor working conditions, and expensive housing, it’s clear that capitalism in the US is falling apart. To counter this, the right wing is working hard to repress each and every marginalized group in order to keep the working class divided. In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad looks at that fascist push to maintain a hierarchy in family, faith, morality, and nationalism. One way the Right does this is by attacking women and LGBTQ+ rights with abortion bans and anti-trans bills. In this legal stage of early fascism in the US, we need to take cues from other countries that successfully countered right-wing attacks on body autonomy by creating coalitions and unified fronts.
Thu, 12 May 2022 - 23min - 102 - Mental Health in a Profit-Driven, Isolated Society
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of mental health. She argues that we need to do away with the medical model of mental health that diagnoses depression as a brain disease and seeks to treat it exclusively with medication rather than acknowledging the societal and systemic conditions which lead to this chronic unhappiness. Fraad contends that human misery stems from a lack of meaningful connections to others, society and the world. Capitalism keeps people isolated and often unable to satisfy basic human needs. To truly address the mental health crisis the US faces, we need to create a system built on collective resources, collaboration, and connection.
Thu, 28 Apr 2022 - 27min - 101 - The Business of Mental Health
"One out of four American women take antidepressant drugs." In this episode, Dr. Fraad addresses how mental health is diagnosed and treated in the US. Human suffering and misery have been systematically categorized as disorders for which treatment with medication is needed and prescribed by psychiatrists. She argues that the collusion of medical doctors, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies and hospitals driven by their quest for profits, are to blame.
*Disclaimer: d@w does not provide medical advice of any nature, specific or general, nor the suggestion of any diagnosis or treatment, nor the endorsement of any physician or medical facility mentioned herein. Nothing in this podcast is intended to or should serve as a substitute for medical advice or diagnoses rendered to you by your individual doctor or other health care provider. Only a licensed physician should evaluate your situation, provide a diagnosis, or render other medical advice to you, and you should act only upon the advice of such physician.
Thu, 14 Apr 2022 - 25min - 100 - Why The Women’s Liberation Movement Fractured
During its inception, the Women’s Liberation Movement was rooted in anti-capitalist and anti-racist ideals, pushing for equality for all. Today, however, feminism tends to focus mainly on gender equality. In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad discusses how that fracture happened and the deliberate forces behind it. Now more than ever we need an intersectional and collaborative approach to our social movements, with involvement from everyone.
Thu, 31 Mar 2022 - 19min - 99 - The Origins of Racism - An Untold History
Our nation's racism was a deliberate policy developed in response to rebellions in the 1600s when white indentured servants, free black men and women and enslaved black people rose up together against their exploitation. In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad shares the story of this hugely important, yet often untaught, historical moment and its implications today.
Thu, 17 Mar 2022 - 17min - 98 - Sex Work - A Marxian Class Analysis
**CW: RAPE, SEX TRAFFICKING**
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad brings a Marxian class analysis to a highly controversial topic: sex work. Though illegal in the United States, sex work is all around—from brothels and sex trafficking to the sugar industry and communes. Fraad traces a brief history of sexuality and exploitation from antiquated marital expectations and slavery to the choices women make today to be single, not have children, or find a sugar daddy to fund higher education and stay independent. When looked at through a class analysis, it becomes clear that the issue of morality need not be focused on the work itself, but rather, on the level of exploitation the sex worker endures.
Thu, 03 Mar 2022 - 25min - 97 - Political Right v.s. Abortion Rights
**CW: THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES ABORTION AND FORCED STERILIZATION**
Control of women's reproduction is a common weapon in the hands of the Right Wing. In the episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Harriet Fraad breaks down the fight for reproductive rights by looking at abortion access and forced sterilization. These issues are fundamentally about class and control: forcing women to have unwanted pregnancies, denying immigrants and minorities the right to reproduce, keeping women out of the labor force and reliant on men, and dividing the masses so organization and unity is impossible.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 - 17min - 96 - How Americans Cope With Falling Living Standards
Declining living standards, joblessness and pronounced inequality are leaving Americans feeling disconnected, helpless and depressed. In this episode, Dr. Fraad talks about the 3 Ds: depression, dissociation and denial, Americans are resorting to as coping strategies for their stark decline in health and living standards. Fraad offers examples of more productive and beneficial ways to cope and heal.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 - 37min - 95 - Capitalism and Opioids - A Deadly Combination
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues an ongoing critique of the for-profit health care system in the US and examines some of its deadly effects. Overdose numbers are far higher than in any other rich country and could have been avoided if it weren’t for the collusion between drug companies, pharmacies, doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies. Dr. Fraad looks at what other countries have done to mitigate the effects of their own drug epidemics, and calls for a more humane and just approach to addiction and treatment in the US, if only capitalism could get out of the way.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 - 37min - 94 - Identity Politics, Intersectionality, and Unity
Welcome to Season 5 of Capitalism Hits Home! In this episode, Dr. Fraad explores identity politics by looking into the many facets of her own identity. 99% of us share an identity as exploited, oppressed people. We have different experiences and extents of exploitation. How can we honor our identities while remaining unified as a human race? Can we reclaim identity politics to include a human identity that connects everyone in order to create a safer, freer, and more inclusive world?
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 - 18min - 93 - Addiction and Desperation
In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad looks at the epidemic of deaths in the United States. She examines the five interlocking forces of our for-profit health care system—pharmaceutical companies, pharmacy chains, hospitals, insurance companies, and doctors—that have colluded to bring on the flood of both Covid-19 and overdose deaths. Fraad argues that the solution to this crisis lies outside of the capitalist, profit-based system.
Thu, 23 Dec 2021 - 37min - 92 - What Can Americans Do To Be Happier?Thu, 09 Dec 2021 - 27min
- 91 - US Workers StrikeThu, 11 Nov 2021 - 33min
- 90 - Americans Face Mass EvictionsThu, 28 Oct 2021 - 18min
- 89 - Why Does the US Lead the World in Rape?
Rape is a hate crime. This podcast analyses the forces that shape US rape in gender, culture, psychology and capitalism.
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 - 51min - 88 - Capitalism & Patriarchy - Cuomo, Cosby, Weinstein & Epstein
Capitalism is a class system of a small employer class making profit from the labor of a huge class of employees, who depend on employers for survival. Patriarchy is a system in which men are entitled to appropriate services from women who are considered less than fully human. Both systems interact to shape rampant sexual abuse. In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad explores expressions of patriarchy and capitalism in the much publicized cases of Cuomo, Cosby, Weinstein, and Epstein.
Thu, 30 Sep 2021 - 31min - 87 - The Labor History We Need to Celebrate - The One We Never Hear AboutThu, 16 Sep 2021 - 33min
- 86 - Why Are 9.2 Million US Jobs Open?Thu, 02 Sep 2021 - 31min
- 85 - Cruel Optimism
In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad explores the concept of cruel optimism from Lauren Berlant's book. American culture teaches us to look on the bright side. Nonetheless, the blight side of US life is emerging. The media, corporate advertisement-driven as it is, hides the reasons why pandemic and recession blight spreads. People, and particularly men, are driven mad. They reach for their guns to reassert their supremacy. Reflexive optimism turns cruel.
Thu, 19 Aug 2021 - 34min - 84 - Why Has Britney Spears' Pain Riveted America?
On this week's CHH, Dr. Fraad is joined by psychotherapist and author Tess Fraad-Wolff to talk about celebrity pop artist Britney Spears. Spears' plight captures our attention because she personifies American suffering. Her exploited, adolescent, coy, sugary sexuality presents her as an object of men's desire without her own desire. Spears represents the gender regression of the Right Wing. Her state of exploitation, earning millions that her boss-father-slavemaster appropriates. We identify because Britney's father's strategy is the strategy of US capitalism to control the American people: isolate, medicate, and appropriate. No wonder we are riveted.
Thu, 22 Jul 2021 - 36min - 83 - Class Transformation in the Household
In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad talks about the revolutionary class transformation experienced n the household from feudalism to other class forms, the independent household and the communist or communal household. She argues that many current political struggles such as struggles over abortion rights, birth control, and LGBTQ rights are in large part struggles over the conditions of existence for household feudalism and other household class formations.
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 - 29min - 82 - What is Class?
In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad defines what class is and explores where it has hit in America. America has included 4 class formations: slavery, feudalism, capitalism, and communism. Except for the brief period of the New Deal, we have not experienced socialism, where a strong state regulates capitalism to provide crucial public support for its citizens. Dr. Fraad argues that, surprisingly, we have practiced feudalism in the household for most of our history.
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 - 28min - 81 - Identity Politics - Class Politics
We are back with a new season of CHH! In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad explores the question of identity politics. Identity politics can be liberating for those who identify as women, people of color, or GLBTQ members. Those identities need to be called out and claimed with pride. But Fraad asks why is our class identity excluded? Why limit and divide human beings when alliances can be made to create a powerful class identity movement that honors all of our identities?
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 - 28min - 80 - Violence - A Shield for Emotional Vulnerability
In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad discusses the most virulent examples of American violence: our world dominance in mass shootings and rape. She argues that violence converts the connection of people from their mutually acknowledged need for each other into a relationship of inequality, dominance and submission. Our goal is to break all arbitrary and hierarchical divisions between people. That equality and mutuality will save America.
Thu, 20 May 2021 - 29min - 79 - Children in the US TodayThu, 13 May 2021 - 37min
- 78 - The American Family
Where did our family form come from and how is it doing now? This episode of Capitalism Hits Home looks at what is happening in America's families. As Americans, we present ourselves as a family centered nation. However, our families are certainly not the center of our economic, political, or legal support systems. In fact, they are in deep trouble.Supports are needed and possible.
Thu, 06 May 2021 - 32min - 77 - The Socialist Feminist Way To Beat the NRA and Militarism
On this week's CHH, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano take on the NRA and militarism. The massive well funded lobbying of the NRA, disguised as a non-profit, has paid for friendly lawmakers.We can change that and enact and enforce laws to spur connection and fight male violence. We can change the culture of violence from gun shows to the glorification of violence in the media. We can join the rest of the world in emphasizing peace and negotiation on every level. We know how to do it!
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 - 28min - 76 - Capitalism's Connection to America's Mass Shootings
On this week's CHH, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano talk about the intersection of capitalism with mass shootings. Why has the US had more than one mass shooting every day for a month? We are outliers. No other developed nation has had more than 18 mass shootings in the last 50 years. The shooters are overwhelmingly male. Fraad and Forlano look at the mutually shaping influences of capitalism, the NRA and guns sales, along with mass outsourcing of well paid male jobs, gender dislocation for men, and American retreat from connection with others in unions, bowling leagues, community organizations, and families. These combine with and feed narcissism, a capitalist affliction which hides our mutual connection with one another.
Thu, 22 Apr 2021 - 27min - 75 - Should Andrew Cuomo be Impeached?
The movement to impeach New York's Governor Cuomo raises complex issues. Cuomo's sexually inappropriate gestures towards 10 of the women he employed, does not match the rape and sexual assault cases against Trump. While Cuomo's behavior is inappropriate and sexist, is it criminal? Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano talk about this, the corruption in US politics and the polarization of America.
Thu, 15 Apr 2021 - 29min - 74 - Caring: The Crucial Infrastructure of Human Life
Biden's 2 trillion dollar "American Jobs Plan" includes a $400 billion dollar commitment to support America's care economy. This plan lifts the salaries of America's badly underpaid domestic workers, home health aides, nurses aides, children's daycare workers, preschool teachers, caretakers for the elderly and disabled, food providers, and many others in essential but low paid jobs. What these crucial workers share is that they are overwhelmingly women and women of color. Capitalists have exploited women's inferior gender position to profit from their unpaid and poorly paid labor. This plan addresses those class/gender issues.
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 - 28min - 73 - Shelter As a Human RightThu, 18 Mar 2021 - 26min
- 72 - Healthy Food- A Basic Need for Human Survival
In this part 3 of the 8-part series on capitalist commodification, Fraad and Forlano talk about the need for healthy food for basic human survival. Making food a capitalist commodity for profit is leaving our rich nation's citizens, and especially our children, hungry. How do other nations feed their people? What can we do about America's hungry people? Fraad and Forlano explore the answers to these questions.
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 - 29min - 71 - Water is a Human Right
In this second episode of the 8-part series on capitalist commodification, Fraad and Forlano discuss water rights. 8.8 million people in Texas are still having issues with their water supply. Capitalists have taken control of and privatized a basic human right and need, the access to a safe and clean water supply.
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 - 26min - 70 - Texas's Energy Disaster: A Crisis of Capitalism
In this part 1 of an 8-part series on capitalist commodification, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano talk about the importance of heat and electricity. They discuss the devastation and the loss of human lives that resulted from the extreme cold temperatures and energy mismanagement in Texas. Fraad and Forlano argue that what we saw in Texas is what happens when you entrust basic human needs to the profit-making capitalist system.
Thu, 25 Feb 2021 - 30min - 69 - Kristen Ghodsee on the Decommodification of Sex - Part 2Thu, 11 Feb 2021 - 29min
- 68 - Kristen Ghodsee on the Decommodification of Sex - Part 1Thu, 04 Feb 2021 - 28min
- 67 - The Role of Emotions in Our Personal and Political Lives
On this week's episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano discuss emotional needs and desires and how they permeate every aspect of our lives. They also suffuse every political movement whether socialist, fascist, or neoliberal. We bring ourselves to everything we do. We are emotional beings. We study emotion's role which rarely appears in the credits.
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 - 29min - 66 - Sex Under Socialism
On this week's show, part 4 of the 4 part series on the intersection of sex, sexuality and capitalism, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano discuss author Kristen Ghodsee's book "Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism" and examone at the differences between sex and relationships under state capitalisms versus socialism.
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 - 27min - 65 - The Capitalist Commodification of Sex
On this week's show, Dr. Fraad and Prof. Forlano present some of the ways that sexual sales operate.The utter failure of America's sex education curriculum removes relationship and humanity from sexuality. Sexual need is hyped for men and forbidden for women. Sex becomes a scarce commodity that women can sell within our gender unequal capitalist society. This is part 3 of a 4 part series on the intersection of sex and capitalism.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 - 28min - 64 - The Capitalist Problem with Sex Education in the USThu, 07 Jan 2021 - 29min
- 63 - Capitalism and Sexual Exploitation: The PornHub Scourge
Dr. Fraad and Professor Forlano discuss the recent New York Times editorial by Nicholas Kristof, The Children of Porn Hub, and the intersection of capitalism with sex. Dr. Fraad presents some very interesting alternative approaches to sexual education and normalization from countries far closer to socialism than our own capitalist USA. Professor Forlano provides some much needed media criticism of the editorial as well as kudos when they are due.
Thu, 17 Dec 2020 - 29min - 62 - Why Did Trump Get So Many Millions of Votes?Thu, 10 Dec 2020 - 29min
- 61 - Does Capitalism Kill Creativity? Let's Count the Ways.
On this week's show, Dr. Fraad and Julianna Forlano discuss the difference between the life of a Walmart worker with that of a Mondragon worker. Some folks say that socialism inhibits creativity while capitalism enhances competition which spurs creativity. That is not the case. In our capitalist nation, the mass of workers come home depleted and disempowered by work days that are long ,boring, and anything but creatively empowering.
Thu, 03 Dec 2020 - 28min - 60 - The Real Value of Essential Labor
On this week's show, Dr. Fraad and Julianna Forlano discuss the amazing bill just passed by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Socialist Labor Party which explores and reveals the economic value of essential caring labor usually done by women. New Zealand’s social workers, child care providers, nursing assistants and other care workers will now be recognized and rewarded with a 30.6% wage increase. Parents who return to the paid labor force can now proudly describe and be rewarded for the skills they learned from caring for vulnerable lives. This is revolutionary.
Thu, 19 Nov 2020 - 28min - 59 - Toxic Masculinity - Pt 2
On this part 2 of 2, Dr. Fraad and Julianna Forlano continue their discussion of toxic masculinity and how the social and economic conditions of its existence have transformed. Testosterone fueled aggression and heft are no longer needed or wanted in the workplace or at home. Force comes in when equality and democracy threaten old privilege.
Thu, 12 Nov 2020 - 24min - 58 - Toxic Masculinity - Pt 1
On this part 1 of 2, Dr. Fraad and Julianna Forlano discuss toxic masculinity and how the social and economic conditions of its existence have transformed. Testosterone fueled aggression and heft are no longer needed or wanted in the workplace or at home. Force comes in when equality and democracy threaten old privilege.
Thu, 05 Nov 2020 - 28min - 57 - The Invisible Labor On Which Capitalism Depends. And Guess Who Does It? - Pt 2
Part 2 of 2: this week's show is a continuation of the discussion of the labor we all need in order to function in our world: housework, ie. providing food, cooking food, let us avoid distracting hunger pains, that creates the order and cleanliness that allows us to be presentable in life, have clean clothes that don't smell, allow us to find the clothing we need to wear that day, and so on and so on. Fraad and Forlano try to answer why essential labor is devalued.
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 - 23min - 56 - The Invisible Labor On Which Capitalism Depends. And Guess Who Does It? - Pt 1
Part 1 of 2: this week's show focuses on the labor we all need in order to function in our world. It's housework, providing food, cooking food, let us avoid distracting hunger pains, that creates the order and cleanliness that allows us to be presentable in life, have clean clothes that don't smell, allow us to find the clothing we need to wear that day, and so on and so on. Fraad and Forlano try to answer why essential labor is devalued.
Thu, 22 Oct 2020 - 25min - 55 - The Empty Nest is Either Very Empty or Still Full
On this week's show, Fraad and Forlano continue their discussion of Capitalism’s effect on the family but this time they discuss a specific effect. There comes a time in every family’s life cycle where the children leave the nest. Well guess what? Capitalism has been effecting the health transition out of the nest for decades and in this time of COVID, the negative effects are becoming more pronounced.
Thu, 15 Oct 2020 - 32min - 54 - Lies, Lies, Lies
The psychotic level of misinformation and untruth coming from the Trump administration, and from capitalism itself, is creating chaos in our outer world and our inner psyches. This week's discussion centers around one of the biggest lies we are told as children and how to deal with life when you don't know what is real.
Thu, 08 Oct 2020 - 33min - 53 - US COVID Response Destroys Education, Sets Women Back Decades
On this week's all new Capitalism Hits Home, Fraad and Forlano talk about the of the pandemic on women and the gender pay gap. Public Education, a way out of poverty, has been seriously damaged by the myriad problems of remote learning. Black, Latino, Native American, and poor children are the most affected. Private schooling has flourished. What are ways out and alternatives for those of us who want to champion free public education and gender, race and class equality?
Thu, 01 Oct 2020 - 50min - 52 - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, A Feminist Icon
On this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad and Julianna Forlano discuss the latest news items of the week: majority of Americans ages 18-29 living at home with parents; domestic workers and hotel workers risking their lives for minimum wage; Amazon's price gouging during the peak of the epidemic. Fraad and Forlano then talk about the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion for gender rights, race equality and immigrant rights.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 - 43min - 51 - Exchanging Sex for Money: The New Feminism? Cardi B's WAP Review
In this first episode of Season 3 of CHH, Dr. Fraad and Julianna discuss 3 topics currently in the news: Trump knowledge of the dangers of COVID-19 and his decision to keep it from the public; wildfires sweeping the west coast; women in Mexico protest rape and abuse by taking over the Justice Department. Then Fraad and Forlano take on a major discussion of Cardi B's latest hit WAP and its cultural implications. **Special Note: This episode is a re-uploaded version as of 10/22/20 which edits out the use of the n-word. While it was a quote of Cardi B's lyrics, we recognize that we were less sensitive than we should have been in reading it aloud. Within the context of our total repudiations of racism, sexism, class bias and all other arbitrary divisions between people, we assumed that our use of that odious damaging word would be understood in the context of totally rejecting the racism it conveys. We are so sorry it conveyed the wrong message.
Thu, 17 Sep 2020 - 47min - 50 - Why do 38% of Americans support Donald Trump? - Part 2Thu, 27 Aug 2020 - 27min
- 49 - Why do 38% of Americans support Donald Trump? - Part 1
In this part 1 of 2, Dr. Fraad takes on the question of why so many Americans still support Trump. Donald Trump has shown himself to be utterly incapable of helping Americans to recover from the CoronaVirus Pandemic. Americans are 5% of the world's people and we have fully 25% of the world's COVID-19 victims. Countries like Taiwan, China, Scandinavia, Vietnam, Singapore, and Cuba- nations both rich and poor have protected their citizens from the pandemic and massive unemployment.
Thu, 13 Aug 2020 - 42min - 48 - The Pandemic's Impact on American Families - Part 2Thu, 30 Jul 2020 - 29min
- 47 - The Pandemic's Impact on American Families - Part 1
In this 2 part series, Dr. Harriet Fraad talks about the impact the current pandemic is having on families. The capitalist market-driven health care system has left so many families with little or no protection from contamination. This episode will focus on on Married Men, Single Men, Married Women, and Single Women of different income levels.
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 - 23min - 46 - George Floyd and the Eruption of American Rage - Part 2
On this part 2 of 2, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of "public servants." She argues that Americans have experienced our political leaders depraved indifference to our suffering as the rich got richer and all others felt the official knee in our necks. We now have a moment to make class change. We cannot let this moment be used for a bit of police reform that allows capitalist class/race/gender exploitation to continue.
Thu, 02 Jul 2020 - 30min - 45 - George Floyd and the Eruption of American Rage- Part 1
On this part 1 of 2, America is a powder keg waiting to explode from 50 years of a class war in which we became the most unequal nation in the developed world. Our money equipped and paid the "public servants" who murdered George Floyd with depraved indifference. As a people, Americans have experienced our political leaders depraved indifference to our suffering as the rich got richer and all others felt the official knee in our necks. The old American dream was available to whites only. Now it has died. It was only a matter of time until the pain at privation for all exploded. George Floyd's murder stood for it all. We now have a moment to make class change.
Thu, 18 Jun 2020 - 22min - 44 - What is Essential: Profit or Life Itself? - Part 1
On this part 1 of 2, Dr. Fraad explores the question of values. Do we value the lives of the workers who are essential to or lives? Or rather, is corporate profit essential for a government that sends our life maintaining "heroes" to work in unsafe, non-disinfected workplaces and health facilities without sufficient protective equipment or means to test, train and treat those whose lives are in danger?
Thu, 04 Jun 2020 - 29min - 43 - COVID Disaster and US Family Life in Trump Capitalism - Part 2
On this part 2 of 2, Dr. Fraad continues her discussion of the way the Corona Virus is managed in the US and the terrible hardship it has caused for American families. US families are trapped with added responsibilities and no help or money. For the 1% their lives proceed with fine take out food delivered, expensive virtual tutoring and in place nannies and maids.They may decamp to the safer shores of the Hamptons.Here class is a matter of potential life or death. Women and children are particularly burdened and potentially endangered. There are sensible ways out.
Thu, 21 May 2020 - 25min - 41 - COVID Disaster and US Family Life in Trump Capitalism - Part 1
On this show, Dr. Fraad talks about the way the Corona Virus is managed in the US and the terrible hardship it has caused for American families. US families are trapped with added responsibilities and no help or money. For the 1% Covid-19 is an interference but not a tragedy. Their lives proceed with fine take out food delivered, expensive virtual tutoring and in place nannies and maids.They may decamp to the safer shores of the Hamptons.Here class is a matter of potential life or death. Women and children are particularly burdened and potentially endangered. There are sensible ways out.
Thu, 07 May 2020 - 24min - 40 - Covid-19: A Psychological, Political and Economic PlagueFri, 10 Apr 2020 - 33min
- 39 - The Uses and Abuses of Sex - Part 2
Sexual interactions like all else in America are involved in an intimate dance with the capitalist system, our culture, religion and other social forcesSex can be an expression of love and intimacy. It can be an exploration among people interested and intrigued by their own sensations. It can be Rape a gender hate crime. It can also be a direct capitalist transaction of sex for money as in prostitution or a pimp’s protection. It can be an indirect transaction as in sex in a Sugar Arrangement or sex offered to a potential customer in the process of selling him expensive goods or sex to secure a potential job or job promotion. Sex can even be a pretext for men to get creature comfort. Social and economic forces shape what sex is now and what we can shape it to be in the future..
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 - 17min - 38 - The Uses and Abuses of Sex - Part 1Fri, 13 Mar 2020 - 24min
- 37 - Epstein: A Capitalist SagaThu, 20 Feb 2020 - 59min
- 36 - Faith, Family and America's Future
Disciplining people to submit is crucial for authoritarian rule. There are three mechanisms, three ideological state apparatuses in Althusser's terms. They are more powerful than the police and the army and far more effective at getting people tp submit to authoritarian leaders. They are the authoritarian family, authoritarian religion, and authoritarian education. They work together to teach the lines of dominance and subordination as natural. One obeys to consider oneself a "good boy, a good girl." They are the enemies of revolutionary transformation. This podcast explains how they work and what we can do to change them.
Thu, 06 Feb 2020 - 37min - 35 - Capitalism, Socialism and Communism - Part 3
[S2 E02] Part 3 of 3
This podcast will define those different class arrangements of Capitalism, Socialism and Communism and how they effect personal life. We will explore what they are and how do they differently effect personal life, particularly the lives of society's most vulnerable people, women and children.
Thu, 23 Jan 2020 - 22min
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