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Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadEpstein and The Thrill of DominationThis week on Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Harriet Fraad discusses how the saga of the release of the Epstein files is producing a "falling out among the thieves" in the current administration and the political party behind it. The ghost of Epstein is effectively haunting not only the men who sought the thrill of domination from him, but also political power across the globe. Learn more about CHH: 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...
2025-11-2925 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadThe Violent Crimes of Lost, Angry MenIn this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Harriet Fraad explores how rape and mass murder become some men's reactions to their reduced status as providers for dependent women and children. Men who never recognized the life-sustaining care they received from women are lost and angry. Vulnerability and emotional need are inaccessible for many men. Anger and violence seem like socially accepted masculine ways to reestablish lost economic power and an emotional outlet for loneliness. As this epidemic continues to crescendo with the current administration in power, we must understand the correlations at play and explore ways to curb t...
2025-11-1839 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadToday's Family Structure Extolled and EndangeredIn this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Harriet Fraad explores the repressed history of the family structure we know today. It explores the forces that laud the family unit, and those that endanger it. She highlights the failures of American society to support the family structure and children by juxtaposing them with the more successful efforts of other nations. Learn more about CHH: 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 ti...
2025-11-0225 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadLabors of LoveWomen labor intensively and extensively to create and maintain human life. Women's labor in Creating and raising children, establishing order and cleanliness, providing emotional care for our families, and maintaining all of this is more than substantial. However, it has been devalued in American society and often dismissed as instinct or pure emotional expression. Women's labor in the home is not focused on creating a marketable service or commodity, and capitalists who cannot directly profit from that labor are to blame for its devaluation and societal degradation. We need to recognize, celebrate, and compensate that essential labor more than...
2025-09-0516 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadA Different Kind of PowerJacinda Ardern was the Socialist Labor Party Prime Minister of New Zealand for 8 years. She led with a politics of empathy, delivering her nation from COVID with just 25 deaths. In a horrific white nationalist attack by an Australian, masses of Muslims were killed and wounded while at prayer. She fostered deep solidarity between New Zealand and its Muslim community, conveying the message that they are one unified nation. In the words of Mohammed, she declared that an injury to one limb is an injury to the whole body. She is a model of a very different and badly needed...
2025-08-2219 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadEpstein — A Marriage of Capitalist Corruption and MisogynyJeffrey Epstein, who was arrested and charged with sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors in New York in 2019, was also accused of sexually assaulting underage girls for nearly two decades. Because he died in jail while awaiting trial, we may never know the extent of his sex trafficking ring or exactly who else may have participated in those heinous acts. Instead, we are left wondering whether or not he also provided blackmail opportunities for the U.S. and Israeli governments, as it appears he likely did precisely that. It also seems as if...
2025-08-0833 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadSocial Reproduction Theory Illuminates the Issues of Our Time There has been an extensive study of workers and the commodities they produce. When it comes to who produces those workers, or who produces people, gives birth to them, raises them, and socializes them, there is a lot less material that examines that type of work. Social Reproduction Theory examines the aspects of capitalism and bridges the gap between feminism and Marxism by incorporating variables such as race and gender. In this week's episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad provides her insights on the latter, as part of Social Reproduction Theory. Learn more ab...
2025-07-2521 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadHow Economic Transformations Impact America's Mental Health In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad examines the impact of recent global economic losses on the personal lives of Americans, from marriage and family to mental health. Learn more about CHH: 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
2025-06-1334 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadCan The Left Deal With America's Mental Health Crisis?In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad examines loneliness as a major driver of America's mental health crisis. We explore how socialist and leftist organizing in the past has tackled this issue—and how present-day "12-Step" programs might offer the Left new strategies for reaching and mobilizing Americans. Learn more about CHH: 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...
2025-05-1628 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWhy Some Americans Still Support TrumpIn this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad explores how the Frankfurt School of Marxian Theory and the Marxist Philosopher Louis Althusser can help us understand Americans' adherence to Trump even after the chaos and cuts of Trump's first 100 days in office. Learn more about CHH: 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 don...
2025-05-0227 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadThe Love Lost by the LeftIn this week's episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Harriet Fraad points out how the Left has turned away from the love of community that helped fuel the movements behind leaders like MLK and Che and explains why this has turned out to be a huge mistake. She then explains the importance of love of community, connection, and justice in building a unified Left. Learn more about CHH: 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...
2025-04-1816 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadHow Capitalism Breeds Sociopathic Mental IllnessThis week on Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad discusses how the profit motive that defines capitalism is that no one hires you unless they make more money from your work than they pay you. That is simply considered good business, and Dr. Fraad explains how compassion and empathy remain variables that are absent from "good business." Learn more about CHH: 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...
2025-04-0404 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadNature vs Nurture: The History of The FamilyIn this week's installment of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad delves into the historical evolution of the concept of family. She challenges the common misconception that parenthood is an innate or naturally inherent trait in humans. Additionally, she explores how marriage and partnerships intersect with and shape this dynamic, shedding light on the complex interplay between societal structures and familial relationships. Learn more about CHH: 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 on...
2025-03-2120 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWhat's In Store For Women Under Trump?In this week's episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad delves into the striking parallels between the Trump administration's strategies and the tactics outlined in the Nazi playbook. The podcast also examines actionable ways to counter and halt this dangerous agenda. Learn more about CHH: 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...
2025-03-0718 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWhat's Love Got to Do With It?In this week's episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad delves into the concept of "Love," coming just a few days after Valentine's Day. She examines how America has undergone a significant revolution in recent history—a transformation in the meanings and practices of love. Love and marriage no longer "go together like a horse and carriage," as Frank Sinatra's 1955 song once claimed. Today, most Americans are single, and the majority of marriages end in separation or divorce. This podcast explores the reasons behind this profound shift. Learn more about CHH: We make it a poin...
2025-02-2119 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadMarriage and CapitalismIn this week's episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad explores the global shift in household structures, which stands in stark contrast to traditional marriage norms. As the fundamental unit for creating and sustaining human life, the family is undergoing profound transformations. Just as the nuclear family once replaced the feudal family, new and diverse family structures are now emerging in place of the nuclear model, as marriage declines and new patterns of child-rearing and family formation take root. Learn more about CHH: We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Yo...
2025-02-1121 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadProlific Rapists Exposed and Prosecuted: Why Do These Men Rape?In this week's episode, Dr. Fraad reflects on 2024, a year in which there were several high-profile sexual assault cases featured in mainstream media. Dr. Fraad will highlight four cases of brutal sexual assault allegations by men against women that gained significant media attention. This week's podcast delves into the underlying reasons for these assaults, the increased media coverage surrounding them, and explores actionable steps to prevent future incidents of sexual violence. Learn more about CHH: We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Your contributions help keep th...
2025-01-2426 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadOut of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: Trump and his SupportersIn this week's episode, Dr. Fraad discusses what the Trump administration means for the American people. All but the wealthiest American men, women, and children will suffer while billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the proposed agency, DOGE( the Department of Governmental Efficiency). They plan to cut government jobs, job protections, and aid for poor and working-class people, especially the most vulnerable members of our society. The cuts will protect the wealthiest from interference with their profits. However, we can fight back! Learn more about CHH: We make it a point to...
2025-01-1022 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadPatriarchy and Capitalism: Joint Partners in Sexual AbuseIn this week's episode, Dr. Fraad discusses the prevalence of sexual assault allegations and crimes committed by powerful and wealthy men. The news is filled with the names of famously accused rapists: Donald Trump, Puff Daddy, Weinstein, Cosby, Epstein, etc. The #MeToo movement allows them to be exposed. This podcast explores the question of why widespread rape is a perk of monied powerful men. Learn more about CHH: 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 wo...
2024-12-1323 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWhy Did Trump Win?In this week's episode, Dr. Fraad explores why and how a convicted felon who was found liable for sexual assault was chosen to lead America. Americans and particularly white American men are frightened. They have lost family wages and their wives as well. White women have lost the lifetime financial support of their domestic labor and child care. Americans have no Left Party to explain their lesser lives. Why not? This podcast begins to explain it. Learn more about CHH: We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Your co...
2024-11-1537 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadHistory of ChildhoodIn this episode, Dr. Fraad discusses the history of childhood. To quote the most well-known historian of childhood, Lloyd deMause, "The history of childhood is a nightmare from which we have only begun to awaken." We all begin life as children. Our history must be claimed. Feudalism and capitalism cast children as private property to use, abuse, exploit, or love. This podcast explores our common history through a Marxist lens. In case we need the footnote it follows: Lloyd deMause The History of Childhood. Psychohistory Press, New York. 1974 Learn more about CHH: We ma...
2024-11-0121 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWhole Societies Can Be In Denial, Ours Certainly Is...In this episode Dr. Fraad discusses how the American Empire is Falling. That truth which is recognized throughout the rest of the world and in U.S. financial circles, is denied across America. However, the evidence cannot be denied. Where the denial expresses itself most is in "Spirit Level Afflictions". Glaring economic and social inequality, distrust between people, addiction, mental illness, lowered life expectancy, birth rate decline, suicide, homicide, imprisonment rates, and much more. All signs of a society in deep turmoil. Learn more about CHH: We make it a point to provide th...
2024-10-1824 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadA Crime of Domination, Denial of Need & Dis-Connection from Other Human BeingsIn this episode, Dr. Fraad juxtaposes our capitalist system with sexual assault. Capitalist exploitation, like rape, requires a lack of connection and empathy for the workers one exploits. Capitalism encourages domination and disconnection from workers' human needs and wants. The rapist does the same. Rapists refuse to see their victim as a fellow human but only as an object to be exploited and dominated. While the majority of rape victims are women 10 percent are men yet another remnant of patriarchy. Learn more about CHH: We make it a point to provide the show fr...
2024-10-0421 min
The Super Daddy ClubClass, Gender, and Society: Origins and Future of the nuclear family with Dr. Harriet FraadLet us know what you think of the episode by pressing this link - Thank you for your commentsIn this episode, we welcome Dr. Harriet Fraad, a distinguished Mental Health Counselor, Hypnotherapist, and pioneering figure in the Feminist Movement. Dr. Fraad offers her profound insights into the ways political, economic, and personal spheres intertwine. With a lifelong commitment to political activism and substantial contributions to public education, childcare, and midwifery rights, she provides a unique perspective on the societal challenges and transformations of today. Dr. Fraad hosts "Capitalism Hits Home," a podcast that examines the intersection...
2024-04-1054 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadPositive 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. Learn more about CHH: We make i...
2024-02-0926 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadDefinitions & 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. Learn more about CHH:
2024-01-1927 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadAddiction, Suicide and Psych Drugs: Life Is Painful In Today's USA: Part 2 of 2America'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...
2023-12-1532 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadAddiction, Suicide and Psych Drugs: Life Is Painful In Today's USA: Part 1 of 2Addiction, 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...
2023-12-0927 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadIs 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...
2023-11-1028 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWhat 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...
2023-09-2124 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadUS 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...
2023-09-2124 min
Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadAlternative Family Structures are Not NewSocialist visions of communal shared domestic labor and child rearing have existed in the past and exist in the present. In 1917 following the Russian Revolution the government changed the rules and created a domestic revolution. At the turn of the century in the United States over 200 large and established socialist communes existed. Domestic revolution was then considered a valuable means of revolutionary change. 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 a...
2023-07-1128 min
David Feldman ShowMike Pence: Worse Than You Thought/Dr. Harriet Fraad #1492During a campaign stop in North Carolina over the weekend, Mike Pence revealed himself to be worse than you thought. But first, David gives a history lesson. Guest: Dr. Harriet Fraad Chapters: 00:00 David does The News 33:36 Mike Pence White Nationalist 43:24 Dr. Harriet Fraad
2023-06-131h 11David Feldman ShowFood Should Be Free In America/ Dr. Harriet FraadThe GOP's war against the poor starts with starving them out by denying them food stamps. Food should be free in America, but instead of free food for citizens living in the world's wealthiest nation our Senate passed a debt ceiling bill late Thursday night that makes it harder for the working poor to get food stamps. Guest: Dr. Harriet Fraad host of "Capitalism Hits Home." Chapters: 00:00 Top Stories 00:12 Steve Garvey may run for senate 00:32 Joe Biden falls 01:07 Hunter Biden's lawyer sue guy who fixed his laptop 01:47 LGBTQ tourists pour into Disneyworld 02:32 Senator Schumer fast tracks debt ceiling bill 04:30 What's i...
2023-06-021h 06Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadCapitalism's Impact on Our Personal LivesIn this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad continues speaking about the impacts of a corrupt capitalism system on mental health and personal lives.
2023-05-1223 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadBRICS & 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.
2023-04-2728 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadSigns 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.
2023-04-1332 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadAll Empires Rise and Fall, The US Is No ExceptionIn 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. Support Capitalism Hits Home on Patreon!
2023-03-3027 min
Club ManifestoSpecial Episode: Interview with Dr. Harriet FraadWe look on starry-eyed as fabled leftist intellectual and manifesto co-author Harriet Fraad discusses why she helped compose a document in 2008 aimed at reversing the decades-long decline in working class power in the United States. Basically, the Manifest-Bros have a Zoom meeting with their personal hero. Besides capitalism, we talk about psychoanalysis, McCarthy-era hootenannies, and Dr. Fraad's youthful efforts to scare off the feds with tampons.
You can find more of Dr. Fraad's work at Democracy at Work and listen to her talk about how capitalism affects our personal lives on her podcast, Capitalism Hits Home with...
2023-03-2348 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadThe 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...
2023-03-1627 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWhere do Gender Roles Come From?In this episode of CHH, Dr. Harriet Fraad traces back the origin of gender roles to the beginning of civilization to explore how and why certain types of work have been historically and traditionally performed by the female gender.
2023-03-0223 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadInflation & Manufactured PovertyIn 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...
2023-02-1625 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWhat 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.
2023-02-0234 min
On the BarricadesSex work and exploitation: where should socialists stand? Part 2 with Dr. Harriet FraadOn the question of sex work, why is there so much division in the feminist camp? On this second episode of a two-part release of “On the Barricades,” host Dr. Maria Cernat and Harriet Fraad discuss the opposing class perspectives that exist on this question of prostitution-- beginning with the malignant role of corporate feminism, which sees gender as the only issue involved and ends up on the side of the bourgeois woman, that is for greater inequality between women within the profit-driven system. Also ignoring the reality of economic coercion involved in the prostitution industry are the libertarian femi...
2023-01-3029 min
On the BarricadesHuman trafficking in Romania: what allowed the Andrew Tate case? Part 1 w/ Dr. Harriet FraadDr. Harriet Fraad comes back “On the Barricades” for a two-part discussion of the economic dimensions of human trafficking. The Andrew Tate scandal made Romania famous for its infamous sexual exploitation of women and children. The horrific details of Tate’s violent behavior toward the women he was exploiting for video chat services were in stark contrast with the glamorous portrayal of sexual exploitation as a choice to empower women. Dr. Harriet Fraad discusses in her numerous books and articles as well as in her two podcasts It’s Not Just in Your Head and Capitalism Hits Home the c...
2023-01-2933 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadUkraine 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.
2023-01-1925 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWaking Up to the Falling American EmpireWelcome 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?
2023-01-0526 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadBroken Social BondsIn 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.
2022-12-2217 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadHow Disconnection Harms UsIn 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.
2022-12-0818 min
UpstreamLiberation Psychology with Daniel José Gaztambide Nuñez & Harriet FraadMainstream psychology has been complicit — whether intentionally or not — in the establishment of colonial, white-supremacist, capitalist hierarchies of oppression around the world. Individualizing pain lets the systemic causes for our suffering off the hook and places the responsibility for healing and wellbeing on individual will. In the 1970's in El Salvador, confronted by these dangers of western psychology — during a civil war — psychologist Ignacio Martín-Baró started to develop an alternative, constructing a psychology relevant to oppressed peoples, like many of the people of El Salvador who were undergoing social, political, and war-related trauma. Martin-Baró was ultimat...
2022-12-061h 19Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadFamily - A Feminist, Class AnalysisIn 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.
2022-10-2736 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadIndividualism is a Capitalist DeceptionIn 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.
2022-10-1322 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadAdoring the MonarchyIn 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?
2022-09-2916 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadSystem-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...
2022-09-1530 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadTrauma & 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 pers...
2022-09-0130 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadUnited We Win, Divided We FallIn 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...
2022-07-2128 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadRoe 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
2022-07-0740 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadUS 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...
2022-06-2324 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadAmerica's Problem With Mass Shootings - An Analysis of UvaldeIn 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.
2022-06-0927 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadConnection - 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...
2022-05-2626 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadThe Right vs. Gender FreedomWith 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...
2022-05-1223 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadMental Health in a Profit-Driven, Isolated SocietyIn 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...
2022-04-2827 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadThe 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...
2022-04-1425 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWhy The Women's Liberation Movement FracturedDuring 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.
2022-03-3119 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadThe Origins of Racism - An Untold HistoryOur 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.
2022-03-1717 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadSex 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 th...
2022-03-0325 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadPolitical 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.
2022-02-1717 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadHow Americans Cope With Falling Living StandardsDeclining 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.
2022-02-0337 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadCapitalism and Opioids - A Deadly CombinationIn 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...
2022-01-2037 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadIdentity Politics, Intersectionality, and UnityWelcome 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?
2022-01-0618 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadAddiction and DesperationIn 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.
2021-12-2337 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWhat Can Americans Do To Be Happier?The UN released its 2021 World Happiness Report. In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad answers why as world's richest nation, the US is not even one of the happiest. What do Americans need to do to be happier people? Fraad believes it can be done and tells us how.
2021-12-0927 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadUS Workers StrikeIn this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad talks about the strikes sweeping the nation. The mass resignations, demonstrations and work stoppages reveal a huge worker dissatisfaction with American capitalism.
2021-11-1133 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadAmericans Face Mass EvictionsIn this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad talks about the 40 Million Americans face eviction after Oct. 31, 2021. What kind of society treats the right to shelter, and with that the right to life as a commodity? Should that kind of society exist? Eviction raises just that question.
2021-10-2818 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWhy 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.
2021-10-1451 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadCapitalism & Patriarchy - Cuomo, Cosby, Weinstein & EpsteinCapitalism 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.
2021-09-3031 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadThe Labor History We Need to Celebrate - The One We Never Hear AboutIn the episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad talks about the importance of celebrating Labor, which is essential to life. But she argues that we need to go beyond and learn what our labor history is - something which is absent from our education.
2021-09-1633 min
Women's Spaces Radio ShowSeptember 6, 2021 Guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on the Contribution of Women to Fair Labor PoliciesDr. Harriet Fraad returns to discuss the contribution of women to fair labor policies in the nation. Some contributions were tragedies like the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, in 1911. One remarkable woman was Frances Perkins, who witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, and who was the first woman to be appointed to a cabinet position in the Whitehouse. FDR chose her for Secretary of Labor, which post she served from 1933-1945. She brought in Social Security, Child Labor Laws and the 40-Hour Work week. Check out the show's web archive page for the segment d...
2021-09-0757 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWhy Are 9.2 Million US Jobs Open?In this episode of CHH, Dr. Fraad addresses the "labor shortage" in the US today. 9.2 million jobs remain open. Republicans and Democrats differ on what to do about this supposed shortage. 44% of US workers are low pay workers constantly struggling to survive. Maybe they just won't stand for it!
2021-09-0231 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadCruel OptimismIn 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.
2021-08-1934 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWhy 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.
2021-07-2236 min
Women's Spaces Radio ShowJuly 19, 2021 Review of New Documentary Film "3 Seconds in October"; Guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on Brittany Spears' Conservatorship Case and Women's RightsAfter a month hiatus we are back to live broadcasting. This week's show is now online. Our host Elaine Holtz comments on the new documentary film "3 Seconds in October" on the Sheriff Deputy killing of 13-year old Andy Lopez in 2013 that was aired by KRCB last week. Our guest Dr. Harriet Fraad returns to discuss the Brittany Spears' case on the conservatorship controlling every aspect of her life. Check out the web archive page for the bio of the guest, descriptions of the segments, this week in herstory, announcements, and the playlist. https://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA21/WSA210719.htm
2021-07-2056 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadClass Transformation in the HouseholdIn 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.
2021-07-0829 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWhat 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.
2021-06-2428 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadIdentity Politics - Class PoliticsWe 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?
2021-06-1028 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadViolence - A Shield for Emotional VulnerabilityIn 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.
2021-05-2029 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadChildren in the US TodayAmerica's Children are the source of omnipresent sentimental solicitude. At the same time, they are in fact massively neglected and in trouble. Dr. Fraad explores the suffering of American children and what can be done to change that trouble and restore joy to children, and their parents as well.
2021-05-1337 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadThe American FamilyWhere 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.
2021-05-0632 min
Women's Spaces Radio ShowWomen's Spaces Radio Show of May 3, 2021: Guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on International Workers Day and FDR's New DealWomen's Spaces Radio Show of 5/3/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz and guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on the International Workers' Day and FDR's New Deal. For this show we will be talking with Dr. Harriet Fraad about International Workers' Day, also known as Labor Day in most countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of laborers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labor and occurs every year on May 1st. I have also invited her on to talk about the labor movement alone with something I personally need some clarity on and that...
2021-05-0557 minWomen's Spaces Radio ShowWomen's Spaces Radio Show of May 3, 2021: Guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on International Workers Day and FDR's New DealWomen's Spaces Radio Show of 5/3/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz and guest Dr. Harriet Fraad on the International Workers' Day and FDR's New Deal. For this show we will be talking with Dr. Harriet Fraad about International Workers' Day, also known as Labor Day in most countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labor and occurs every year on May 1st. I have also invited her on to talk about the labor movement alone with something I personally need some clarity on and...
2021-05-0557 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadThe Socialist Feminist Way To Beat the NRA and MilitarismOn 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!
2021-04-2928 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadCapitalism's Connection to America's Mass ShootingsOn 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...
2021-04-2227 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadShould 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.
2021-04-1529 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadCaring: The Crucial Infrastructure of Human LifeBiden'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.
2021-04-0828 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadShelter As a Human RightThis is part 4 of the 8-part series on capitalist commodification, Fraad and Forlano talk about shelter as a basic human need. 500,000 Americans are homeless, countless others face impossibly high rents.
2021-03-1826 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadHealthy Food- A Basic Need for Human SurvivalIn 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.
2021-03-1129 minCapitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet FraadWater is a Human RightIn 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.
2021-03-0426 min
Night RuleNight Rule 4 - (With Harriet Fraad) - "The Mainstream of Our Field Is Apolitical..."We are joined by the superlative Harriet Fraad for an impactful discussion on psychology, history and the too-often-ignored politics of the personal.
2020-12-1047 min