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The Triumph of the Corporate Rich and How They Succeeded (G. William Domhoff, University of California) (www.youtube.com)

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A Series of lectures from Professor G. William Domhoff, from the University of California.

It covers how the corporate rich came to become the dominant power in America, as well as how they function, communicate, and form their networks with one another.

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[–] ForestOrca@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had trouble with the link; others might wish to try: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=DeQ-pqjoZDM

"Tuesday, April 14, 2015
"The Triumph of the Corporate Rich and Why They Succeeded"

William Domhoff, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Sociology, University of California Santa Cruz
Presented at UC Berkeley's Institute for the Study of Societal Issues

A new liberal-labor alliance slowly came together between 1932 and late 1934. It had some real successes in 1935 and 1936, and unions made major breakthroughs in 1937. But things went down hill for liberal legislation and for the union movement from 1938 onwards, despite appearances to the contrary that are based on greater income equality from 1939 to 1953 and the increase in union density until 1945.

So what happened? This talk addresses that question. The answer involves the reuniting of the temporarily divided Northern and Southern segments of the ownership class, the fracturing of the temporarily united union movement, the rise of the conservative voting coalition in Congress, the rollback of the New Deal during World War II, racial divisions in the working class, and conservative appointments to the National Labor Relations Board and the Supreme Court by Republican presidents.

Sponsored by UC Berkeley's Institute for the Study of Societal Issues"

[–] ProdigalFrog 2 points 1 year ago

I was trying to link to his whole playlist on power structures, I think it should work now. :)