This week’s episode discusses how globalization has worsened inequality and injustice, how Quebec’s doctors are rejecting pay increases, the significance of the YMCA workers’ strike in Chicago, and the growing Japanese co-op movement. This episode also includes an interview with single-payer activist Tim Faust on medical care and insurance in the US today.

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