Mario Savio Memorial Lecture: Robert Reich on Class Warfare in America

The 15th annual Mario Savio Memorial Lecture & Young Activist Award will present Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley, speaking on Class Warfare in America.

Professor Reich, a political economist has served in three national administrations, most recently as Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton. Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the 20th century and the Wall Street Journal in 2008 placed him sixth on its list of the "Most Influential Business Thinkers." He is the author of 13 books, most recently Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future and Supercapitalism:The Transformation of Business, Democracy and American Life. A regular commentator on public radio's Marketplace, Reich is also a syndicated columnist and a frequent contributor to the New York Times, The Atlantic, WSJ, and other major publications . He is the recipient of the prestigious Vaclav Havel Foundation VIZE 97 Prize for his writings on economics and politics and is known as an exciting, dynamic speaker.

The Memorial lecture honors the memory of the late Mario Savio, a spokesperson for Berkeley's Free Speech Movement (1964), and the spirit of moral courage and vision which he and countless other activists of his generation exemplified. The evening includes a presentation of the Mario Savio Young Activist Award, which recognizes young people engaged in the struggle to build a more humane and just society. It is co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Library, the Goldman School of Public Policy, the Free Speech Movement Cafe and the Graduate Assembly.

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[NorEth6654]

@nash984954 You are absolutely right.... The 1% got what they have from all of us. Some in straightforward ways and others in sneaky underhanded ways. There is only so much money in the economy and unfortunately much of it has been whisked to the top and is held there.

Watch: The One Percent documentary. It's on YouTube in 8 parts.

[NorEth6654]

The best way for the 99% to even the field is to cut the 1% off as much as is practicable. The first thing we can do is STOP buying small crap on credit. Bankers have hired psychologists to tell them what we're going to do. Then they design credit offers around it. The second is to buy a modest home and hold on to it (a house is not an ATM). And the third is to buy a car you really like, take good care of it,and hold onto it. We don't trade in washing machines. We unload them when they're dead.

[nash984954]

No one can convince me that the 1% all earned what they have without ripping someone else off. Someone please show me they earned what they have without the 99%.

[nash984954]

Robert Reich is the greatest!

[dm1121ww]

People always leave out Ohio when we talk of executions. The State quietly murders lots of people here.

[qshoe1989]

Awesome speech.

[1Makyo]

@TheManray05 Wealth is not a zero sum game dude. There is opportunity to make money for yourself. Don't wast your time envying those who already have money. Go get some for yourself. I am not owned by anyone, and neither are you.

[TheManray05]

@1Makyo No one is advocating communism. When the divide between rich and poor becomes so great, as we see today in the US, if you believe we live in a representative republic you're an idiot. We are owned by very few people and we've been at this point in our history before.

I habve no issue with wealtyh. I dfo have an issue when this overwhelms our ability to have a future for our next generation for 99% of the people. You haven't read your history have you?

[1Makyo]

@TheManray Communism is great. First you get rid of all the rich people. Take their money away from them and spread it around. Next, take their property and let the masses enjoy living there instead. Now you are ready to give to each according to their needs, and take from each according to their ability.

You have arrived at communism . No more property, it belongs to the state, but it is shared by all. Everyone can live on Nob hill.

Almost forgot, health care will be free. You will need it.

[TheManray05]

THe price of apathy is to be ruled by evil men.

Thank YOU, Robert Reich.