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KPFA - Behind the News

Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

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A Palestinian American view of the Gaza war; the life...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/10/26

Rami Khouri, a Palestinian American journalist and scholar, analyzes the war in Gaza • Evelyn McDonnell, author of The World According to Joan Didion, on her life and work The post A Palestinian American view of the Gaza war; the life and work of Joan Didion appeared first on KPFA.

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The UAW’s innovative strike strategy, and how...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/10/19

Stephanie Ross on the UAW’s innovative strike strategy against the Big Three automakers • Christopher Morten and Amy Kapczynski on how Corporate America profits off publicly funded research and how to stop them from doing that The post The UAW’s innovative strike strategy, and how corporate America steals public research appeared first on KPFA.

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The decade of disappointing protest, and an Israeli...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/10/12

Vincent Bevins, author of If We Burn, on the decade of protest movements that began with high hopes and ended up with things little changed or worse • Haggai Matar, executive director of +972 Magazine, on the latest horror in Israel–Palestine The post The decade of disappointing protest, and an Israeli leftist’s view of the current horror appeared first on KPFA.

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Fundraising special: two looks at Haiti’s chronic crisis

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/10/05

Two views of Haiti: Jake Johnston of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Robert Fatton of the University of Virginia. The post Fundraising special: two looks at Haiti’s chronic crisis appeared first on KPFA.

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Fundraising special: the coup in Niger and the...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/09/28

Samar Al-Bulushi on the coup in Niger, political unrest in France’s former colonies in Africa, and the US-led “war on terror” on that continent • Joanna Wuest, author of Born This Way, on the biology of sexuality The post Fundraising special: the coup in Niger and the biology of sexuality appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

Capitalism: how sick is it?

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/09/21

Aaron Benenav, sociologist and frequent contributor to New Left Review, and Seth Ackerman, an editor at Jacobin and author of this article, discuss the long-term health of capitalism: is stagnation really the problem? The post Capitalism: how sick is it? appeared first on KPFA.

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Postliberalism; the meaning of the G20 and the BRICS

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/09/14

Jodi Dean, author of this review, on the postliberalism of Ahmari, Vermeule, Deneen, et al. • Sarang Shidore of the Quincy Institute on the G20, the BRICS, and the erosion of US imperial power The post Postliberalism; the meaning of the G20 and the BRICS appeared first on KPFA.

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The Teamsters, class-struggle unionism and UPS • How...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/09/07

Sam Gindin, writer and activist on labor issues, on the shortcomings of the UPS–Teamster deal • Samuel Moyn, author of Liberalism Against Itself, on how the Cold War crushed the tendency’s emancipatory side The post The Teamsters, class-struggle unionism and UPS • How liberalism ate itself appeared first on KPFA.

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CFA franc, coup in Niger

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/08/31

Francisco Pérez of the University of Utah on the CFA franc • Caitlin Chandler, author of this Harper’s magazine article, on US interests in Niger The post CFA franc, coup in Niger appeared first on KPFA.

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Engineered austerity at WVU, the social history of...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/08/24

Lisa Corrigan, author of this Nation article, on savage cuts at West Virginia University and what they mean for higher ed • Taylor Lorenz, author of Extremely Online, on the social history of the internet The post Engineered austerity at WVU, the social history of the internet appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

The tyranny of capital, the state of trans politics

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/08/17

Sohrab Ahmari, author of Tyranny, Inc., on the dictatorship of capital • Erin Reed, aka Erin in the Morning, on the state of trans politics The post The tyranny of capital, the state of trans politics appeared first on KPFA.

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Behind the News – August 10, 2023

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/08/10

Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. The post Behind the News – August 10, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

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Hunger on campus, whitewashing Meloni

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/08/03

Sara Goldrick-Rab on rampant food and housing insecurity among undergraduates and graduate students • David Broder, author of Mussolini’s Grandchildren, on the whitewashing of far-right Italian PM Giorgia Meloni (NYT article here) The post Hunger on campus, whitewashing Meloni appeared first on KPFA.

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Tensions mounting on the Korean peninsula, and the...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/07/27

Tim Shorrock marks the 70th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean war as tensions mount across the region • Christopher Morten on how the drug industry uses patents and secrecy to fatten its profits at the expense of patients and the broader public The post Tensions mounting on the Korean peninsula, and the evil uses to which the drug industry puts intellectual property restrictions appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Fundraising special: austerity and fascism revisited

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/07/20

Fundraising reprise of an interview with economist Clara Mattei, author of The Capital Order. The post Fundraising special: austerity and fascism revisited appeared first on KPFA.

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French riots, US social collapse

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/07/13

Harrison Stetler on the riots in France • Peter Turchin, complexity theorist and author of End Times, on why the US is heading for a smashup The post French riots, US social collapse appeared first on KPFA.

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Austerity, economics, and fascism • AMLO’s presidency...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/07/06

Clara Mattei, author of The Capital Order, explores the links among neoclassical economics, austerity, and fascism • Edwin Ackerman, author of this article, looks at AMLO’s presidency in Mexico The post Austerity, economics, and fascism • AMLO’s presidency in Mexico appeared first on KPFA.

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The Wagner uprising, the Confederate diaspora

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/06/29

Anatol Lieven, Eurasia director of the Quincy Institute, on Prigozhin’s aborted uprising in Russia and Putin’s status • Samuel Bazzi, co-author of this paper, on the effects of the white migration out of the South after the Civil War on the recipient areas The post The Wagner uprising, the Confederate diaspora appeared first on KPFA.

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Family abolition, the cult of homeownership

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/06/22

Slaying sacred cows: M.E. O’Brien, author of Family Abolition, on doing that and “communizing care” • Jane Chung, author of this article, on what’s wrong with our cult of homeownership The post Family abolition, the cult of homeownership appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Corey Robin on Clarence Thomas

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/06/15

While other shows are getting applause for interviewing Corey Robin about his excellent book on Clarence Thomas (who is very much in the news these days), Behind the News was there first, as it so often is. This is a rebroadcast of a show that first ran in 2019. The post Corey Robin on Clarence Thomas appeared first on KPFA.

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