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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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Why are we in Ukraine?, and using art to stimulate...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/06/08

Christopher Layne, co-author of the Harper’s magazine article “Why are we in Ukraine?” • Marcus Brown on his augmented reality exhibit that evokes the eighteenth-century Wall Street slave market The post Why are we in Ukraine?, and using art to stimulate consciousness about slavery appeared first on KPFA.

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Varieties of correctional control and how to get...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/06/01

Wanda Bertram of the Prison Policy Initiative talks about some underappreciated aspects of the carceral state: probation, parole, and civil commitment • Francisco Perez of the Center for Economic Democracy on why mainstream economics is so terrible and an online course that can help civilians break through the discipline’s mystifications The post Varieties of correctional control and how to get around the mystifications of economics appeared first on KPFA.

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Islands in a rising sea, and libertarian enclaves

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2023/05/25

Tina Gerhardt, author of Sea Change, on the effects of rising oceans on small island nations • Quinn Slobodian, author of Crack-Up Capitalism, on libertarian enclaves insulated from democracy The post Islands in a rising sea, and libertarian enclaves appeared first on KPFA.

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Fundraising special: Jeff Sharlet talks about his new...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/05/18

Jeff Sharlet talks about his new book, The Undertow, a collection of essays on the increasingly violent and authoritarian politics on the right unleashed by Trump The post Fundraising special: Jeff Sharlet talks about his new book, The Undertow, a look at the dark political forces afoot in the Trumpocene appeared first on KPFA.

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Unionizing the content moderators, and what’s behind...

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2023/05/11

Michaela Chen of Foxglove on efforts to unionize the exploited workers who moderate content on social media • Micah Herskind, author of this article, on the political economy of Atlanta that’s behind Cop City The post Unionizing the content moderators, and what’s behind Atlanta’s Cop City? appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

How China avoided shock therapy

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2023/05/04

Isabella Weber, author of How China Escaped Shock Therapy, on Chinese economic reform debates and how the country dodged post-Soviet-style collapse [reprise of a show from July 2021] The post How China avoided shock therapy appeared first on KPFA.

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Progressive victory in Chicago and the Ukraine war...

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2023/04/27

Jacobin editor Micah Uetricht explains how Chicago elected a progressive mayor, Brandon Johnson • Lily Lynch, editor of Balkanist and contributor to New Left Review‘s Sidecar blog on how the Ukraine war destroyed Scandinavian neutrality The post Progressive victory in Chicago and the Ukraine war ends Scandinavian neutrality appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Can we save the climate before we overthrow...

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2023/04/20

Economist Josh Mason of John Jay College on how we can save the climate before we get to overthrowing capitalism • Jen Duggan of the Environmental Integrity Initiative on a lawsuit to get the EPA to enforce the Clean Water Act The post Can we save the climate before we overthrow capitalism?, and getting the EPA to enforce the Clean Water Act appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

Post-growth living: Kate Soper on an alternative...

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2023/04/13

Philosopher Kate Soper talks about her book, Post-Growth Living: For An Alternative Hedonism, just out in paperback. The post Post-growth living: Kate Soper on an alternative hedonism appeared first on KPFA.

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Israeli collusion with Trump, why the Rutgers faculty...

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2023/04/06

James Bamford, author of this article in The Nation (and of the just published Spyfail) on Israeli collusion with Donald Trump in 2016 • Donna Murch, associate professor of history at Rutgers and president of the New Brunswick campus’s faculty union, on why the teaching staff is on the verge of a strike and why it matters well beyond that institution The post Israeli collusion with Trump, why the Rutgers faculty is on the verge of a strike appeared first on KPFA.

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Follow-ups on Israel and AI

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2023/03/30

The writer and political adviser Nimrod Flaschenberg discusses the popular uprising in Israel against Bibi’s reactionary government • software engineer Dwayne Monroe revisits the hype around ChatGPT The post Follow-ups on Israel and AI appeared first on KPFA.

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Snooping on sex workers (and the rest of us),...

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2023/03/23

Maxine Doogan and Tara Burns, contributors to this report, on how cops are snooping on sex workers, and using what they learn to spy on the rest of us • David Broder, author of Mussolini’s Grandchildren, on the fascist heritage behind Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and her party The post Snooping on sex workers (and the rest of us), varieties of fascism in Italy appeared first on KPFA.

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Bank drama, carceral state gets back into action, the...

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2023/03/16

DH comments on the bank failures • Wanda Bertram of the Prison Policy Initiative updates us on the state of the carceral state • Annelle Sheline on the Chinese-brokered deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran The post Bank drama, carceral state gets back into action, the Saudi-Iran deal appeared first on KPFA.

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fundraising special: Florida revisited, and...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/03/09

Historian and union president Paul Ortiz on the DeSantis agenda and resistance to it • human rights lawyer Noa Levy on the far right agenda in Israel and resistance to it The post fundraising special: Florida revisited, and repression & resistance in Israel appeared first on KPFA.

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State-level repression: sex in Indiana, academic...

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2023/03/02

Journalist Judith Levine on moves to defund the Kinsey Institute, and on the trans kids panic • Phil Wegner of the University of Florida on Gov. Ron DeSantis’s moves to quash academic freedom in that state The post State-level repression: sex in Indiana, academic freedom in Florida appeared first on KPFA.

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Fundraising special: nationalize the railroads, they...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/02/23

Kari Lydersen, author of this In These Times article, and Ron Kaminkow, locomotive engineer and general secretary of Railroad Workers United, talk about the miseries of the industry and why it should be naitonalized. The post Fundraising special: nationalize the railroads, they suck! appeared first on KPFA.

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War fever in the US and corruption in Indian capitalism

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/02/16

Anatol Lieven on the slim prospects for peace in Ukraine and growing bellicosity towards China • Jairus Banaji, author of this Phenomenal World article, on the politicized structure of Indian capitalism generally, and the scandal surrounding Gautam Adani (Hindenburg report here) The post War fever in the US and corruption in Indian capitalism appeared first on KPFA.

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Behind the AI hype, and Lula returns to power in Brazil

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/02/09

Software engineer Dwayne Monroe on the reality behind the hype around ChatGPT (and the sinister implications of AI) • Political economist Alfredo Saad-Filho on Lula’s return to the presidency of Brazil, and the landscape of the country’s politics generally The post Behind the AI hype, and Lula returns to power in Brazil appeared first on KPFA.

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The war in Ethiopia, and a common currency for Brazil...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2023/02/02

Ann Neumann, author of this article (sorry, probably paywalled), on the bloody war in Ethiopia • two views on a proposed South American currency arrangement launched by Brazilian president Lula, one from Andres Arauz, the other from Brian Mier The post The war in Ethiopia, and a common currency for Brazil and Argentina? appeared first on KPFA.

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The rot of Britain and the fight for abortion rights...

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2023/01/26

Josh White, author of Goodbye United Kingdom, on that country’s trajectory of decline • Felicia Kornbluh, author of A Woman’s Life Is a Human Life, talks about the fight for abortion rights in the late 60s and early 70s, and how it must be part of a larger struggle for reproductive justice The post The rot of Britain and the fight for abortion rights 50 years ago appeared first on KPFA.

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