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

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The state of Afghanistan and the ecology of the port...

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2023/01/19

Matthieu Aikins, author of this article (among many), on the situation in Afghanistan with the US gone and the Taliban in control. And Christina Dunbar-Hester, author of Oil Beach, on the ecology of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The post The state of Afghanistan and the ecology of the port of LA appeared first on KPFA.

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A look rightward: what’s the GOP all about, and one...

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2023/01/12

Emily Jashinsky of The Federalist on the GOP: the meaning of the speaker fight, and what is the base of the Freedom Caucus anyway? And Sohrab Ahmari, co-founder of Compact Magazine, offers a left–right hybrid. The post A look rightward: what’s the GOP all about, and one of these left–right hybrids appeared first on KPFA.

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Segregation and the right’s war on public schools;...

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2023/01/05

Nancy MacLean, author of this paper, on how Milton Friedman’s war on public education fit nicely with Southern massive resistance to desegregation • Klaus Jacob, a geophysicist, on how we can live with rising seas and heavier rains The post Segregation and the right’s war on public schools; how cities can live with heavier rains and higher seas appeared first on KPFA.

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Middle-classness, racial wealth gap

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2022/12/29

Holiday-season encore presentation: historian David Roediger, author of The Sinking Middle Class, on the uses of that term in US politics, and economist Ellora Derenoncourt, co-author of this paper, on the US racial wealth gap, 1860–2020 The post Middle-classness, racial wealth gap appeared first on KPFA.

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Rumbles on the right, AI hype

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2022/12/22

Kathryn Joyce on the far right and its internal battles and Edward Ongweso Jr on tech, AI, and Luddism The post Rumbles on the right, AI hype appeared first on KPFA.

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Fundraising special: class struggle in rail and...

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2022/12/15

Intercept reporter Ryan Grim, author of this article, on the fight between workers and bosses in the rail industry, and economist Sanjay Reddy on the fight between adjuncts and bosses in the neoliberal university. The post Fundraising special: class struggle in rail and higher ed appeared first on KPFA.

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Fundraising special: the history of fitness culture...

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2022/12/08

Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela on her new book, Fit Nation, a history of physical culture in the US. Plus fundraising pleas. The post Fundraising special: the history of fitness culture in the US appeared first on KPFA.

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The right reinvents its approach to schools, and...

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2022/12/01

Jennifer Berkshire on the latest version of right-wing school politics (since the last versions haven’t been working for them), and Jodi Dean, co-editor (along with Charisse Burden-Stelly) of Organize, Fight, Win, a collection of black communist women’s writings from the late 1920s into the early 1950s. The post The right reinvents its approach to schools, and black communist women of the 20th century appeared first on KPFA.

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COP27 climate conference and masculinity and imperial...

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2022/11/24

Environmental journalist Tina Gerhardt on the COP27 climate conference, and Lyle Jeremy Rubin, author of Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body, on masculinity, the Marines, and imperial violence The post COP27 climate conference and masculinity and imperial violence appeared first on KPFA.

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Politics in the US after the election, racism and...

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2022/11/17

Jodi Dean on the political landscape in the wake of last week’s election, and Tobias Hübinette, author of this article, on the role of immigration the backlash against Swedish social democracy. The post Politics in the US after the election, racism and social democracy appeared first on KPFA.

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Israel moves further right, a brief observation on...

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2022/11/10

Joel Schalit talks about the return of Bibi Netanyahu in Israel; Mohammad Salemy, about the tripartite structure of the Islamic Republic of Iran; and Megan Kinch, about a labor upsurge in Ontario. photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) The post Israel moves further right, a brief observation on Iran, and labor upsurge in Ontario appeared first on KPFA.

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Elections in Brazil, uprising in Iran

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2022/11/03

Political economist Alfredo Saad-Filho on the Brazilian elections, and Mina Khani and Mohammad Salemy on the women-led uprising in Iran. The post Elections in Brazil, uprising in Iran appeared first on KPFA.

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Why are teens so miserable, and how that new new left...

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2022/10/27

Jamieson Webster, author of this article, examines what severe psychological distress among adolescents is telling us about American society, and Raina Lipsitz, author of The Rise of a New Left, looks at the history, personnel, and status of today’s radicalism. photo: Paola Chaaya via Unsplash The post Why are teens so miserable, and how that new new left doing? appeared first on KPFA.

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Why did Saudi Arabia cut oil production and why is...

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2022/10/20

Annelle Sheline of the Quincy Institute explains why Saudi Arabia cut its oil production dramatically, and James Meadway, former adviser to Jeremy Corbyn and now director of the Progressive Economy Forum, explains why Britain is in economic and political crisis. photo: Robin Sommer via Unsplash The post Why did Saudi Arabia cut oil production and why is Britain in political crisis? appeared first on KPFA.

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Fundraising special: Brazilian elections, and...

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2022/10/06

Forrest Hylton on Brazilian elections, and Dorit Geva on why women leaders are prominent on the far right these days. The post Fundraising special: Brazilian elections, and far-right women leaders appeared first on KPFA.

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Fundraising special: Lieven on Ukraine, Rumberger on...

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2022/09/29

Fundraising special, featuring Anatol Lieven on the horror in Ukraine, and Anne Rumberger, author of this article, on the history of the Christian right’s attitudes toward abortion (they weren’t always against it). photo: Elena Mozhvilo via Unsplash The post Fundraising special: Lieven on Ukraine, Rumberger on the history of abortion politics appeared first on KPFA.

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Vintage Barbara Ehrenreich Interviews

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2022/09/22

Fundraiser special: excerpts from 2004, 2005, and 2009 Behind the News interviews with Barbara Ehrenreich, one of the great journalists of our time, who died on September 1. The post Vintage Barbara Ehrenreich Interviews appeared first on KPFA.

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Chile revisited and the drawbacks of grievance politics

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2022/09/15

Mario Pino revisits Chilean voters’ rejection of a proposed new constitution, and Arielle Angel, editor of Jewish Currents and author of this article, explores the problems with organizing your politics around grievance. The post Chile revisited and the drawbacks of grievance politics appeared first on KPFA.

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Chilean voters reject a proposed new constitution,...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2022/09/08

Chilean political activist Antonia Atria explains why that country’s voters rejected a proposed new constitution, and Juliana Fredman, a public interest lawyer in the Bay Area, analyzes Biden’s student debt relief proposals. photo: Ehud Neuhaus on Unsplash The post Chilean voters reject a proposed new constitution, and the meaning of student debt relief appeared first on KPFA.

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Behind the News – September 1, 2022

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2022/09/01

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 – September 1, 2022 appeared first on KPFA.

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