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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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49:48

Riots in Indonesia, DSA’s pedigree

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2025/09/04

John Roosa on what’s behind the riots in Indonesia • David Duhalde on DSA and its ancestor, Debs’s Socialist Party (paper here)The post Riots in Indonesia, DSA’s pedigree appeared first on KPFA.

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59:59

Bill Buckley: his life and thought

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2025/08/28

Sam Tanenhaus, author of Buckley: The Life and the Revolution that Changed America, on Bill, his thought, and his influenceThe post Bill Buckley: his life and thought appeared first on KPFA.

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3:16

The flaws of American democracy, the evolution of...

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2025/08/21

Osita Nwanevu, author of The Right of the People, on the flaws of American democracy—and some cures • Derek Guy on the evolution of upper-class men’s dress over the decadesThe post The flaws of American democracy, the evolution of upper-class men’s dress appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Better futures: planning the economy, building...

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2025/08/14

Aaron Benanav, author of this article, outlines possibilities for a democratically planned economy • Jerome Nikolai Warren on the possibilities for cooperativesThe post Better futures: planning the economy, building cooperatives appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Don’t go anti-woke, fissures around Israel on the right

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2025/08/07

Jodi Dean, author of this article, on why going anti-woke is very wrong • Emily Jashinsky on Marjorie Taylor Greene’s use of the word “genocide,” and other curious developments on the rightThe post Don’t go anti-woke, fissures around Israel on the right appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Fundraiser special: cops and AI

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2025/07/31

Alex Vitale on Zohran Mamdani, the NYPD, and policing generally (Nation article here) • Dwayne Monroe on the AI maniaThe post Fundraiser special: cops and AI appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Fundraising special: Trump’s America in the world—a...

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2025/07/24

Anatol Lieven looks at US relations with the world under the Trump regime, specifically Russia–Ukraine, Israel–Palestine, and US self-eviscerationThe post Fundraising special: Trump’s America in the world—a tour d’horizon appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

Health cuts, Trump’s trade policy

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2025/07/17

Adam Gaffney, co-author of this article, on Trump & Co.’s cuts to health care and research • Alan Beattie tries to make sense of Trump’s nonsensical trade policyThe post Health cuts, Trump’s trade policy appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Too much work—and what to do about it

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2025/07/10

Juliet Schor, author of Four Days a Week, on experiments in reducing the workweek • Katherine Moos and Noé Martin Wiener, authors of this paper, on overwork among teachersThe post Too much work—and what to do about it appeared first on KPFA.

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59:59

NATO summit, the depredations of private equity

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2025/07/03

Lily Lynch, author of this report, on the NATO summit • Megan Greenwell, author of Bad Company, on the depredations of private equityThe post NATO summit, the depredations of private equity appeared first on KPFA.

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57:20

Iran, fake work

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2025/06/26

Sohrab Ahmari, US editor of UnHerd, on Iran, Israel, and the US • Leigh Claire La Berge, author of Fake Work, on the ludicrous side of capitalismThe post Iran, fake work appeared first on KPFA.

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59:59

Israel’s war on Iran: two perspectives

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2025/06/19

Two perspectives on Israel’s war on Iran: Mouin Rabbani on the regional/global context and Joel Schalit on Israeli society and politicsThe post Israel’s war on Iran: two perspectives appeared first on KPFA.

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59:59

BYD—whence it came, where it’s going • Marx in America

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2025/06/12

Paolo Gerbaudo on the Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD’s rise (articles here and here) • Andrew Hartman, author of Karl Marx in America, on the bearded one’s reception in the USThe post BYD—whence it came, where it’s going • Marx in America appeared first on KPFA.

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31:34

Weapons and technology, China surpassing the US

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2025/06/05

Laleh Khalili, author of this review, on the long relationship between the US military and industry • Kyle Chan, author of this article, on how China is surpassing the USThe post Weapons and technology, China surpassing the US appeared first on KPFA.

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59:59

Capitalism and its critics, real abundance vs. bogue...

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2025/05/29

John Cassidy, author of Capitalism and Its Critics, on just that • Sandeep Vaheesan, author of this review, will talk about abundance—neoliberal vs. genuineThe post Capitalism and its critics, real abundance vs. bogue abundance appeared first on KPFA.

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17:35

Fundraising special: two views of Israel–Palestine

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2025/05/22

Meron Rapoport, co-author of this article, on Israel’s strategy of destruction in Gaza • Mouin Rabbani on Israeli politics, the fate of the Palestinians, and Trump’s schemingThe post Fundraising special: two views of Israel–Palestine appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Fundraising special: wobbly dollar, perpetual wars

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2025/05/15

Fundraising special: Barry Eichengreen on why the gyrations in the value of the US dollar matter • Courtney Rawlings and Alex Jordan, hosts of Always at War, on why the US is always buying more weapons and bombing peopleThe post Fundraising special: wobbly dollar, perpetual wars appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Fundraising special: Trumpian ideology

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2025/05/08

A look at Trumpian ideology: Kristin Du Mez on theology, Quinn Sloboidan on the latest iteration of neoliberalism (both rebroadcasts of interviews from February)The post Fundraising special: Trumpian ideology appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

The US empire, the state of the working class, and...

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2025/05/01

Vijay Prashad, executive director of Tricontinental, on the state of the US empire and the state of the global working class • Becca Rothfeld, author of All Things Are Too Small, speaks up for bignessThe post The US empire, the state of the working class, and things need to be bigger appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

How constitutional fetishism gave us Trump

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2025/04/24

Aziz Rana, author of The Constitutional Bind, on how the system crafted by the US Constitution, led to Donald Trump and has constricted our ability fight himThe post How constitutional fetishism gave us Trump appeared first on KPFA.

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