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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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Fundraising special: worker-led organizing

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2025/02/27

Eric Blanc, author of We Are the Union, on worker-led organizing (Amazon, Starbucks, etc.)The post Fundraising special: worker-led organizing appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Trump, a new/old kind of imperialist? • Is Trump a...

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2025/02/20

Anatol Lieven looks at the global dimensions of Trumpism • Quinn Slobodian muses on whether Trump is a neoliberal, and examines the three major strands of DOGE-ism (NYRB article here)The post Trump, a new/old kind of imperialist? • Is Trump a neoliberal? appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

The truth about DEI, a history of “choice”

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2025/02/13

Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò picks apart the contradictory strands of the DEI obsession • Sophia Rosenfeld, author of The Age of Choice, explores this history of that concept over the last few centuriesThe post The truth about DEI, a history of “choice” appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

The theology of MAGA, “sovereigntism” and Trump

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2025/02/06

Kristin Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne, on Christian nationalism • Jennifer Middlestadt, author of this article, on “sovereigntism,” the foreign policy of Trump et al.The post The theology of MAGA, “sovereigntism” and Trump appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Moguls and their scribes, the New York intellectuals

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2025/01/30

Eoin Higgins, author of Owned, on tech moguls and the journalists, like Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi, who work for them • Ronnie Grinberg, author of Write Like a Man, on the mostly male, mostly Jewish New York intellectualsThe post Moguls and their scribes, the New York intellectuals appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

The Gaza ceasefire, and sex work today

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2025/01/23

Mouin Rabbani on the Gaza ceasefire and Trump’s plans for the Middle East • Angela Jones and Bernadette Barton, co-editors of Sex Work Today, on that topicThe post The Gaza ceasefire, and sex work today appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

Tech bros’ plans for SF, the Resnicks and water in...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/01/16

Laura Jedeed, author of this article, talks about San Francisco and tech moguls’ plans to “fix” it • Yasha Levine, co-director of Pistachio Wars, on the Resnicks and water in CaliforniaThe post Tech bros’ plans for SF, the Resnicks and water in California appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

The Y2K era, the South Korean political crisis

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2025/01/09

Colette Shade, author of Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything, on culture at the turn of the millennium • Tim Shorrock discusses the political crisis in South KoreaThe post The Y2K era, the South Korean political crisis appeared first on KPFA.

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22:10

Best of 2024 retrospective

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/01/02

Three interviews on Israel’s many wars: Rashid Khalidi and Pankaj Mishra with a historical perspective, and Annelle Sheline adds a former insider’s view. Then, Aziz Rana on the awfulness of the US constitution, Anna Kornbluh with a cultural critique of immediacy, and Brooke Harrington on the offshore money-hiding racket. And a memorial to Jane McAlevey.The post Best of 2024 retrospective appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Behind the News – December 26, 2024

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2024/12/26

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 – December 26, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Syria and the failures of COP29

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2024/12/19

Trita Parsi and Joshua Landis analyze what’s been going on in Syria • Tina Gerhardt reviews the annual UN climate conference, COP29, where little happenedThe post Syria and the failures of COP29 appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

Fundraising special: Gaza, the Constitution

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2024/12/12

Fundraising reprise of two interviews from May: Annelle Sheline, who resigned from the State Department as a protest of the war on Gaza, on what’s driving US support for that genocide • Aziz Rana on the awfulness of the US ConstitutionThe post Fundraising special: Gaza, the Constitution appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

Fundraising special: what’s driving the populist right?

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2024/12/05

Political scientist Larry Bartels, author of this article, on how it’s politicians, not public opinion, that’s driving the right-populist upsurgeThe post Fundraising special: what’s driving the populist right? appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Stashing money offshore, a new government in Sri Lanka

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2024/11/28

Brooke Harrington, author of Offshore, on how and where the mega-rich stash their cash • Mahendran Thiruvarangan on a new leftish government in Sri LankaThe post Stashing money offshore, a new government in Sri Lanka appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Ethel Rosenberg’s innocence, problems of masculinity

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2024/11/21

Michael Meeropol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, on how the government executed his mother despite knowing her innocence (docs here) • Ruth Whippman, author of BOYMOM: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity, on the challenges of raising boysThe post Ethel Rosenberg’s innocence, problems of masculinity appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

Trump prognostications: foreign policy, criminal justice

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2024/11/14

Anatol Lieven tries to divine a Trump foreign policy out of unreliable rhetoric and early appointments • Alex Vitale tries similar on Trump and criminal justiceThe post Trump prognostications: foreign policy, criminal justice appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Comments on Trump • Israeli public opinion • the role...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2024/11/07

DH comments on the Trump victory, especially the role of inflation • Dahlia Scheindlin on Israeli public opinion • James Foley and Vladimir Unkovski-Korica, authors of this article, on the role of Ukraine in the Western political imaginationThe post Comments on Trump • Israeli public opinion • the role of Ukraine in Western politics appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

The right’s war on higher ed • What Israel’s wars are...

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2024/10/31

Laura Jedeed, author of this article, on the right’s war on North Idaho College • Mouin Rabbani on what’s driving Israel’s multiple wars, and on the state of the Axis of ResistanceThe post The right’s war on higher ed • What Israel’s wars are all about appeared first on KPFA.

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59:57

How much US aid goes to Israel? • people actually...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2024/10/24

William Hartung, co-author of this paper, on how much aid the US has given to Israel over the last year (plus some wacky stuff on AI weapons) • sociologist Scott Schieman on his surprising research showing that people actually like their jobsThe post How much US aid goes to Israel? • people actually like their jobs, a study shows appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

The Biden/Harris vision of the world, the emptying of...

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2024/10/17

Anatol Lieven on the ambitiously aggressive grand design of the Biden/Harris foreign policy • Lily Lynch, author of this article, on the emptying out of the BalkansThe post The Biden/Harris vision of the world, the emptying of the Balkans appeared first on KPFA.

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