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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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59:58

Honduras, Sudan, sewer socialism

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/12/04

David Adler and Matt Kirkegaard of the Progressive International on the Honduran elections • Elfadil Ibrahim on the Sudanese civil war • Eric Blanc on the lessons of Milwaukee’s decades of “sewer socialism” for Mamdani and WilsonThe post Honduras, Sudan, sewer socialism appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Behind the News – November 27, 2025

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/11/27

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 – November 27, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Republicans: how did they go from Eisenhower to Trump?

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/11/20

Paul Heideman, author of Rogue Elephant, on how the Republican party went from a staid vehicle of American business to the frothy lunacy of todayThe post Republicans: how did they go from Eisenhower to Trump? appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Sudan, and Japan’s new PM

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/11/13

Mosaab Baba, author of this article, on what’s behind the horrendous civil war in Sudan • Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who’s been living in Japan for almost 40 years, on that country’s reactionary new Prime MinisterThe post Sudan, and Japan’s new PM appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

Models of municipal socialism • Albania, a personal...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/11/06

Gabriel Hetland, author of this article, looks to Venezuela for a model of municipal socialism • Lea Ypi, author of Indignity, looks into her grandmother’s story and unfolds a rich history of Albania and its environmentThe post Models of municipal socialism • Albania, a personal view of history appeared first on KPFA.

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31:34

Why did the tech bros move right? • a political tour...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/10/30

Jacob Silverman, author of Gilded Rage, on the rightward move of the Silicon Valley elite • Forrest Hylton conducts a political tour d’horizon of South AmericaThe post Why did the tech bros move right? • a political tour d’horizon of South America appeared first on KPFA.

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59:58

The Zoomer tech bros • the new breed of arms makers

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/10/23

Margaux MacColl, co-author of a series of articles in the SF Standard, on the Zoomer tech bros • Susannah Glickman on the new arms makers who want to disrupt the legacy prime contractors (NYRB article here)The post The Zoomer tech bros • the new breed of arms makers appeared first on KPFA.

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44:40

Israel on the brink • the Trump education agenda

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/10/16

Ilan Pappé, author of Israel on the Brink, on the ceasefire and how the deepening crisis of Israeli society could lead to something better • Jennifer Berkshire on the appalling Trump educational agendaThe post Israel on the brink • the Trump education agenda appeared first on KPFA.

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47:04

Fundraising special: Bill Buckley revisited; China,...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/10/09

Jeet Heer, author of this review, on the slick but odious William F. Buckley Jr. • Jake Werner on Trump’s creeping softness on China, and how that country sees its role in the worldThe post Fundraising special: Bill Buckley revisited; China, the US, and the world appeared first on KPFA.

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82:12

Fundraising special: politics of public monuments...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/10/02

Erin Thompson on the politics of public monuments as Trump talks of restoring Confederate statues • Mouin Rabbani returns for a look at Trump’s ludicrous Gaza peace schemeThe post Fundraising special: politics of public monuments revisited, Trump’s Gaza “peace plan” appeared first on KPFA.

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59:59

Fundraising special: what’s with all these diplomatic...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/09/25

Mouin Rabbani explains what behind all these fresh diplomatic recognitions of Palestine and speculates on the future of Gaza and its peopleThe post Fundraising special: what’s with all these diplomatic recognitions of Palestine? appeared first on KPFA.

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59:59

Eugenics, neoliberal style • stablecoins, and the...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/09/18

Quinn Slobodian, author of Hayek’s Bastards, on the eugenics/race science tendencies within High Church Neoliberalism • Molly White on stablecoins, and the Trump–UAE dealThe post Eugenics, neoliberal style • stablecoins, and the Trump–UAE deal appeared first on KPFA.

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59:59

Tech transhumanism, fiscal politics of NYC

KPFA - Behind the News ·

2025/09/11

Émile Torres on the tech moguls’ dream of transcending the merely human (article written with Timnit Gebru here) • Daniel Wortel-London, author of The Menace of Prosperity, on the fiscal history of NYC, and how we could do better than subsidizing the richThe post Tech transhumanism, fiscal politics of NYC appeared first on KPFA.

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49:48

Riots in Indonesia, DSA’s pedigree

KPFA - Behind the News ·

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

KPFA - Behind the News ·

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

KPFA - Behind the News ·

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...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

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

KPFA - Behind the News ·

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

KPFA - Behind the News ·

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...

KPFA - Behind the News ·

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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