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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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Elections in Brazil, uprising in Iran

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11.03.22 - 12:00pm

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Political economist Alfredo Saad-Filho on the Brazilian elections, and Mina Khani and Mohammad Salemy on the women-led uprising in Iran.


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Why are teens so miserable, and how that new new left doing?

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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


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Why did Saudi Arabia cut oil production and why is Britain in political crisis?

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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


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Fundraising special: Brazilian elections, and far-right women leaders

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Forrest Hylton on Brazilian elections, and Dorit Geva on why women leaders are prominent on the far right these days.


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Fundraising special: Lieven on Ukraine, Rumberger on the history of abortion politics

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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


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Vintage Barbara Ehrenreich Interviews

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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.


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Chile revisited and the drawbacks of grievance politics

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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.


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Chilean voters reject a proposed new constitution, and the meaning of student debt relief

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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


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Behind the News – September 1, 2022

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Mark Fisher and hauntology; a critique of climate austerity

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08.25.22 - 12:00pm

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Matt Colquhoun talks about Mark Fisher on the reissue of his essay collection Ghosts of My Life, and Matt Huber, author of this review, criticizes the climate austerity camp.


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