Mike German, former FBI agent and now Brennan Institute fellow, explores the far right, and the relationship of the cops to it. And Hadas Thier provides an intro to Marx’s economics.
Behind the News
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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
• Laleh Khalili, author of Sinews of War and Trade, on the role of shipping in the development of capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula • Kayla Popuchet on what’s been going on in Belarus
Hosted by Doug Henwood. A re-evaluation of the founding of the United States and the history of capitalism. Guest: Christian Parenti is associate professor of economics at John Jay College, City University of New York (CUNY), a contributing editor to The Nation, and the author of Lockdown America, The Soft Cage, Tropic of Chaos, and his latest Radical … Continued
Part 1: The number of years of life lost to cop violence and of structural racism in the U.S. Guest: Elizabeth Wrigley-Field is a sociologist and demographer at the University of Minnesota. Part 2: The Collapse of American Farming Guest: Tom Philpott is the food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones where he writes the … Continued
Behind the News – August 6, 2020
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
Behind the News – July 30, 2020
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
Behind the News – July 23, 2020
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
Behind the News – July 16, 2020
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
Behind the News – July 9, 2020
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
Behind the News – July 2, 2020
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.