Isabella Weber, author of How China Escaped Shock Therapy, on Chinese economic reform. photo: Li Yang via Unsplash
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.
The Vietnam vet and the consolidation of white identity, and the stakes of the critical race theory debate
Joseph Darda, author of How White Men Won the Culture Wars, on the Vietnam vet and the consolidation of white identity. And Joshua Adams, author of this article, on the stakes of the critical race theory debate and what the world would look like should the haters win.
Why workers don’t revolt, fighting Amazon in South Africa, the horrors of solitary confinement.
• Political economist Sam Gindin, author of this piece, talks about competition and the working class • Leslie London, director of Observatory Civic Association in Cape Town, South Africa, on a fight against Amazon. The Facebook page for the campaign is here. • Tana Ganeva, a journalist specializing in criminal justice, talks about the prevalence … Continued
Behind the News – June 17, 2021
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
The Peruvian election and the truth of Andrew Cuomo
Matt Kierkegaard, observer for the Progressive International, reports on the Peruvian presidential election, which has socialist Pedro Castillo holding a very small lead against right-winger Keiko Fujimori. And Ross Barkan, author of The Prince, on the awfulness of New York governor Andrew Cuomo.
The Brazilianization of the World; Forthcoming Iranian Presidential Election
Alex Hochuli, author of “The Brazilianization of the World,” on what that term means for Brazil and the world. And Neda Bolourchi on the politics of the forthcoming Iranian presidential election.
A different view of Hamas, and a left victory in Chile’s elections
Hamas is widely demonized in the West, but has a firm base among Palestinians. Khaled Hroub explains why. And the Chilean political analyst Pablo Abufom analyzes the left’s victories in the recent elections in that country.
Behind the News – May 20, 2021
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
Forrest Hylton on what’s prompting mass protest (and vicious crackdown) in Colombia. And Jules Gill-Peterson looks at the reactionary theocratic politics behind the spate of anti-trans bills around the US. photo: Mercedes Mehling via Unsplash
Just what is the Democratic party anyway?
Adam Hilton, author of True Blues: The Contentious Transformation of the Democratic Party, explores the history and structure of the Democratic party and finds it “hollow.” No one really controls it.