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Dec 05 2024 820 ep. 26 mins 2.9k

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: what’s driving the populist right?

Dec 05 2024 59 mins

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

Stashing money offshore, a new government in Sri Lanka

Nov 28 2024 59 mins

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

Ethel Rosenberg’s innocence, problems of masculinity

Nov 21 2024 59 mins

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 boys The post Ethel Rosenberg’s innocence, problems of masculinity appeared first on KPFA.

Trump prognostications: foreign policy, criminal justice

Nov 14 2024 59 mins

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

Comments on Trump • Israeli public opinion • the role of Ukraine in Western politics

Nov 07 2024 59 mins

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 imagination The post Comments on Trump • Israeli public opinion • the role of Ukraine in Western politics appeared first on KPFA.

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

Oct 31 2024 59 mins

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 Resistance The post The right’s war on higher ed • What Israel’s wars are all about appeared first on KPFA.

How much US aid goes to Israel? • people actually like their jobs, a study shows

Oct 24 2024 59 mins

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 jobs The post How much US aid goes to Israel? • people actually like their jobs, a study shows appeared first on KPFA.

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

Oct 17 2024 59 mins

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 Balkans The post The Biden/Harris vision of the world, the emptying of the Balkans appeared first on KPFA.

Translating Marx’s Capital, Israeli society after October 7

Oct 10 2024 59 mins

Paul North and Paul Reitter on their new translation of Marx’s Capital • Nimrod Flaschenberg and Alma Itzhaky, authors of this article, on the political culture of Israel after October 7 The post Translating Marx’s Capital, Israeli society after October 7 appeared first on KPFA.

A century of war on Palestinians, a look at Hezbollah after Nasrallah

Oct 03 2024 59 mins

Rashid Khalidi, author of The Hundred Years War on Palestine, talks about Israeli settler-colonialism and its imperial patrons • Aurélie Daher looks at Hezbollah and the challenges it faces after the assassination of its leader The post A century of war on Palestinians, a look at Hezbollah after Nasrallah appeared first on KPFA.