KPFA - Behind the News Podcast
1) Riots in Indonesia, DSA’s pedigree
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.
2) Bill Buckley: his life and thought
Sam Tanenhaus, author of Buckley: The Life and the Revolution that Changed America, on Bill, his thought, and his influence The post Bill Buckley: his life and thought appeared first on KPFA.
3) The flaws of American democracy, the evolution of upper-class men’s dress
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 decades The post The flaws of Ameri...Show More
4) Better futures: planning the economy, building cooperatives
Aaron Benanav, author of this article, outlines possibilities for a democratically planned economy • Jerome Nikolai Warren on the possibilities for cooperatives The post Better futures: planning the e...Show More
5) Don’t go anti-woke, fissures around Israel on the right
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 right The post D...Show More
6) Fundraiser special: cops and AI
Alex Vitale on Zohran Mamdani, the NYPD, and policing generally (Nation article here) • Dwayne Monroe on the AI mania The post Fundraiser special: cops and AI appeared first on KPFA.
7) fundraising special: Trump’s America in the world—a tour d’horizon
Anatol Lieven looks at US relations with the world under the Trump regime, specifically Russia–Ukraine, Israel–Palestine, and US self-evisceration The post fundraising special: Trump’s America in the ...Show More
8) Health cuts, Trump’s trade policy
Adam Gaffney, co-author of this article, on Trump & Co.’s cuts to health care and research • Alan Beattie tries to make sense of Trump’s nonsensical trade policy The post Health cuts, Trump’s trade po...Show More
9) Too much work—and what to do about it
Juliet Schor, author of Four Days a Week, on experiments in reducing the workweek • Katherine Moos and Noé Martin Wiener, authors of this paper, on overwork among teachers The post Too much work—and w...Show More
10) NATO summit, the depredations of private equity
Lily Lynch, author of this report, on the NATO summit • Megan Greenwell, author of Bad Company, on the depredations of private equity The post NATO summit, the depredations of private equity appeared ...Show More