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KPFA - Behind the News

Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

Episodes

Israel’s war on Iran: two perspectives

June 19, 2025 • 59 mins
Two perspectives on Israel’s war on Iran: Mouin Rabbani on the regional/global context and Joel Schalit on Israeli society and politics The post Israel’s war on Iran: two perspectives appeared first on KPFA.
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BYD—whence it came, where it’s going • Marx in America

June 12, 2025 • 59 mins
Paolo Gerbaudo on the Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD’s rise (articles here and here) • Andrew Hartman, author of Karl Marx in America, on the bearded one’s reception in the US The post BYD—whence it came, where it’s going • Marx in America appeared first on KPFA.
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Weapons and technology, China surpassing the US

June 5, 2025 • 31 mins
Laleh Khalili, author of this review, on the long relationship between the US military and industry • Kyle Chan, author of this article, on how China is surpassing the US The post Weapons and technology, China surpassing the US appeared first on KPFA.
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Capitalism and its critics, real abundance vs. bogue abundance

May 29, 2025 • 59 mins
John Cassidy, author of Capitalism and Its Critics, on just that • Sandeep Vaheesan, author of this review, will talk about abundance—neoliberal vs. genuine The post Capitalism and its critics, real abundance vs. bogue abundance appeared first on KPFA.
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Fundraising special: two views of Israel–Palestine

May 22, 2025 • 17 mins
Meron Rapoport, co-author of this article, on Israel’s strategy of destruction in Gaza • Mouin Rabbani on Israeli politics, the fate of the Palestinians, and Trump’s scheming The post Fundraising special: two views of Israel–Palestine appeared first on KPFA.
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Fundraising special: wobbly dollar, perpetual wars

May 15, 2025 • 59 mins
Fundraising special: Barry Eichengreen on why the gyrations in the value of the US dollar matter • Courtney Rawlings and Alex Jordan, hosts of Always at War, on why the US is always buying more weapons and bombing people The post Fundraising special: wobbly dollar, perpetual wars appeared first on KPFA.
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Fundraising special: Trumpian ideology

May 8, 2025 • 59 mins
A look at Trumpian ideology: Kristin Du Mez on theology, Quinn Sloboidan on the latest iteration of neoliberalism (both rebroadcasts of interviews from February) The post Fundraising special: Trumpian ideology appeared first on KPFA.
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The US empire, the state of the working class, and things need to be bigger

May 1, 2025 • 59 mins
Vijay Prashad, executive director of Tricontinental, on the state of the US empire and the state of the global working class • Becca Rothfeld, author of All Things Are Too Small, speaks up for bigness The post The US empire, the state of the working class, and things need to be bigger appeared first on KPFA.
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How constitutional fetishism gave us Trump

April 24, 2025 • 59 mins
Aziz Rana, author of The Constitutional Bind, on how the system crafted by the US Constitution, led to Donald Trump and has constricted our ability fight him The post How constitutional fetishism gave us Trump appeared first on KPFA.
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Hayek’s bastards: the second, cruder generation of neoliberals

April 17, 2025 • 59 mins
Quinn Slobodian, author of Hayek’s Bastards, talks about the IQ- and race-obsessed goldbugs of second generation neoliberalism The post Hayek’s bastards: the second, cruder generation of neoliberals appeared first on KPFA.
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Financiers and universities, approaches to the climate crisis

April 10, 2025 • 59 mins
Charlie Eaton and Alina Gibadulina on the increasing prominence of hedge fund and private equity titans on elite university boards (paper here) • Malcolm Harris, author of What’s Left, on a trio of political approaches to the climate crisis The post Financiers and universities, approaches to the climate crisis appeared first on KPFA.
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Tariff extravaganza: the UAW’s view, a critical view

April 3, 2025 • 59 mins
Jason Wade of the UAW explains the union’s endorsement of Trump’s auto tariffs • Sam Gindin, author of this article and former long-time adviser to what used to be known as the Canadian Autoworkers Union, on what issues the tariff controversy obscures The post Tariff extravaganza: the UAW’s view, a critical view appeared first on KPFA.
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Trump and the courts, class and politics, hipster nihilism

March 27, 2025 • 59 mins
Samuel Moyn on Trump and the courts • Chris Maisano, author of this article, on class and politics • Evgenia Kovda on hipster nihilism (article here) The post Trump and the courts, class and politics, hipster nihilism appeared first on KPFA.
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Professional class liberalism

March 20, 2025 • 59 mins
Brent Cebul and Lily Geismer, editors of Mastery and Drift, on professional class liberalism • a brief reprise of a 2019 interview with Gabriel Winant on the PMC The post Professional class liberalism appeared first on KPFA.
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Marx’s ethics, and what did the BLM protests do to police budgets?

March 13, 2025 • 59 mins
Vanessa Wills, author of Marx’s Ethical Vision, on the morality behind Marxian “science” • Mathis Ebbinghaus on the effects of the summer 2020 anti-cop protests on police budgets (paper here) The post Marx’s ethics, and what did the BLM protests do to police budgets? appeared first on KPFA.
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Fundraising special: militancy and repression in the Valley, neofeudalism

March 6, 2025 • 39 mins
Ben Tarnoff on tech worker militancy, the bosses’ crackdown, and their hard turn to the right • Jodi Dean, author of Capital’s Grave, on neofeudalism The post Fundraising special: militancy and repression in the Valley, neofeudalism appeared first on KPFA.
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Fundraising special: worker-led organizing

February 27, 2025 • 3 mins
Eric Blanc, author of We Are the Union, on worker-led organizing (Amazon, Starbucks, etc.) The post Fundraising special: worker-led organizing appeared first on KPFA.
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Trump, a new/old kind of imperialist? • Is Trump a neoliberal?

February 20, 2025 • 59 mins
Anatol Lieven looks at the global dimensions of Trumpism • Quinn Slobodian muses on whether Trump is a neoliberal, and examines the three major strands of DOGE-ism (NYRB article here) The post Trump, a new/old kind of imperialist? • Is Trump a neoliberal? appeared first on KPFA.
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The truth about DEI, a history of “choice”

February 13, 2025 • 59 mins
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò picks apart the contradictory strands of the DEI obsession • Sophia Rosenfeld, author of The Age of Choice, explores this history of that concept over the last few centuries The post The truth about DEI, a history of “choice” appeared first on KPFA.
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The theology of MAGA, “sovereigntism” and Trump

February 6, 2025 • 59 mins
Kristin Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne, on Christian nationalism • Jennifer Middlestadt, author of this article, on “sovereigntism,” the foreign policy of Trump et al. The post The theology of MAGA, “sovereigntism” and Trump appeared first on KPFA.
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