The Vast Majority: Sliding Into (and, Hopefully, Out of) Reaganland
Micah talks with Chapo Trap House's Matt Christman about historian Rick Perlstein's Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980, the politics of the 1970s and the possibilities for political alternatives to the right turn America ended up taking,
April 13, 2021
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April 13, 2021
The Vast Majority: Sliding Into (and, Hopefully, Out of) Reaganland
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The Vast Majority: Sliding Into (and, Hopefully, Out of) Reaganland
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<div>Micah talks with Chapo Trap House's Matt Christman about historian Rick Perlstein's <i>Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980</i>, the politics of the 1970s and the possibilities for political alternatives to the right turn America ended up taking, the parallels of that era to the Obama/Bernie/Trump era, and (what else?) the desperate need to revive labor to escape our neverending culture wars.</div>
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