Behind the News: The Colombian Presidential Election w/ Forrest Hylton
Plus: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò on how the ruling class has debased identity politics
June 7, 2022
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June 7, 2022
Behind the News: The Colombian Presidential Election w/ Forrest Hylton
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<p>Doug interviews <a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/contributors/people/forrest-hylton" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Forrest Hylton</a> on the first round of the Colombian presidential election and why it was bad news for the leftist candidate Gustavo Petro. Plus: <a href="http://www.olufemiotaiwo.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò</a>, author of <a href="https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1867-elite-capture" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Elite Capture</em></a><em>, </em>on how the ruling class has debased identity politics, and how we could reconstitute it.</p>
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</p><p><em>Behind the News</em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html</a></p>
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