Behind the News: The Abortion Struggle w/ Jenny Brown
Plus: David De Jong on German moguls and the Nazis.
July 14, 2022
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July 14, 2022
Behind the News: The Abortion Struggle w/ Jenny Brown
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<p>Doug speaks with Jenny Brown of <a href="https://womensliberation.org" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">National Women’s Liberation</a> (and author of <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/3095-without-apology" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Without Apology</em></a> and <a href="https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=998" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Birth Strike</em></a>) on the early struggle for abortion rights that led to Roe and what we can learn from it for today. Then <a href="https://daviddejong.net" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">David De Jong</a>, author of <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/nazi-billionaires-david-de-jong?variant=39935148359714" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Nazi Billionaires</em></a>, discusses how respectable German businessmen became loyal Nazis.</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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