Behind the News: Technocracy in Italy w/ Paolo Gerbaudo
Plus: Chris Bohner on the huge stash unions have but aren't spending.
August 1, 2022
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August 1, 2022
Behind the News: Technocracy in Italy w/ Paolo Gerbaudo
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<p>Doug interviews Paolo Gerbaudo on the failure of technocracy and the imminence of right-wing rule in Italy. Then Chris Bohner, author of a recent report called <a href="https://www.radishresearch.org/_files/ugd/2357dd_5b4c90b0932c4a6e9aa5c0a4d9addc0a.pdf?index=true" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Labor's Fortress of Finance</em></a> and a Jacobin article, <a href="https://jacobin.com/2022/06/organized-labor-union-membership-finances-fortress-unionism-spending/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">"Now Is the Time for Unions to Go on the Offensive,"</a> discusses the huge stash unions have but aren't spending.</p><br /><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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