Behind the News: The New New Left w/ Raina Lipsitz
Plus: What distress among teenagers says about America.
November 1, 2022
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November 1, 2022
Behind the News: The New New Left w/ Raina Lipsitz
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<p><a href="https://www.nybooks.com/contributors/jamieson-webster/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Jamieson Webster</a>, author of a recent <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/opinion/teenagers-mental-health-america.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">opinion piece in the <em>Times</em></a>, examines what severe psychological distress among adolescents is telling us about American society. Then <a href="https://rainalipsitz.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Raina Lipsitz</a>, author of <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/3979-the-rise-of-a-new-left" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>The Rise of a New Left</em></a>, looks at the history, personnel, and status of today’s radicalism.</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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