Behind the News: Abolish the Family w/ M. E. O'Brien
Plus: Jane Chung on the cult of homeownership.
June 27, 2023
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June 27, 2023
Behind the News: Abolish the Family w/ M. E. O'Brien
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<p><em>Behind the News</em> is slaying sacred cows this week. M. E. O’Brien, author of <a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745343846/family-abolition/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Family Abolition</em></a>, discusses doing that and “communizing care." Then Jane Chung, author of a recent article in <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/case-against-home-ownership/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>The Nation</em></a>, lays out what’s wrong with the American cult of homeownership.</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 <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">online</a>.</p>
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