Behind the News: Cold War Liberalism w/ Samuel Moyn
Plus: Sam Gindin on shortcomings of the UPS-Teamster deal.
September 11, 2023
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September 11, 2023
Behind the News: Cold War Liberalism w/ Samuel Moyn
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<p>Sam Gindin, writer and activist on labor issues, outlines the shortcomings of the UPS-Teamster deal (read <a href="https://socialistproject.ca/2023/08/missed-opportunity-closer-look-teamsters-ups/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">his article</a>, and <a href="https://socialistproject.ca/2023/09/ups-agreement-concrete-context-outcomes/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">a follow-up</a>, on The Bullet website). Then <a href="https://history.yale.edu/people/samuel-moyn" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Samuel Moyn</a>, author of <a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300266214/liberalism-against-itself/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Liberalism Against Itself</em></a>, discusses how the Cold War crushed the tendency’s emancipatory side.</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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