Behind the News: Marx for Cats w/ Leigh Claire La Berge
Plus: Michael Zweig on understanding and transforming capitalism.
December 1, 2023
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December 1, 2023
Behind the News: Marx for Cats w/ Leigh Claire La Berge
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<p><a href="https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/faculty/leigh-laberge/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Leigh Claire La Berge</a>, author of <a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/marx-for-cats" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Marx for Cats</em></a>, talks about political economy and the human–feline relationship. Then an interview with <a href="https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/economics/people/_bios/ZWEIG.php" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Michael Zweig</a>, author of <a href="https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1504" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Class, Race, and Gender</em></a>, on understanding capitalism in order to transform it.</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 <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">online</a>.</p>
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