Behind the News: Radicals on the Run w/ Joel Whitney
Plus: Edwin Ackerman on the Mexican elections.
June 19, 2024
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June 19, 2024
Behind the News: Radicals on the Run w/ Joel Whitney
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<p><a href="https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/directory/edwin-ackerman" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Edwin Ackerman</a>, who wrote a recent piece for <a href="https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-amlo-project?pc=1518" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>NLR Sidecar</em></a>, reviews the Mexican elections and the reasons for AMLO’s immense popularity. <a href="https://www.joelwhitney.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Joel Whitney</a>, author of the book <a href="https://orbooks.com/catalog/flights/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Flights</em></a>, talks about radical and revolutionaries’ battles with the CIA.</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 online: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html</a></p>
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