Behind the News: The State of US Empire w/ Vijay Prashad
Plus: Becca Rothfeld makes the case for bigness.
May 6, 2025
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May 6, 2025
Behind the News: The State of US Empire w/ Vijay Prashad
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Summary
<p>Vijay Prashad, executive director of <a href="https://thetricontinental.org/about/" rel="nofollow">Tricontinental</a>, discusses the state of the US empire and the state of the global working class. Becca Rothfeld, author of <em><a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250849946/allthingsaretoosmall/" rel="nofollow">All Things Are Too Small</a></em>, speaks up for bigness.</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 online: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html</a></p>
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