Behind the News: Venezuela After Maduro w/ Gabriel Hetland
Plus: David Griscom on Texas’s forgotten radical history.
April 6, 2026
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April 6, 2026
Behind the News: Venezuela After Maduro w/ Gabriel Hetland
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Summary
<p>Gabriel Hetland, author of a recent article for the <em>Intercept</em>, looks at what’s been happening in Venezuela since the kidnapping of Maduro. David Griscom, author of <em>The Myth of Red Texas</em>, discusses that state’s forgotten radical history.</p>
<p>Read Gabriel’s article: <a href="https://theintercept.com/2026/03/31/trump-iran-war-venezuela-maduro/" rel="nofollow">https://theintercept.com/2026/03/31/trump-iran-war-venezuela-maduro/</a></p>
<p>Find David’s book: <a href="https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-myth-of-red-texas/" rel="nofollow">https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-myth-of-red-texas/</a></p>
<p>And catch <em>The Jacobin Show with David Griscom</em> Fridays at 3pm on our YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JacobinMag" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/@JacobinMag</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html" rel="nofollow"><em>Behind the News</em></a>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.</p>
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