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Two views from BtN regulars on the US–Iran negotiations: Anatol Lieven and Mouin Rabbani The post What’s going on with the Iran negotiations? appeared first on KPFA.

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Two views from BtN regulars on the US–Iran negotiations: Anatol Lieven and Mouin Rabbani The post What’s going on with the Iran negotiations? appeared first on KPFA.

David Austin Walsh, author of Taking America Back, on the relationship between the kooks and respectables on the right • Laura Field, author of Furious Minds, on the intellectual wing of Trumpism [rebroadcast of a Januar

Greg Grandin, author of this article, on how his time in Peru shaped Pope Leo • AJA Woods, author of The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy, on how the right sees the Frankfurt School as the root of modern decay The post Latin

Jake Werner analyzes the Trump–Xi summit and US–China relations generally • Gareth Gore, author of Opus, talks about Opus Dei, a secretive, cult-like Catholic organization involved in right-wing politics around the world

Two views of the US–Israeli war on Iran: Laleh Khalili and Mouin Rabbani The post Fundraising special: two views on the Iran war appeared first on KPFA.

Excerpts from an event sponsored by the NYC DSA’s Academy for Socialist Education on the domestic and foreign aspects of Trumpism, featuring historians Nikhil Pal Singh and Greg Grandin, moderated by the Academy’s Gaya S

Dylan Gottlieb, author of Yuppies, on that often risible but pioneering social formation • Ervand Abrahamian looks at the politics of Iran, a country under siege The post A look back at yuppies • Iran: politics and war a

Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff, authors of Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, on Elon’s world and what he wants to do to ours The post Muskism: the world of Elon appeared first on KPFA.

Hungary’s long-serving authoritarian prime minister Viktor Orban was defeated in an April 12 election. Two views of what that means: historian Kyle Shybunko and independent scholar Anita Zsurzsán. The post Two views of H

Andrew Cockburn, author of Washington Is Burning, on “the spectacular greed at the heart of the nation’s political system” • Hadas Thier, author of this article, on crypto in the age of Trump The post Corruption in the c

Gabriel Hetland on what’s been happening in Venezuela since the kidnapping of Maduro (Intercept article here) • David Griscom, author of The Myth of Red Texas, on that state’s forgotten radical history The post Venezuela

Mouin Rabbani talks about the Iran war and its many complications • Helen Yaffe talks about Trump’s oil embargo on Cuba—its effects and how Cubans are reacting The post Iran crisis, Cuba crisis appeared first on KPFA.

Nancy Fraser goes beyond the class/identity disputes • Natalie Y. Moore on the effects of federal layoffs on black women (article here) The post beyond the class/identity dead end • effect of federal layoffs on black wom

Historian Nikhil Pal Singh, author of this article, talks about how the Trump regime weaves foreign and domestic policy into a single domain of impunity, Homeland Empire The post Trump’s unified domain of impunity appear

Behrooz Ghamari, author of The Long War on Iran, on the politics and culture of the country • Anatol Lieven on the effects of the war on Iran on the region and world The post Fundraising special: two views of Iran appear

David Harvey, author of The Story of Capital, looks at the political economy of the present through a Marxist lens The post Fundraising special: David Harvey on capital appeared first on KPFA.

Naomi Hossain on politics in Bangladesh generally and the recent election specifically • Stuart Schrader on “authoritarianism from below”—the role of local cops in the Trump crackdowns (article here) The post Fundraising

Stacy Horn, author of The Killing Fields of East New York, on the damage mortgage fraud did to that neighborhood • David Backer, author of As Public as Possible, on how we finance schools and how we could do better The p

David Harvey on his new book, The Story of Capital • excerpt from Mark Carney’s Davos speech • Adam Federman on Trump’s Greenland obsession The post Behind the News – February 5, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

David Austin Walsh, author of Taking America Back, on the relationship between the kooks and respectables on the right • Laura Field, author of Furious Minds, on the intellectual wing of Trumpism The post Two views of th
Laura Field
author of Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right
2 appearances on this show
Greg Grandin
author of this article
2 appearances on this show
Gareth Gore
author of Opus
1 appearance on this show
Mouin Rabbani
analyst on Palestinian affairs and the contemporary Middle East · Palestine This Week
2 appearances on this show
Laleh Khalili
Professor of International Politics · University of Exeter
1 appearance on this show
Nikhil Pal Singh
2 appearances on this show
Dylan Gottlieb
author of Yuppies
1 appearance on this show
Quinn Slobodian
Professor of International History at Boston University · Boston University
1 appearance on this show
Ben Tarnoff
writer and technologist
1 appearance on this show
David Griscom
host of Jacobin and Left Reckoning · The Jacobin Show
1 appearance on this show
Anatol Lieven
Director of the Eurasia Program · Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
1 appearance on this show
David Harvey
author of The Story of Capital
2 appearances on this show
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