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Nov 2020
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Behind the News: Vijay Prashad and Jodi ...

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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Doug interviews Vijay Prashad and Jodi Dean (separately) on the election’s long-term meaning: where Trump(ism), came from and why it’s probably here to stay, especially if weaklings like Biden are the opposition. 
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