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Behind the News: Ethel Rosenberg's Execution w/ Michael Meeropol

Behind the News: Ethel Rosenberg's Execution w/ Michael Meeropol

Plus: Ruth Whippman discusses the challenges of raising boys.

Jacobin Radio · Jacobin

November 25, 202453m 1s

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Show Notes

Michael Meeropol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, talks about how the government executed his mother despite knowing her innocence. Ruth Whippman, author of BOYMOM: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity, discusses the challenges of raising boys.


See recent documents shedding light on "Why Ethel's execution was wrongful": https://www.rfc.org/node/4836


Behind the News, 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: https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html