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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

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