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Behind the News: Middle-Class Myths w/ David Roediger

Behind the News: Middle-Class Myths w/ David Roediger

The empty rhetoric of "saving the middle class." Plus: Paisley Currah on trans politics.

Jacobin Radio · Jacobin

June 27, 202253m 0s

Show Notes

Doug interviews David Roediger, author of The Sinking Middle Class, on the uses of that term in US politics. Then, a conversation with Paisley Currah, author of Sex Is as Sex Does, about trans politics.


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 here: https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html