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
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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