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Paul Heideman, author of Rogue Elephant, on how the Republican party went from a staid vehicle of American business to the frothy lunacy of today The post Republicans: how did they go from Eisenhower to Trump? appeared first on KPFA.

Mosaab Baba, author of this article, on what’s behind the horrendous civil war in Sudan • Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who’s been living in Japan for almost 40 years, on that country’s reactionary new Prime Minister The post Sudan, and Japan’s new PM appeared first on KPFA.

Gabriel Hetland, author of this article, looks to Venezuela for a model of municipal socialism • Lea Ypi, author of Indignity, looks into her grandmother’s story and unfolds a rich history of Albania and its environment The post Models of municipal socialism • Albania, a personal view of history appeared first on KPFA.

Jacob Silverman, author of Gilded Rage, on the rightward move of the Silicon Valley elite • Forrest Hylton conducts a political tour d’horizon of South America The post Why did the tech bros move right? • a political tour d’horizon of South America appeared first on KPFA.