Behind the News: The Colombian Presidential Election w/ Forrest Hylton
Doug interviews Forrest Hylton on the first round of the Colombian presidential election and why it was bad news for the leftist candidate Gustavo Petro. Plus: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, author of Elite Capture, on how the ruling class has debased identity politics, and how we could reconstitute it.
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
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