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David Griscom, author of The Myth of Red Texas, on how Dems took over Texas after 30 years of GOP rule • Djene Rhys Bajalan on Saudi Arabia’s troubles (Compact article here) The post Texas goes solid blue • Saudi Arabia hits a wall appeared first on KPFA.

Alfredo Saad-Filho on Lula’s victory and the challenges facing him in his fourth term • Raj Patel on the malign influence of foundations on the food supply The post Lula’s prospects in Brazil, foundations and food appeared first on KPFA.

Mike Beggs, co-author of The Blueprint, on what a socialist economy might look like The post What a socialist economy might look like appeared first on KPFA.

Rodrigo Nunes, author of Anatomy of Disintegration, on Bolsonaro, Brazil, and the global far right • Shawn Gude, author of American Socialist, on the life and legacy of Eugene V. Debs The post Brazil and the global right • the life of Eugene V. Debs appeared first on KPFA.

Excerpts from three interviews on AI broadcast over the last year: • Hagen Blix on how AI captures the alienation and anxieties of life under capitalism • Emile Torres on how the AI ghouls want us extinct • Jodi Dean on what AI is doing to us and why it must be stopped The post Fundraising Special: Three Views of AI appeared first on KPFA.

Owen Zidar, co-author of The Everywhere Millionaire, on the hidden rich • Jake Werner on US–China relations The post fundraising special: the hidden rich, China–US relations appeared first on KPFA.

Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of Live Laugh Love, on the world of right-wing evangelical Christian women The post fundraising special: Kristin Du Mez on the world of right-wing evangelical women appeared first on KPFA.

Jennifer Berkshire talks about the anti-school voucher backlash (articles here and here) • Heather Berg, author of Notes from the Sex Worker Left, on what that formation brings to politics The post School politics, sex worker politics appeared first on KPFA.

Garrison Lovely, author of Obsolete, on the terrors and possible promise of AI • Dave Zirin on Howard Zinn, the subject of his new biography The post AI may kill us all, so it must be stopped • the life of historian Howard Zinn appeared first on KPFA.

Alejandro Velasco on Trump’s oil grab in Venezuela • Alex Vitale on a post-carceral future The post Grabbing Venezuela’s oil • a future without cops and jails appeared first on KPFA.