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Oct 27
Even people who had thought they needed this kind of society just became miserable...Far more White South Africans fled the country in the 70s and 80s because they could no longer bear to live there.

Eve Fairbanks joins us to discuss her essay, “The Myth of the Police State: No one, not even the supposed beneficiaries, is protected.” The piece appears in the collection, How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump. 

“How We See It” is published by the award-winning Dial Magazine which covers culture, politics and ideas, with a focus on locally-sourced writing from around the world.

Eve’s writing focuses on South Africa.

Other essays in, “How We See It,” offer viewpoints of the US from India, South Africa, Ukraine, Palestine, Taiwan, Turkiye, Cuba, Egypt, Argentina,... read more

 


Episode 1937
Oct 27

Right-Wing American Misunderstandings About South Africa / Eve Fairbanks

Episode 1936
Oct 14

Chuck Opens a Bloated Mailbag / The Greatest Audience in Hell & Chuck Mertz

Episode 1935
Oct 13

Worker Resistance in Big Tech / JS Tan & Clarissa Redwine

Episode 1934
Oct 7

An Indicted Minneapolis 15 Defendant Speaks Out / Cal Robinet

Episode 1933
Oct 6

Building Socialism Requires Dismantling Empire / Sudip Bhattacharya

Episode 1932
Sep 22

Another Brazilian Coup Attempt Underway / Brian Mier

Episode 1931
Sep 16

Breaking ICE / Sonali Kolhatkar

Episode 1930
Sep 15

15 Million Excess Deaths from US For-Profit Health Insurance / Nick Smolek

Episode 1929
Sep 2

The Bail Trap / Robin Steinberg & Robin Camilo

Episode 1928
Sep 1

The Long Fight Against Equality in the United States / Kim Phillips-Fein