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Behind The News: Jane McAlevey on Organizing For Power, Liza Featherstone on Patriarchy
Doug Henwood
11 Jan 2018
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Behind the News is broadcast weekly on KPFA Radio Berkeley, and its archives are available online at http://leftbusinessobserver.com.

Jane McAlevey explains why Democrats were able to stop the demolition of Obamacare but unable and unwilling to do the same for the ghastly Republican tax cut and Liza Featherstone on the difference between going after individuals and tackling the system of patriarch and power.

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