Behind the News: The DeSantis Agenda w/ Paul Ortiz

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🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

A Florida follow-up: historian and union president Paul Ortiz on the DeSantis agenda and resistance to it. Then human rights lawyer Noa Levy discusses the far right agenda in Israel and resistance to it (see the Ayelet Shaked "Fascism" ad here).

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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0:00.0	.
0:10.0	.
0:20.0	.
0:28.0	.
0:33.0	Hello and welcome to Behind the News.
0:35.0	My name is Doug Hinwood.
0:36.0	Today's theme, not unlike last weeks,
0:38.0	is growing repression and resistance.
0:41.0	We'll revisit Ron DeSantis' Florida
0:43.0	with the historian Paul Ortiz,
0:45.0	and then Israeli human rights lawyer Noah Levy
0:47.0	will talk about what's provoking
0:48.0	the largest demonstrations in that country's history.
0:51.0	Last week we heard detail about the repressive legislation
0:53.0	coming at a Florida governor Ron DeSantis
0:55.0	and his minions in the state legislature.
0:58.0	Again, we'll be focusing on education mainly,
1:00.0	but don't forget they're looking for full spectrum dominance.
1:03.0	They're busting unions, tightening abortion restrictions,
1:06.0	making life even more miserable for migrants.
1:08.0	A topic we'll explore in a couple of weeks.
1:11.0	Today's focus will be more on resistance in last weeks, however.
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