Behind the News: US-China Rivalry and the Reactionary Right in Texas
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🗓️ 16 September 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Doug interviews Clyde Barrow on how Texas, a diverse, urbanized, sophisticated state, is run by a bunch of reactionary white would-be cowboys. Plus: Anatol Lieven on the US–China rivalry and the meaning of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Read Anatol's article here: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/09/03/what-is-drowning-americans-in-new-york-not-the-chinese-navy/
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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| 0:33.0 | Hello and welcome to Behind the News. |
| 0:35.0 | My name is Doug Henwood. |
| 0:36.0 | The usual two segments today |
| 0:38.0 | will hear from the political scientist Clyde Barrow |
| 0:40.0 | and why the diverse sophisticated state of Texas |
| 0:43.0 | is run by a bunch of reactionary would-be cowboys. |
| 0:46.0 | And then Anatole Leven will talk about U.S.-China conflicts |
| 0:49.0 | and what happened in Afghanistan. |
| 0:51.0 | Texas is a heavily urbanized state with a highly diverse population. |
| 0:55.0 | It's home to three of the 10 largest cities in the country |
| 0:58.0 | and a population that's just 41% non-Hispanic white |
| 1:02.0 | according to the official U.S. government taxonomy. |
| 1:05.0 | But it's run by a bunch of gun-toting reactionary white guys |
| 1:08.0 | who seem to be living in their fantasy of the 1890s. |
| 1:11.0 | National pundits keep saying it's on the verge of voting democratic |
| 1:14.0 | at least in national elections, but that never seems to happen. |
| 1:18.0 | How is this political order maintained? |
| 1:21.0 | To explore this question, here's Clyde Barrow. |
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