Behind the News: US-China Rivalry and the Reactionary Right in Texas

Doug interviews Clyde Barrow (https://utrgv.academia.edu/ClydeWBarrow) on how Texas, a diverse, urbanized, sophisticated state, is run by a bunch of reactionary white would-be cowboys. Plus: Anatol Lieven (https://responsiblestatecraft.org/author/alieven/) 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/ (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 (https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html)