Behind the News: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature w/ Alyssa Battistoni

DEC 23, 202553 MIN
Jacobin Radio

Behind the News: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature w/ Alyssa Battistoni

DEC 23, 202553 MIN

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<p>Thea Riofrancos, author of <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324036760/about-the-book" rel="nofollow"><em>Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism</em></a>, looks at the complications of using lithium batteries to green our future. Alyssa Battistoni, author of <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691263465/free-gifts" rel="nofollow"><em>Free Gifts</em></a>, examines the weird relationship between capitalism and nature.</p> <p><a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html" rel="nofollow"><em>Behind the News</em></a>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.</p>