Eli Zaretsky interview on BBC Radio 3 [View all]

[Blue_Tires]

Philip Dodd with an interview with cultural historian, Eli Zaretsky on his new book, 'Why America needs a Left' in which he argues that the idea of the left has become discredited. Examining three key moments in American history - the Civil War, the New Deal and the civil rights movements since the 1960s - he explores the ways in which the active involvement of the left was indispensable and that, without the left's critical interaction with mainstream liberalism, the Democratic Party has become ineffective.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01d0yfn/Night_Waves_Eli_Zaretsky/

The Zaretsky interview starts at about 23 minutes in...