Episode 153: Communists, Trump, and Clement Attlee




The American Interest show

Summary: <div style="background-color: #eee; float: right; width: 30%; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; font-size: .85em;"> <p><span style="">Relevant Reading:</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/02/06/the-red-style-in-american-politics/"><strong>The Red Style in American Politics</strong></a><br> David Blankenhorn</p> <p><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Clement-Attlee-Made-Modern-Britain/dp/0190203404"><strong>Clement Attlee: The Man Who Made Modern Britain</strong></a><br> John Bew</p> <p><a href="https://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/02/10/the-invisible-prime-minister/"><strong>The Invisible Prime Minister</strong></a></p> <p><span class="reviewauthor">Richard Aldous</span></p> </div><p>Good evening, listeners! We have an excellent episode for you this week as host Richard Aldous speaks with David Blankenhorn about Trump and American Communism before discussing the former British prime minister Clement Attlee with John Bew.</p><p>First, David Blankenhorn, president of the Institute for American Values, returns to the program to discuss what President Trump has in common with the Communist Party’s Daily Worker.</p><p>Then, John Bew, professor of History and Foreign Policy at the War Studies Department at King’s College London, makes his return to the podcast to discuss his new book, <em>Clement Attlee: The Man Who Made Modern Britain</em>.</p><p>Be sure to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/american-interest-podcast/id821109533?mt=2">subscribe</a> to the podcast on iTunes, where you can leave a review. Follow David Blankenhorn <a href="https://twitter.com/blankenhorn3">@blankenhorn3</a>, John Bew <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnBew">@JohnBew</a> and Richard Aldous <a href="https://twitter.com/rjaldous">@RJAldous</a> on Twitter.</p>