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Naming NamesBook

by Victor S. Navasky

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Corey Robin
Corey Robin is a political theorist at Brooklyn College.
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Um, uh, a second book is Victor Navas's uh, naming names which is about the McCarthy era. And the reason I recommend it's about Hollywood um, is it really focuses on what we were just talking about the individual and the role of individuals and the choices they make and what the ramifications are. And it's a wonderful read. It came out I think in 1980.

Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “Trump Is Building the Blue Scare” (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-corey-robin.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.

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