Talking Strategy, Making History

<p>#55: Daraka & Dick Talk About the State of California Democrats<br />Daraka has been a long time leader for progressive movement in the California Democratic Party. He was chair of the Santa Barbara County Democratic...

<p>Ali Ekbati was a leader of Sweden's Left Party in 2014 when he was elected to parliament where he served for a decade. In recent years he's been a popular blogger and economic analyst, now living in Oslo, Norway from...

<p>#53 Talking with University of Minnesota Professor Joshua Page on the streets of Minneapolis. Josh Page is the Fink Professor of Sociology and Law at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of The Toughest...

<p>#52 Talking with Democratic Party reformer Sam Rosenthal about how the Democrats lost in 2024 and what is to be done.</p> <p><br />Sam Rosenthal is political director of Roots Action, whose autopsy of the 2024...

<p>#51 Talking about Seattle's astonishing mayoral election with union organizer Michael Laslett & Prof. Jim Gregory<br />Seattle's mayoral election was, like the Mamdani victory in NY, an important progressive victory...

<p>#50 Daraka & Dick Talking About the Recent Election<br />Mamdani's astonishing campaign in NYC along with the Democratic sweep last week inspired us to grab our mics for a conversation. How will Mamdani be able to...

<p>#49: Talking with faculty leaders resisting the Trump assault on the University of California<br />Prof. Jessica Taft, co-president of the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) and Prof. Charmaine Chua, CUCFA...

<p>"#48: Talking History and Strategy with David Duhalde<br />David is a long tme DSA leader. He served as deputy director of DSA and as director of the DSA Fund. We invited him back to reflect on his recent article...

<p>#47 Talking with JW Mason about what Zohran can accomplish<br />Jpsh Mason is an economics professor at John Jay College, CUNY and a senior fellow at Groundwork, whose recent article in Dissent provides much insight...

<p>#46: Talking with Michael Podhorzer about how to understand elections<br />Michael recently retired as Political Director of the AFL-CIO. He's a brilliant analyst of election data and pioneered the use of data for...

<p>Prof. Nelson Lichtenstein returns to talk with us about his new book, an anthology of writings about the labor movement over the last 75 years from the pages of DISSENT magazine, called LABOR'S PARTISANS, that...

<p>Eric Blanc is sociologiste/labor activist whose new book WE ARE THE UNION documents the spreading efforts by workers to initiate and carry forward union organizing without dependence on professional organizers. We...

<p>#43 Talking about class, race, identity politics & DEI<br />Daraka and Dick critically examine a lot of the talking points and arguments in Democratic circles about how class, race, sexuality and immigration are...

<p>After years of legendary success as a labor and community organizer, Harley embarked on a journey to recruit and train organizers and volunteers to reach out to working-class voters in swing states. In this...

<p>Daraka suggests a 3 R framework for organizing and action in the coming time: REFORM, REALIGNMENT, RESISTANCE--and in this episode we describe what each of these might involve. We promise from now on to strive to be...