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Amber A'Lee Frost

The victories and failures of millennial socialism, as told by the writer who lived it. Amber A'Lee Frost came to New York City from her home state of Indiana as a working class activist (and member of then-unknown Cold War hold-out, Democratic Socialists of America), just before the first major mo...

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Amber A'Lee Frost discussed her book, which details her journey as an activist, including her involvement in Occupy Wall Street and Bernie Sanders' presidential campaigns, and reflected on the phases and losses experienced within left politics.

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It's kind of you can tell me if you think this description is right. It's like part memoir, part, you know, description of the journey of yourself and as an activist, but also tracking these major mov...

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Amber A'Lee Frost discussed her book, which details her journey as an activist, including her involvement in Occupy Wall Street and Bernie Sanders' presidential campaigns, and reflected on the phases and losses experienced within left politics.

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It's kind of you can tell me if you think this description is right. It's like part memoir, part, you know, description of the journey of yourself and as an activist, but also tracking these major movements from Occupy to Bernie 2016 to Bernie 2020.

It's available wherever books are sold now.

I started writing it before it came to an end, which, you know, obviously required some retooling.

I knew that I wanted to start writing I knew that I wanted to start sort of with where I came from and how I ended up, you know, on the left, quote unquote, whatever that means.

It's excellent. Congratulations and thank you so much for sharing some of your insights today.

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