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Pod Save America
The host read this book because he was interested in historical moments where movements successfully galvanized public support to achieve broader political change. The book provided useful lessons for thinking about organizing, the balance between radicalism and pragmatism, and the impact of political support on labor movements.
I read it because I was really interested in moments when movements were able to galvanize public support, not just to make changes in a company or an industry, but to make broader political change.
— Episode: High Crimes and Piss-demeanors
Episode: High Crimes and Piss-demeanors
The host read this book because he was interested in historical moments where movements successfully galvanized public support to achieve broader political change. The book provided useful lessons for thinking about organizing, the balance between radicalism and pragmatism, and the impact of political support on labor movements.
I read it because I was really interested in moments when movements were able to galvanize public support, not just to make changes in a company or an industry, but to make broader political change.
And the book was really helpful to do that. And this conversation was really helpful to think about that, about getting public support, the balance between radicalism and pragmatism, the ways in which violence can harm a movement, and how much it matters when you have political leaders who are supportive of organizing and labor movements and when they're hostile to them.
The book is The History of America in Ten Strikes. I recommend everybody check it out.