Building a Progressive Majority with Dorian Warren

Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast

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4.6 • 8.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

There are a whole lot of people running for President. Already, the candidates are beginning their nationwide trek, pitching themselves to the Democratic base. Each campaign faces the same struggle: how to craft a message that appeals to a coalition made up of people from all different backgrounds and walks of life. This candidate primary of town halls and stump speeches and campaign stops is crafting the future of the Democratic party from the top down. But away from the national headlines is the crucial day in day out work of grassroots organizing. The art of stitching together a complex and diverse group of people who often have conflicting desires. So how does that political constituency get built and how do you turn that momentum into political power? President of Community Change Dorian Warren knows this work inside out, and explains how voters can set the Democratic agenda from the ground up. Email us at [email protected] Tweet using #WITHpod Read more at nbcnews.com/whyisthishappening YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: Rethinking Identity with Kwame Anthony Appiah (March 12) The Democratic Response with Stacey Abrams (Feb 26) Organizing in Trump Country with George Goehl (Jan 8) White Identity Politics with Michael Tesler (Oct 30)

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0:00.0	If you put a working class white guy in a union,
0:03.9	he will behave differently politically than if he's not.
0:07.5	And part of that is because the union is the space,
0:10.2	it's the institution to build a sense of linked fate.
0:14.2	That my fate is somehow bound up with yours.
0:17.0	We're not going to agree, say, on like 30% of things.
0:20.0	But my fate is still more tied to you
0:22.6	than we might think of the corporate villains.
0:25.3	Hello, and welcome to Why is this happening with me, your host, Chris Hayes.
0:32.7	Well, the 2020 Democratic primary is in absolute full swing right now.
0:38.4	Actually, that's not true. It's not full full swing
0:40.5	because there might be more people who run for president.
0:43.0	Tiffany Champion has been toying with the idea.
0:45.6	She's been writing these long meditative medium posts
0:48.0	as she's driving around the country just meeting normal folk.
0:51.3	Where she talks about her immigration policy.
0:54.3	So you never know, she might jump in.
0:56.5	Your favorite cable news slash podcast host might jump in.
1:00.6	Although I don't think that's going to happen.
1:03.1	You never know who might jump in.
1:05.0	Everyone's circling whether they're going to jump in or not.
1:08.5	But one of the things that I think is happening right now,
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