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My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Dennis Kucinich on Public Service, Public Power and His Book - "The Division of Light and Power'

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

News, Politics, History

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We speak to Dennis Kucinich about his fight to save Cleveland's municipal power system as mayor of the city in 1970's. He risked not only his career but his life during that battle, and he gives us some of the details from his new book -"The Division of Light and Power" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You're listening to an airwave media podcast.

0:04.0

Alright, I'm Jack Greenlich.

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I think you can listen to music from relaxing, to celebrating, to getting yourself prepared.

0:12.0

I like all sorts, honestly. I like hip-hop, R&B, and then house music as well.

0:17.0

So yeah, there's no guilt in places around here.

0:20.0

Jack wears the Bose Quiet Comfort Ultra headphones, enjoying his favourite music,

0:25.0

with more immersive sounds than ever before.

0:28.0

The music's just everything isn't it.

0:30.0

Such Bose headphones.

0:32.0

Bose silent is power.

0:34.0

If you do not own them in time, they will own you.

0:39.0

In 1977, Dennis Kassinich became the mayor of the city of Cleveland,

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and the city's youngest mayor at 31 years old.

0:48.0

It was not a good time for the city.

0:51.0

Cleveland, which has been in default since midnight Saturday,

0:54.0

today, learned something of the price it will pay, sharply reduced city services

0:58.0

and the wake of massive layoffs.

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Bonds in default, power blackouts,

1:03.0

high crime, police strikes, garbage strikes.

1:07.0

He'd end up facing a recall election that he'd win narrowly.

1:11.0

For the former congressman, mayor, and presidential candidate,

1:15.0

who will join us on this podcast today,

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