This is the Mother Jones Podcast. I'm Jamila King in New York.

On today's show,

on the show. On today's show, we're halfway through our special holiday series of conversations

with activists, artists, and leaders, voices who are shaping the national conversation right now.

And it would be hard to miss the voice of today's guest, whether it's on his award-winning

podcast or in a tweet on your timeline.

Dore McEckeson rocketed to the national stage in 2014 during protests following the

killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

He's a leading voice in the Black Lives Matter movement.

He's been a mayoral candidate, an educator,

and now he's an author.

As 2018 ends and progression, And now he's an author.

As 2018 ends and progressive communities try to figure out how to resist Trump,

McKesson offers stories from the front lines of activism

and gives advice on how to look beyond the headlines

to identify the structures that drive inequality. Tier gas, rubber bullets, guns pointed at protesters from tanks.

Four years ago, activists rose up in Ferguson to protest police brutality against black people

after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager. They were

met with militaristic tactics from law enforcement.

Dorem McKesson left his job in Minneapolis public schools to join the protests.

On Twitter he documented the heartache and anger and action in

Missouri for a worldwide audience.

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