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Books. Welcome to the Dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver and I'm broadcasting

from Providence, Rhode Island. This is a second Bernie 2020 election special and this one I co-hosted with 1st

Bernie 2020 election special and this one I co-hosted with Michael Brooks from a Boston canvas

kickoff on Sunday. Brianna Joy Gray was going to join us, but her flight got delayed.

Fortunately, we had the great Natalie Shore join us instead.

Whatever you're doing, wherever you're doing it, keep doing it, and do more of it. We are winning. This fight is and will remain tough as hell. From now through when when knock on wood we are in the White House.

Do not be intimidated by bumps along the way because big and important fights like this are never,

ever easy.

Anyhow, later this week I'm going to have a special on down-ballot candidates because we've

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