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Pod Save the People

Do You Love Justice, or Not?

Pod Save the People

Pod Save the People

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.78.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

DeRay talks candidly with Congressman and DNC Deputy Chair Keith Ellison (MN-5th) about Resistance Summer, who’s on the 2020 Presidential bench, Comey’s upcoming testimony, Kushner’s security clearance, engaging black women in the DNC, and why we have to keep fighting for justice. DeRay, Sam and Brittany talk through this past week’s news, and DeRay shares new data on which federal elected officials are holding town halls alongside a conversation with Jimmy Dahman at The Town Hall Project.

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Durey and welcome to Pots of the People.

0:06.0

Now this episode of Pots of the People is dedicated to Bowdoin College, where I went to college.

0:10.2

It's in Maine.

0:11.4

It was an incredible experience and I was just back because it was my 10 year college

0:16.2

reunion.

0:17.2

It's sort of wild to think that I've been out of college for 10 whole years.

0:20.3

It feels like just yesterday I was visiting this beautiful campus for the first time,

0:24.6

making a class of a Nietzsche and play dough in the Bible and reading about hooks for the

0:30.5

first time.

0:31.5

So, love Bowdoin.

0:33.3

Everybody should check it out if you're thinking about a college, check out Bowdoin, incredible

0:36.6

place.

0:37.6

Now, the thing I'll say before we begin this episode.

0:40.0

This episode is packed, talking to Keith Ellison about the DNC, the future of the party,

0:44.4

and also Hillary and Bernie in fighting and the party stands on a white role voters and

0:51.6

black women and then Jimmy from the Town Hall project and obviously the news.

0:55.9

He said, people ask me all the time, what should I do?

1:00.1

What can they do?

1:01.7

And there's no simple answer to that.

1:03.4

But one answer that's true for everybody is the star where you are.

1:07.0

The Harry Tubman didn't call me and tell me what to do or make me an organizer.

1:11.4

That I had to start where I was and that's the story of any organizer.

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