Julia Salazar Brings Socialist Insurgency to Brooklyn

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

News, Politics

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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This week's super series on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory and the future of left politics continues with Julia Salazar, a DSA member running for a Brooklyn state Senate in New York's District 18. Salazar's campaign worked hard for Ocasio-Cortez; now, Ocasio-Cortez's team is returning the favor. Recently, The New York Daily News wondered if Salazar might be the new Ocasio-Cortez. Ocasio-Cortez responded: Salazar "isn’t the next me, she’s the first HER." Indeed, Salazar has her own story to tell. She immigrated from Colombia as a child, and came of age as a young activist by organizing a rent strike in her Harlem building. She describes herself as a democratic socialist, which she defines as recognizing "the capitalist system as being inherently oppressive and actively working to dismantle it and to empower the working class and the marginalized in our society." Get involved with the campaign at salazarforsenate.com Support this podcast with $ and access our weekly newsletter at patreon.com/TheDig

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0:00.0	Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine.
0:12.2	My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.
0:17.7	This week's super series on Alexandria Acacio-Cortez's victory in the future of left politics
0:23.3	continues today with Julia Salazar, a DSA member running for a Brooklyn State Senate seat
0:28.8	in New York's District 18. Salazar's campaign worked hard for Accio-Cortez, and now
0:35.2	Ocasio-Cortez's team is returning the favor.
0:39.0	Recently, the New York Daily News wondered if Salazar might be the new Acacio-Cortez.
0:44.5	Accio-Cortez responded, that Salazar isn't the next me, she's the first her.
0:50.4	Indeed, Salazar has her own story to tell. She immigrated from Colombia as a child and came of age as a young activist by organizing
0:58.6	a rent strike in her Harlem building.
1:01.4	She describes herself as a democratic socialist, which she defines as recognizing the capitalist
1:06.5	system as being inherently oppressive, and actively working to dismantle it and to empower the
1:12.5	working class and the marginalized in our society. Sounds like a solid analysis and like a good
1:18.6	plan too. Before we get rolling, I am only able to dedicate the time necessary to do things like
1:24.4	putting out seven interviews on Acacio-Cortez in one week, thanks to support
1:29.2	from listeners, people like you, walking around with me talking into your earbuds, at patreon.com
1:35.9	slash the dig. Plus, we have a weekly newsletter and lefty books to send contributors.
1:41.9	So, if you like what we do, please support us at P-a-t-r-E-O-N-com slash the dig.
1:51.5	We've already posted interviews with Akazio-Cortez, Cynthia Nixon, and Bernie Sanders.
1:57.4	Next up tomorrow are Seth Ackerman and Kate Aronoff.
2:01.3	Okay, here's Julia Salazar.
2:16.8	Julia Salazar. welcome to The Dig.
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