Lamb Is Not Enough. Three Leftist Women Run in Pennsylvania

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Daniel Denvir

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🗓️ 17 March 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Democrat Conor Lamb's victory is a stunning rebuke of Republicans. But Lamb is far from an ideal candidate, and so the race also raises a perennial debate between the left and liberal center over what kind of alternative to the Republican Right we need. Dan’s guests are Elizabeth Fiedler, Sara Inammorato, and Summer Lee, three leftist women running for state rep in Pennsylvania—all three DSA members endorsed by their local chapters. Other stuff: Patrick Blanchfield’s article on guns and neoliberalism discussed last week is here splinternews.com/the-market-cant-solve-a-massacre-1823745509 Thanks to Verso Books. Check out the free e-book Where Freedom Starts: Sex Power Violence #MeToo versobooks.com/blogs/3635-where-freedom-starts-sex-power-violence-metoo and Police: A Field Guide versobooks.com/books/2530-police Support us with your $ at patreon.com/TheDig

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0:00.0	This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our supporters on Patreon and by Verso Books,
0:06.3	which has loads of great left-wing titles, perfect for dig listeners like you. One that you
0:12.9	might like is Police, a Field Guide, by David Correa and Tyler Wall. It doesn't take
0:19.2	firsthand experience to learn the meaning of pain compliance or
0:22.8	rough ride. Police, a field guide, is an illustrated handbook to the methods, mythologies, and
0:30.0	history that animate today's police. It is a survival manual for encounters with cops and police logic, whether it arrives in the shape of officer-friendly, tasers, curfews, non-compliance, or reformist discourses about so-called bad apples.
0:49.1	In a series of short chapters, each focusing on a single term, such as the beat, order,
0:55.0	badge, throw-down weapon, and much more, authors David Correa and Tyler Wall present a guide
1:02.0	that reinvents and demystifies the language of policing in order to better prepare activists,
1:08.0	and anyone with an open mind, on one of the key issues of our time,
1:13.3	police brutality. In doing so, they begin to chart a future free of this violence, and of police.
1:21.1	Police, a field guide, by David Correa and Tyler Wall. Out now from Verso Books.
1:35.4	Thank you. David Correa and Tyler Wall. Out now from Verso Books. Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine. My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.
1:44.3	Democrat Connor Lamb's victory in the special election for a southwest Pennsylvania
1:48.3	congressional seat is a stunning rebuke for Republicans.
1:52.1	But Lamb is far from an ideal candidate.
1:54.6	One of his ads, for example, featured a photo of him shooting in AR-15.
1:59.2	So the race also raises a perennial debate between the left and
2:02.7	liberal center over what kind of alternative to the Republican right we need. On the one hand,
2:09.4	Blue Dog and Establishment types will argue that Lamb's victory demonstrates that Democrats
2:14.4	must run moderates to win in Trump country.
2:23.6	But on the other hand, Lamb embraced organized labor, and labor played a huge role in his win.
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