Hello everybody and welcome back to Rev Left Radio.

On today's episode we have on the show, my friend and comrade Gabby, to discuss a bunch of

issues surrounding proletarian feminism, um, you know, patriarchy and misogyny in our culture,

in our society, in class society writ large,

as well as its manifestations within left wing organizing some of her personal experiences,

some of my personal experiences with, you know, uncomfortable or inappropriate behavior in organizing context, the way organizations

can deal with issues when they inevitably come up, the importance of compassion and forgiveness,

uplifting each other, transformative justice as opposed to punitive justice, and so much conversation surrounding feminism, the sex

trade, patriarchy, the way it manifests in our own minds, in our own, in our own subcultures,

and our own organizing efforts, and how we can all work together to do better, to create

stronger, healthier organizations.

And, you know, in lieu of like recent events like the Caesar Chavez revelations that have come

out recently, I thought it was a really important time to perhaps, you know, come back to this

issue, address this issue, give people who are engaged or want to become

engaged in organizing serious food for thought, and always point in the direction of

uplifting ourselves and one another, building genuine solidarity that takes seriously our

different, you know, lived experiences and forms of oppression that we face, working through some of the social conditioning that we're all immersed in,

and trying to be better people in pursuit of building a better world.

And we're all human, we're all flawed, we're all, you know, we all make mistakes,

we all have foibles.

And so there also has to be this level of forgiveness and understanding and an attempt to to transform ourselves in the process of trying to transform the world.

So Gabby is a perfect guest for this.

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