Philly’s Left Turn w/ Helen Gym & Nikil Saval

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

News, Politics

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Featuring Nikil Saval and Helen Gym on how the history of Philadelphia social movements brought Nikil into the state senate and has made Helen, a long-time public education organizer, a frontrunner in the mayoral race. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Subscribe to Dissent dissentmagazine.org/subscribe Buy Angela Davis: An Autobiography haymarketbooks.org/books/2001-angela-davis

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0:00.0	This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our listeners who support us at patreon.com
0:05.0	and by Descent Magazine.
0:07.0	Descent's spring issue, Out May 8th,
0:10.0	includes a special section on the future of the climate left after the Inflation Reduction Act.
0:15.0	It features incisive analyses by several former dig guests,
0:19.0	including Elissa Badestone on the persistent urgency of climate politics,
0:23.0	Amna Akbar on the Fight to Stop Cop City,
0:26.0	Kate Aranoff on the future of climate organizing,
0:29.0	and The Dig's very own senior advisor, Thea Real Francois,
0:33.0	on the fraught politics of lithium mining.
0:36.0	It's going to be a really great issue you do not want to miss it.
0:40.0	Visit DescentMagazine.org slash subscribe to get your copy.
0:45.0	And for a limited time only,
0:47.0	Descent is sending new subscribers,
0:49.0	a copy of Siddhartha Deb's new novel,
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0:54.0	Subscribe now to get both at DescentMagazine.org slash subscribe.
1:09.0	Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine.
1:12.0	My name is Daniel Denver,
1:14.0	and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.
1:17.0	This is part one of a two-part series on progressive city politics
1:21.0	in two big American cities, Philadelphia and Chicago.
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