Hello everybody and welcome back to Revolutionary Left Radio.

So on today's episode we have a pretty unique episode which is to have an interview with

a sitting state senator.

Today we have on Julia Salazar from New York.

She is a representative of Brooklyn so we have a wonderful conversation just sort of thinking

through the implications of electoralism talking about what it is that a Marxist can do from

the inside.

We critique the Democratic Party and outline a possible future for socialist movements

that don't need to use or be engaged with a formation like the Democratic Party.

So all in all we're very honored to have Julia come on the show and have this discussion

and tackle some really big complicated questions that politicians don't often get asked.

This was awesome.

It was the first for us to interview somebody of this sort of political standing and we're

really excited to share this with our listeners today.

So without further ado let's get into our interview with New York State Senator Julia Salazar.

Enjoy.

First of all thanks so much for having me.

I'm honored to be joining you today.

My name is Julia Salazar and I am the first term state senator for New York's 18th District

which is in Brooklyn.

I represent the communities of Cypress Hills where I live, East New York, Bushwick, Williamsburg

and Greenpoint in the state senate.

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