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The Dig

We Need the PRO Act with Jimmy Williams

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

News, Politics

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Why we need the PRO Act with Jimmy Williams, General Vice President of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.

Sign up to join DSA’s PRO Act phonebank actionnetwork.org/forms/proactphonebank

Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig

Join The Dig Book Club and discuss The Digital Party: Political Organisation and Online Democracy with Paolo Gerbaudo thedigradio.com/dig-book-club. Same to zoom with Astra Taylor and Erick Stoll on their doc You Are Not a Loan.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Dig is a podcast produced in conjunction with Jacobin Magazine, which you probably figured out by now.

0:06.4

And yes, Jacobin is a print publication, not just your favorite source of online commentary,

0:13.0

but also long-form serious print journalism and socialist analysis.

0:18.5

The magazine is released quarterly, and it runs at around 130 pages,

0:23.6

filled with award-winning design and the ideas that movements need to thrive.

0:29.1

Dig listeners can join more than 50,000 Jacobin subscribers, supporting this vital work for just

0:35.8

$15 a year.

0:38.4

$15 gets you an entire year of Jacobin in print

0:42.5

and access to the magazine's very extensive archive online.

0:48.3

First-time subscribers only, you can access this deal

0:52.2

by going to bit.combe, slash jacobin, all lowercase.

0:58.8

That's bit.

1:01.1

L.Y slash dig jacobin, all in lowercase. case.

1:19.0

Welcome to the dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine.

1:23.4

My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

1:28.5

This week's dig comes in two parts posted simultaneously.

1:34.4

The first episode was an interview with labor journalist Alex Press and organizer Jonah Furman.

1:42.8

A big picture look at where the labor movement is at right now, how we got into this situation, and how we might fight for something better.

1:45.3

This episode is part two, an interview on the pro act with Jimmy Williams, the general vice president of the International Union of

1:50.4

Painters and Allied Trades. Before we get rolling, please do support this podcast at

1:57.0

patreon.com slash the dig, if you have not done so already. That's p-a-t-r-e-on.com

2:04.9

slash the dig. Also, join the dig book club and join our upcoming Zoom conversations with

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