Working Class Solidarity: A Conversation with John Russell

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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If you have to work for a living, then you’re working class, and the sooner we realize most of us are in the same boat, the sooner we can ban together and ask for what we need. John Russell and I talk about how we have more to gain from solidarity than division, and as John says, “It comes down to power. If we want to find common ground, and close the hate gap, it’s essential we realize our futures are irrevocably tied together”. Yes, we need to elect people who will support our needs, but we don’t have to wait around for politicians to start making change. We can start that all on our own though action. As always, if you enjoy what we do, please consider SUBSCRIBING to PoliticsGirl Premium. You’ll get this podcast ad free, along with a bunch of other perks, including the knowledge that you’re allowing us to keep bringing you the best content possible. If that interests you, please go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and subscribe today!! Thanks so much for caring! xoPG MERCH STORE NOW OPEN: Check it out at: https://www.politicsgirl.com/store Guest social: https://linktr.ee/heyjohnrussell https://www.theholler.co/ TikTok: @heyjohnrussell Insta: @heyjohnrussell Twitter: @heyjohnrussell As always, please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl This episode is sponsored by… https://shopbeam.com/politicsgirl https://lomi.com/politicsgirl Code: politicsgirl

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0:00.0	The largest interest of capital and huge business, they got together and said,
0:05.6	we need to organize and we need to go in one direction.
0:09.0	And we've been living in that world since they made it happen in the 70s.
0:13.0	Now people are starting to question it,
0:15.0	but ultimately what we need to do is the same thing as they did.
0:19.0	We need to organize.
0:20.0	We need to go in the same direction. Hello and welcome to the Politics Girl Podcast. I'm your host Le McGowan. Let's get into it.
0:37.2	I'm excited about today's conversation because I'm a big believer in the growing necessity of
0:42.0	independent media and the importance of different
0:44.2	voices to capture what's truly going on across our nation.
0:47.4	No matter how good legacy media journalists are, and some of them really are amazing.
0:51.8	At the end of the day, they're still beholden to the company and owners who pay their salaries,
0:56.0	while independent voices are not.
0:58.0	In that vein, today's guest is John Russell.
1:00.6	John was the rural outreach director for Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign and ran for Congress himself in 2018.
1:07.0	The creator of the Haller, an Appalachian-based independent media site, focusing on grassroots, working- working class and political media.
1:14.6	John also authors a popular sub-stack by the same name and is a well-respected social media
1:19.7	creator focusing on the working-class perspective and creating a real name for himself in left-wing
1:24.7	economic circles.
1:26.3	He also happens to be a working bartender in rural West Virginia, deep in Trump country.
1:31.3	John talks a lot about what he calls the engineered division of the
1:34.0	working class, which ultimately serves no one but our corporate overlords, and he
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