Doomscroll 48: Claire Valdez

About this episode

Joshua Citarella interviews Claire Valdez about her congressional campaign and the American labor movement.

My guest is Claire Valdez, a union organizer, artist and democratic socialist running for congress in NY-7. Valdez has garnered an impressive list of endorsements; Bernie Sanders, Zohran Mamdani, UAW’s Shawn Fain, DSA, Mahmoud Khalil, Zephyr Teachout, and many others. We discuss the American labor movement and the power of democratic majorities. The NY primary election is on June 23rd. You can get access to the full catalog for Doomscroll and more by becoming a paid supporter: www.patreon.com/joshuacitarella

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Citarella

Guest: Claire Valdez

Topics covered

• labor movement
• democratic socialism
• politics
• union organizing
• elections

Keywords

• Claire Valdez
• union organizer
• democratic socialist
• NY-7
• labor movement
• Bernie Sanders
• elections

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UAW

Places: NY-7

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