Primary Struggle w/ Abdul El-Sayed and other insurgent candidates

About this episode

The episode features interviews with various left-wing and socialist candidates running for office across the United States.

Featuring Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Tennessee US House candidate Justin Pearson, New York US House candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier, Oregon state House candidate Tammy Carpenter, Providence mayoral candidate David Morales, and DC City Council candidate Aparna Raj. The first episode in a series featuring short interviews with left-wing and socialist candidates at every level of US politics. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Our huge new Thawra study guide and resource website thawraproject.com Dan debates Hasan on Brian Lehrer wnyc.org/story/should-democrats-appear-with-hasan-piker/ Hasan’s analysis of the debate youtube.com/watch?v=fgkcuHZtsiM&t=1557s RSVP to the May 20 Dig party in Seattle! eventbrite.com/e/the-dig-x-house-our-neighbors-party-tickets-1986843010930 RSVP to the May 26 Dig party in LA! eventbrite.com/e/a-party-in-la-for-the-dig-friends-tickets-1987008568116? Buy How to End Family Policing at Haymarketbooks.org Get 50% off How to Sell a Genocide , or any first book purchase from plutobooks.com with code ‘DIG50’

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Denvir

Guests: Abdul El-Sayed, Justin Pearson, Darializa Avila Chevalier, Tammy Carpenter, David Morales, Aparna Raj

Topics covered

• left-wing politics
• socialist candidates
• US elections
• interviews
• political activism

Keywords

• Abdul El-Sayed
• Justin Pearson
• Darializa Avila Chevalier
• Tammy Carpenter
• David Morales
• Aparna Raj
• US politics
• socialism
• elections

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Thawra, Haymarket Books, Pluto Books

Places: Michigan, Tennessee, New York, Oregon, Providence, DC

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