Today as Trump is in Paris peddling the Iran peace memo that by all bipartisan accounts is worse than the deal that Obama brokered, without going to war, Americans are still struggling to make ends meet with rising costs and sinking support for this corrupt, self-dealing regime. But in the midst of the chaos is a lot of hope as the wind is at our backs heading into the midterms. We will talk about how you can help keep the momentum going! Steve Linktree Jason Linktree https://www.goodtroubleliveson.org/ www.practivistpod.com Hosted by Steve Pierson and Jason Berlin Produced by Steve Pierson and Trudi Roth Title Song by Steve Pierson performed by Melinda McGraw
Today I have a conversation with the Founder and Executive Director of “Mind the Movement”, The first mental health fund for democracy and movement workers. For the past 8 years, Ashley Williams has built and led national democracy and political programs. She’s the creator of the largest political organizing training of all time where she trained 60,000 people in 4 weeks through a partnership between Crooked Media and Organizing Together 2020. Prior to her work at Organizing Together, she managed Swing Left’s College Fellowship Program, served as the Deputy Campaign Director for the national nonpartisan program Power the Polls, and served as Managing Director for an advocacy consulting firm. Most recently she was the Senior Advisor of Student Engagement for Save the Children's, followed by time at Harris for President HQ where she was the National Out-of-State Volunteer Director. Steve Linktree mindthemovement.org www.practivistpod.com Hosted by Steve Pierson Produced by Steve Pierson and Trudi Roth Title Song by Steve Pierson performed by Melinda McGraw
We had a big night of primary results and while we still have more updates to come in California, we’ve already learned a lot and have an updated rating in the Iowa Senate race. We also talk about some big wins against the Trump crime family and, as it turns out, Americans really don’t like rampant corruption from any party and that is reflected in Trump’s ever sinking approval ratings. Practivist Call in Number: (818) 824-4286 Steve Linktree Jason Linktree www.nokings.org www.practivistpod.com Hosted by Steve Pierson and Jason Berlin Produced by Steve Pierson and Trudi Roth Title Song by Steve Pierson performed by Melinda McGraw
I’m excited to share this interview because I love to highlight the great work being done by local organizers who make a big impact. Charlie Homer was introduced to me by a listener who wrote in to let us know about the organizing against Citizen’s Bank and their support of ICE detention centers. He is a key organizer in the De-ICE Citizens Bank campaign. Steve Linktree Jason Linktree www.de-icecitizensbank.org www.practivistpod.com Hosted by Steve Pierson Produced by Steve Pierson and Trudi Roth Title Song by Steve Pierson performed by Melinda McGraw
Today we recap another crazy week in which a US Senator was tear gassed by ICE agents, a corrupt craven criminal Trump sycophant is the Republican nominee for Senate in Texas, and more redistricting battles end up backfiring for Republicans in South Carolina and Alabama. And we are less than a week away from our California Primary with major implications for control of the House! Steve Linktree Jason Linktree poweredxpeople.org swipeblue.org www.practivistpod.com Hosted by Steve Pierson and Jason Berlin Produced by Steve Pierson and Trudi Roth Title Song by Steve Pierson performed by Melinda McGraw
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