The Opposition in the Democratic Party

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i think around globalization, that like swetshops and m and trade, is a place where you see really, eudysses sustained, organized opposition. So there was actually a lot of opposition to welfare reform,. You have the teachers, th i look at charter schools; who actually have the biggest percentage of a voice in democratic conventions. I meant the power of the teachers movement, n their huge coalition in the democratic party. They're te biggest, the biggest representative of labor.

Dan's second episode with historian Lily Geismer, who he interviewed in 2019 about Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party. This interview is on Left Behind: The Democrats' Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality, which details the long history of Clintonism and the Democrats’ neoliberal turn. Read the latest newsletter. It's on what Ruthie meant when she said abolition was another word for communism: thedigradio.com/newsletter31 Listen to Geismer's first Dig interview: thedigradio.com/podcast/race-and-class-in-the-liberal-suburbs-with-lily-geismer Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig