Boots Riley
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
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The Importance of Community in Music
When I was 14 and 15 started getting involved with this organization because of the youth side of it that had gotten bigger at that point. When I learned that that was organizing, I realized that that was people being in community. And so that's kind of what I learned from folks and, and, and later on, when I, you know, so, so my father didn't just quit and he was part of a split. He would always be like, how are you going to convince someone to go on strike if you can’t have a pint with them? Right. This is what I understood as effective organizers,. People who had organized during those strike waves of the 30s
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