On election night, we were behind by eight %. But as those mail and ballots started coming in, we inched up and inched up. And we won that election by about four per centnd We actually won across the city where only one of the candidates that amazon had backed in the election actually won their seat. So we had a huge victory in that election. Seems to me there's not any kind of hard distinction between community organizing in the broad sense and political activism that focuses on elections. In so many other ways too, people can and do find ways to get heard and apply pressure.
What will it take to make the United States a more fully-functioning democracy, and how can we, as citizens, bring about that change?
By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with Michael Waldman, Jennifer Cohn, and Sanford Levinson.
The series editor is Loretta Williams. Music by Algiers, John Erik Kaada, Eric Neveux, and Lucas Biewen. Music consulting and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.