Ep 27 - The Politics of Everything (Part 1) - Yasmin Nair

Radio Inquilab speaks with Yasmin Nair a fierce activist, media and cultural critic, and academic. We talk about the November 2024 election looking into the principal reasons why Kamala Harris lost despite raising the most amount of money ever raised for a Presidential race. Yasmin delves into how Harris was never a good candidate and had no experience to run such a competitive and important race. Her very important and prescient article, written on August 23 2024, is worth a read: https://yasminnair.com/kamala-harris-will-lose/

We talk about immigration, and how neither the left nor the right are really interested in fixing a system that dehumanizes immigrants. Yasmin's writing on immigration is deeply humane and comes from a perspective that regardless the kind of work immigrants do, they need to be first and foremost looked at for being living breathing individuals.

This was a wonderful conversation where we explored so many ideas that challenge traditional politics and limit our abilities to make a positive change.

Yasmin can be found on X @nairyasmin and her website: https://yasminnair.com/

This is part 1 of a two-part conversation.