The smarter politics that is emerging in America recognizes that every elected position has the potential to serve as a platform for transformational change, and that is especially true of city council posts. City councillors govern from the intersection of grassroots engagement and policy. If they do it right, they can remake local, state, and national debates. Few city councilmembers know this better than Austin’s Greg Casar. Casar came to Austin as an activist, he recognized quickly the potential of the city council, and got elected at the age of twenty-five, the youngest city councillor in Austin history. Since then, he has pursued groundbreaking struggles for worker rights, immigrant rights, and economic justice, and there have been amazing victories. This week, Greg Casar is our guest on Next Left.

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