For William's first conversation exploring the conjuncture his own organizing work has operated inside for the past 15 years, he is joined by former Hawaii State Representative and current National Director for the Green New Deal Network Kaniela Ing. They discuss the lessons Kaniela learned operating as a left-progressive outsider on the national stage, while straining to do his best to serve his constituents at the local level. The contradictions revealed by such strategy set up the difficult questions anyone on the Left must reckon with at the current conjuncture in which progressive ideology is spreading and growing culturally, but is underrepresented in our institutions that wield power. The latter half of the conversation provides Kaniela the opportunity to reflect on how these lessons serve him now as he operates in the non-profit space to continue his fights for social and climate justice as director of the Green New Deal Network.

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