What's Left To Do?

Umm, what don't we cover in part 2?

Of particular interest is the background info on how she became Chesa Boudin's campaign manager (he ran and won to become SF's "decarceral District Attorney"). I had no idea there were so many horrifying policies on the books that Chesa was seeking to overturn with his run! Maybe it will give pause to some of the reactionary clowns trying to recall him. (It will not 🙄)

OK so the thumbnail for this episode couldn't be more spot on.

San Francisco, by way of Shreveport - Kaylah is the dazzling light of the left with a smile to match 😊

I still don't know how she does it all, even though she literally explains how in part 2 haha

I always marvel at how momentous things end up happening when people get together and start talking 😊

Such was the case for Winnie and her fellow educators, early on in her full time teaching career. (That principle sounds like a hot mess and nightmare!)

Oh, and this was recorded before the American Relief Plan (the stimulus bill) was planned, so a the specifics there are a little out of date. But I stand by the general thrust of what I said!

If you think she's the one to try?

Congratulations, you played yourself 😏

Part 1 is a classic immigrant story that gets mashed up with the new world that emerges during the summer of love in late '60s San Francisco.

(The story about the college professor still has me 💀💀)

We 👏🏾are 👏🏾naming 👏🏾names👏🏾hunty👏🏾

lol but seriously, this is a good primer on the next big match between David (us) and Goliath (the rich assholes) in California, specifically.

Also, let's hurry along and do a luxury communism so Brandon can get back to making terrible heavy metal, k? 😬

I would follow this man onto any field of battle!

He put aside his dreams of a career in music to raise hell in politics, and we are all better because of it!

My favorite small town, 4-H kid ❤️

Now that I think about it, there probably was no better preparation for Claire's entrée into leftist politics (especially in SF) than going to hippy dippy Hampshire College haha

I'm still kind of fascinated that something as simple as a dance party is what got her started. Maybe I should've titled this, "She Partied Into Politics."

Back to our regularly scheduled program!

On this grand and glorious day, exactly one year ago (😩), one Bernard Sanders won the great state of California on Super Tuesday. That win, was in no small part thanks to this little lady and her Bay Area team. And in commemoration, Claire's interview is on the docket this week.

So, exactly how does an activist and organizer extraordinaire come to form? Press play and find out! (Also, it doesn't hurt to have a parent who studied the French Revolution for their phD haha)

This BONUS episode is a slight departure from our regularly scheduled program. "Why?" you may ask...

Well, Claire's recently departed grandmother showed up and wanted her story, through the history of the Communist Revolution in China, told too 😊

And because she's such a good granddaughter, she did just that 😇

Part 2 has it all, folks. His successful suit against the CIA (!!!!!!!!!!) as a wee teen, how he clocked growing inequality as a worrisome issue waaaay back in the 80s, and a very bold political prediction.

Also, let's give it up for our boy for hooking your darling host up with some solid recording equipment, which is why I don't sound like I'm hiding in a basement during interviews anymore lol 😊