What's Left To Do?

Uh, Paul Castellano signed this man's paycheck at one point in his endlessly intriguing life. What else is there to say?

Haha jk! There's a lot more to say, so just press play!

We're good and sauced in Part 2 😆

But we managed to verbalize the need for the left needing durable organizing capabilities, Feinstein needing to get the fuck on, and how she will (soon) be approaching community building with her particular knack for families.

(There will be a ridiculous and dramatic reenactment of her plying me with shots and champagne on IG @whatslefttodo haha)

I got to sit down with the world's MOST GRAND Socialist, Doreen. Don't try this woman! If you're gonna come, come correct!

This was recorded at the end of 2020, and we were in the holiday spirit, sipping spirits (all day).

Hers is a fascinating story of growing up mixed race in Fiji, becoming a political activist as a civil servant and union member. Oh, and uh, her activism is what led to her being exiled from her native Fiji.

Also, I'm sure I'm not the only one who could listen to her lovely voice all day 😊

We pick back up with Yung Rob at Princeton, up through the current day. Now he's a union man! A proud, early member of the Alphabet Workers Union (aka the new union at Google). My man had a lot to say about why he didn't hesitate to join the union.

(tech)Workers of the world, unite!

(Check us out on TW & IG @whatslefttodo for some snippets that didn't make the edit)

This is such a fascinating interview, with a fascinating guest. Rob is from a community that doesn't really exist in the popular imagination: poor, working class, white people living in Cape Cod, who are able to scratch out a living by morphing the Cape into a playground for the rich during the summer.

His life, which is haunted by the fear of April, has taken some pretty interesting twists. One of which is becoming an early member of the newly formed Alphabet Workers Union.

(Find us on IG & TW @whatslefttodo for bonus audio that didn't make the edit)

My part 2 discussion with Kat, where I finally understand why some first generation immigrants supported Trump, among (many) other things.

If you're interested in checking out the charitable giving project she mentioned starting with her husband, you can go to: givewithfig.org

I owe so much to this woman ❤️. She's the one who got me off of the sidelines during the primary, and I haven't looked back since. You'd never know the difficulties she encountered growing up the older child of recent immigrants, if you were to meet her today. But she's reclaimed her story and herself, and is building community for the long haul.

A GIFT for you this holiday! I was able to sit down with Jane Kim and learn about her fascinating journey into politics. She used to have quite the aversion to elected officials when she was a "rah rah activist." Fast forward to today and she's more radicalized than ever because being on the inside has shown her how f*cked up things are deliberately made to be.

Part 2 of my sit down with Holly. Something here for everyone: a practical approach to organizing, holding elected officials accountable, the false binary of electoralism v. everything else. Still chewing on everything we discussed.

(And apologies for subjecting you to me yelling at my roommates)

Holly sits down to speak with me and I learn how the old canard, "the personal is political," developed her into everyone's favorite badass!