Maurice Mitchell – ChangeMaker Chat – US and New Politics
The story behind the Working Families Party and the new urban politics in the US
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When Zohran Mamdani voted in the New York Mayoral election last week he told the press that he followed the Working Families Party ticket. Who is the Working FamiliesParty?
This episode is one we recorded earlier with the national leader of the Working Families Party – Maurice Mitchell. This episode was recorded in the wake of the Movement for Black Lives protests, but he also explains the origins of Working Families and their urban origins in community organising movements like ACORN in the US.
There is a long story behind one of the many strands emerging in resistance politics in the US.
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