Matt is joined by Faiz Shakir, a top adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders and the former manager of his 2020 presidential campaign, to talk about adopting a working class lens for crafting progressive policy, cultivating an ethic of solidarity, and about the organization he founded, More Perfect Union, which aims to craft media that centers working people. Faiz also gets Matt to go on the record about how his own feelings on Bernie have evolved, from the 2016 campaign to now.
Resources:Mission Statement, More Perfect Union
Guest:Faiz Shakir (@fshakir), Adviser, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Founder, More Perfect Union
Host:Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com
Credits:Erikk Geannikis, Editor and Producer
Bernie Sanders, Would have won
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