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Where the Writers Guild of America Goes Next to Support Marginalized Workers, with Angela Harvey and Tawal Panyacosit Jr.

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Host Bianca Cunningham talks with WGA member and Think Tank for Inclusion and Equity (TTIE) co-chair Angela Harvey, whose writing credits include MTV’s "Teen Wolf," "Station 19," and "American Horror Stories," and one of TTIE's other co-chairs, Tawal Panyacosit Jr., a WGA member and activist who has writing credits on "Vampire Academy." They reflect on the recent WGA strike, the contract the union won, and the work to lift up more diverse voices in the entertainment industry.

The State of the Community Organizing Model – What Needs to Evolve, with Vera Parra and Jasson Perez

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As Hegemonicon continues its exploration of what the Left is building, this conversation analyzes the model for political and community organizing that has persisted since Saul Alinsky hit the field in the mid-20th century—professionalized, nonprofit-managed, and non-ideological. The anti-ideological component of this type of organizing has been the subject of ongoing critique. But other aspects, especially the "professionalization" of organizing, also bear scrutiny, given the dramatic changes in the world over the past decades.