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Do Local Politics Really Matter? [1]

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Date: 2025-05 

Community organisers around the world have long argued that to change a country, canvas a community. But is that really true?

In this episode, we catch up with someone who literally wrote the book on the subject. Our guest George Goehl started organising in a soup kitchen in Southern Indiana 30 years ago in the Clinton era and continues to do so in the time of Trump.

Listen in to understand how to fight effectively for change and why immigration is such a divisive issue.

The Fundamentals Of Organizing - George Goehl

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Credits:

Presented by Aman Sethi

Edited and produced by James Battershill & Ayodeji Rotinwa

Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela

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