Heather Ann Thompson
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670 appearances
5 recordings
4 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 26 Jun
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And someone might say, well, that's socialism or that's communism.
But I just want to flag it and say, you know what?
1968 in America was not communism.
If you look at what's going on right now, even in a place like Sweden or Canada, it's not communism.
It's just a more robust safety net for Americans.
And we've...
We've lost it here.
We are in terrible shape right now.
And you know how we know it, Anthony?
Because if you ask anybody, like, would you rather send your, if you had all the money in the world, would you rather send your kids to, you know, public school or private school?
Would you rather go to a private hospital or a public hospital?
Would you rather live in a privately secure neighborhood or a public housing unit?
Like, everyone's real clear that the public sector has been broken, but it was deliberate.
We have a long history of fighting for justice and winning more justice for everybody, and we just need to remember that history.
Race is the thorn in the side of this country.
It is the most divisive thing that this country still tackles, but it is also the thing that we can
move towards greater understanding and justice.
Ordinary people have an extraordinary amount of power, but they have to overcome their racial divides and they have to overcome their prejudices to embrace that power for the good of everyone.
Just feel like it's interesting.
Let's tie that to your Obama comment, because what's really interesting about this is that Obama actually won by a landslide of Americans across the spectrum and conservatives to vote for him.
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