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How the Left Can Change Tennessee

November 30, 2020/in climate justice, Democrats, Podcasts, Rocky Top Sunrise with Sunrise Movement Tennessee, State, TOPICS, VIDEOS /by Justin Kanew

Matthew Park, Co-Executive Director of Change TN, joins Cassie and Owen to talk about how the Left should be engaging with the upcoming race for the Chair of the Democratic Party and all the local races across the state in 2021. As Matthew says, local municipalities are the true labs of democracy – that’s where we need to be building the bench so that we can truly change Tennessee for the better.

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LISTEN ? "Local politics are where we can make the most difference on climate change."@matthewrpark talks with @cassjacks and @OwenPReed about how local municipalities are the true labs of democracy on @sunrisemvmttn's #RockyTopSunrise.

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— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) November 27, 2020

Rural TN is Red – What Can We Do About It?

November 27, 2020/in Candidates, Democrats, Podcasts, State, TOPICS, VIDEOS, What About Us? /by Justin Kanew

All of our great Rural Caucus candidates were defeated. TNDP Rural Caucus Chair Anne Quillen tells us why Democrats struggle to win in Tennessee. In reality, we all have many similarities in our ideas and dreams of a good life but when misinformation and divisiveness rule no one will be able to achieve them. We discuss how Democrats can better get their message to more voters and create a better Tennessee.

FULL PODCAST available on Apple Podcasts here, and wherever else you like to listen here.

LISTEN ? "We might have more things in common than you’d expect. It takes that one-on-one."@afquillen talks with @sandrafrice55 on #WhatAboutUs about how crucial it is to do deep organizing through one-on-one conversations in rural TN.

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— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) November 27, 2020

Marquita Bradshaw on Where to Go From Here

November 24, 2020/in A Case of the Mundays, Democrats, Podcasts, State, TOPICS, VIDEOS /by Justin Kanew

“We can look toward Georgia, but I was taught if you want your grass to be green, you need to fertilize and water your own grass.” – Marquita Bradshaw talking with Wade Munday on #ACaseOfTheMundays about where to go from here in Tennessee.

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Rep Vincent Dixie on the GOP Disrespecting the Right to Vote

November 19, 2020/in Civil Rights, Democrats, Podcasts, State, TENNESSEE HOLLER PODCAST, TOPICS, VIDEOS /by Justin Kanew

“People that look like me have died for this right, now you’re saying it’s not really worth the paper it’s written on. It’s hurtful.” – Rep. Vincent Dixie talks about the danger of the GOP undermining our election process on #HollerHour.

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Lee’s Failed COVID19 “Strategy”

November 18, 2020/in Republican hypocrisy, State, TOPICS, VIDEOS /by Justin Kanew

“We believe our #COVID19 strategy may well be working BETTER than a statewide mask mandate.”

Gov. Bill Lee has the audacity to claim that his “strategy” is working; meanwhile, Tennessee continues to have record-breaking case increases and Lee doesn’t even follow his own advice.

Nothing Gov. Lee Does is “Nice”

November 12, 2020/in Democrats, Podcasts, State, TENNESSEE HOLLER PODCAST, TOPICS, VIDEOS /by Justin Kanew

Rep. John Ray Clemmons doesn’t hold back in his searing criticisms of Lee’s failure of leadership not only throughout COVID, but since his tenure began.

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A Confederate General’s Descendant on Reckoning with Monuments

November 6, 2020/in Civil Rights, Podcasts, racial justice, State, TOPICS, VIDEOS, What About Us? /by Justin Kanew

We hear “Erasing history” and “destroying our heritage” but what does one family member raised in the South and great-grandson of a revered Confederate General think about the removal of a monument from the public square? Louis Rice joins to discuss.

FULL PODCAST available on Apple Podcasts here, and wherever else you like to listen here.

LISTEN ? "If we’re going to have a nat'l dialogue on systemic racism you have to come to grips that we were founded as a slave nation."

Louis Rice, descendant of a Confederate General, reckons w/ the Confederacy on #WhatAboutUs w/ @sandrafrice55.

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— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) November 6, 2020

Holler Election Coverage

November 5, 2020/in Candidates, Democrats, Federal, State, TOPICS, VIDEOS /by Justin Kanew

Tequila Johnson of The Equity Alliance and Aftyn Behn of Indivisible Tennessee joined Kanew and Cassie in covering the #2020Election. Candidates, politicos, and people from across the state called in to tell us the latest from the ground as results came in.

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