The Quest for the Offline Left with Cecilia Guerrero: Organizing the South

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The Quest for the Offline Left with Cecilia Guerrero: Organizing the South

Jay Lesoleil

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Clementine Morrigan

Nov 03, 2024

Transcript

In Episode 72, we’re joined by Cecilia Guerrero, an organizer in Nashville, Tennessee, helping to innovate a new generation of socialist movement-building deep in the American South. We discuss what it’s like organizing in Tennessee, the fantastic gains being made by the new network of organizations springing up there — including an unprecendented wildcat union of Uber and Lyft drivers — and the many lessons to be learned for socialists operating in such an environment.

Part of the Quest for the Offline Left series.

Show Notes

The Tyranny of Structurelessness by Jo Freeman

Amber Frost on nonprofits - Dirtbag

‘Nonprofit Mystification, Counterinsurgency and George Jackson’ - Interview with Hiram Rivera on Millennials are Killing Capitalism

'Hundreds of Nashville rideshare drivers vote to unionize' - Tennessee Lookout

A Luta Sigue official website

A Luta Sigue on IG

Tennessee Drivers’ Union on IG

Nashville People Power on IG

Southern Youth Solidarity Network on IG

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Clementine Morrigan

Jay Lesoleil

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Theme song by ST x LIAM.

Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora.

Jay Lesoleil is a writer, artist, and shelter worker from Montréal with a background in political anthropology. Jay is also one half of the podcast Fucking Cancelled.

Clementine Morrigan is a writer, zinester, and public intellectual based in Montréal. She writes essays and literay nonfiction on culture, politics, ethics, relationships, sexuality, spirituality, and trauma. She is one half of Fucking Cancelled.

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