Mass Movements Make Room: Lessons From the Women’s March, with Rachel Carmona

October 24, 2024 00:49:47
Mass Movements Make Room: Lessons From the Women’s March, with Rachel Carmona
Anti Authoritarian Podcast
Mass Movements Make Room: Lessons From the Women’s March, with Rachel Carmona

Oct 24 2024 | 00:49:47

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Show Notes

Scot and Sue are joined by Rachel Carmona, Executive Director of the Women’s March, to discuss threats to our democracy and what building mass movements has taught her. How is minority rule undermining democracy and what must organizers and believers in democracy do to win? How do we create a big enough tent to allow room for disagreement, while keeping a shared commitment to defeating authoritarianism? And what’s up with the authoritarian bloc's obsession with the LGBTQ community?

Guest Bio

Rachel O’Leary Carmona is the Executive Director of Women’s March and Women’s March Network. Rachel served as the Chief Operating Officer of Women’s March from 2018, transitioning to the Executive Director role in 2019. She oversaw building the infrastructure of Women’s March as an organization from a series of record-breaking mobilizations. Under Rachel’s leadership, Women’s March drove record turnout in 2018; anchored 4,500 nationwide actions in the United States, mobilizing tens of millions in 2022; and mobilized women in a pivotal 2023 Supreme Court race in Wisconsin.

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