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Graham Platner: “We're entering into an era of politics of power, an…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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Graham Platner Is Staying in the Race | The New Yorker Radio Hour

Published | Video Starts at 30:31

I think we've already entered actually an era of American politics that in many ways is going to look a lot more like that of the late 19th and early 20th century than the last 50 years. We're entering into an era of politics of power, an understanding of what power actually is. It's not merely knowing the rule book. It's about understanding how to organize people and how to utilize a relationship between activists, an organization on the ground, and the more structural levers of power. (30:31–30:39)

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Asserts that American politics is shifting towards a focus on power dynamics.

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