Ernesto Cortes – The Organizer Mindset

0:00 Ernie’s work as an organizer

5:45 Tension, polarization, and reconciliation

12:49 The drama of organizing

18:21 The definition of power

27:52 Ernesto’s work getting running water and sewers to border communities

31:26 Market activity vs. market ideology

41:31 What’s wrong with meritocracy?

56:12 Does identitarianism stand in the way of reconciliation?

Recorded January 19, 2023

Links and Readings

Industrial Areas Foundation

My recent debate with Richard Wolff

Arthur Okun’s book, Equality and Efficiency: A Big Tradeoff

Daniel Bell’s book, The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism

John Kenneth Galbraith’s book, American Capitalism: The Concept of Countervailing Power

Michael Sandel’s book, The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?

Michael Sandel’s book, What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets

Michael Sandel’s TGS appearance

Franz Fanon’s book, Black Skin, White Masks

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