Episode 286 of KK&F finds us talking with political commentator Joy Reid about her political journey and the dead ends present in the Democratic Party. Joy brings our attention to the powerful connections between the genocidal violence in Gaza and the boomerang that, as we know, leads to American police officers getting trained by the IDF. In her own powerful words, “These are not separate issues. Our moral imagination has to include not being for genocide, and not partnering with a country that trains our police to harm people like me.” And as she tells it, it’s more than disappointing and disheartening that the Democratic Party refuses to acknowledge this imperative and expand its moral imagination.
We’re seeing contests for Democratic Party power — and for the progressive or conservative future of that party — play out right now, as in the Democrats’ race for the Michigan Senate. In this episode, we talk to Joy about what Abdul El-Sayed’s victory would mean and where the party is headed.
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