Tom Perriello
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Tom Perriello is a former U.S. Congressman known for his progressive stance and advocacy for social justice. This interview reveals his commitment to sparking change and his belief in the power of bold policies to transform lives.
“So policy results can matter. And so I think that the sorts of things that are happening now, as you see this scaling up of solutions, the national job guarantee that now you have Booker and Sanders coming together on. The reason I think that's interesting is, and again, I think pundits are getting it wrong.”
“You know, you could be a Catholic and not be a Democrat, you know, in a way. I mean, obviously, you know, this is coming of age in the 80s and sort of the emergence of or really ascendants of today's religious right, which is now neither religious nor right.”
“Within that group, they then gave two responses. One response didn't talk about race and just talked about fairness and justice. The other specifically talked about racial inequality and justice.”
“Did. So at the time, West Africa, Sierra Leone, West Africa was ranked as the worst place on Earth in the UN Human Development Index. The life expectancy was, I think, 36 years old at the time. It was about the ninth year of the war. And it certainly had that. And our country had managed to make it worse.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 237 - Tom Perriello
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