Ernesto Cortes – The Organizer Mindset

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96_8An00jQQ&#38;t=0s" target="_blank">0:00</a> Ernie’s work as an organizer</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96_8An00jQQ&#38;t=345s" target="_blank">5:45</a> Tension, polarization, and reconciliation</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96_8An00jQQ&#38;t=769s" target="_blank">12:49</a> The drama of organizing</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96_8An00jQQ&#38;t=1101s" target="_blank">18:21</a> The definition of power</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96_8An00jQQ&#38;t=1672s" target="_blank">27:52</a> Ernesto’s work getting running water and sewers to border communities</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96_8An00jQQ&#38;t=1886s" target="_blank">31:26</a> Market activity vs. market ideology</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96_8An00jQQ&#38;t=2491s" target="_blank">41:31</a> What’s wrong with meritocracy?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96_8An00jQQ&#38;t=3372s" target="_blank">56:12</a> Does identitarianism stand in the way of reconciliation?</p><p>Recorded January 19, 2023</p><p>Links and Readings</p><p><a href="https://www.industrialareasfoundation.org/" target="_blank">Industrial Areas Foundation</a></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/richard-wolff-and-lajuan-loury-capitalism#details" target="_blank">My recent debate with Richard Wolff</a></p><p><a href="https://amazon.com/Equality-Efficiency-Tradeoff-Brookings-Classic/dp/0815726538" target="_blank">Arthur Okun’s book, </a><em>Equality and Efficiency: A Big Tradeoff</em></p><p><a href="https://amazon.com/Cultural-Contradictions-Capitalism-20th-Anniversary/dp/0465014992" target="_blank">Daniel Bell’s book, </a><em>The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism</em></p><p><a href="https://amazon.com/American-Capitalism-Concept-Countervailing-Power/dp/1614273251" target="_blank">John Kenneth Galbraith’s book, </a><em>American Capitalism: The Concept of Countervailing Power</em></p><p><a href="https://amazon.com/Tyranny-Merit-Find-Common-Good/dp/1250800064" target="_blank">Michael Sandel’s book, </a><em>The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?</em></p><p><a href="https://amazon.com/What-Money-Cant-Buy-Markets/dp/0374533652" target="_blank">Michael Sandel’s book, </a><em>What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets</em></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/michael-sandel-the-tyranny-of-merit#details" target="_blank">Michael Sandel’s TGS appearance</a></p><p><a href="https://amazon.com/Black-White-Masks-Frantz-Fanon/dp/0802143008" target="_blank">Franz Fanon’s book, </a><em>Black Skin, White Masks</em></p><p></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">glennloury.substack.com/subscribe</a>