On this episode of Season Three of Those People Mitch chats with Ihssane Lecky (which I mispronounce at least 3 times in this interview, likely the only thing be and Tucker Carlson have in common) to talk about her journey to America from growing up in Morocco, becoming an organizer and a fighter for wall street reform which was passed and then repealed under the Trump administration, and what being a “progressive” in the American sense of the term means to her.

Leckey is running in Massachusetts 4th congressional district, a seat vacated by Joe Kennedy III deciding for no apparent reason to challenge Ed Markey for Mass.’ 2nd Senate seat. This race is the most contested in the state and while there are several perfectly fine candidates in the race, Leckey stood out to me as someone able to identify the core issues facing working class people in the state including corruption, rampant ignorance of sexual violence and more.

She’s also the most No-Bullshit ‘Politician’ I’ve interviewed so far on the show.

In her own words, Melanie is one of Those #Shero, #WallStreetRegulator, #Mother, #Muslim, #Immigrant People -

You can check out her website for more info on all of those and plenty more at: https://ihssane.org/ or follow her on twitter https://twitter.com/ihssaneleckey.

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This Podcast was Recorded Remotely in May 2020 in Plymouth MN & the 4th District of Massachusetts. We delayed the release of this podcast due to wanting to keep the focus on the Black Lives Matter movement, and Mutual Aid projects we were supporting around the country, however with Leckey’s primary just around the corner, it seemed like now was the time to get back on air and help more folks get to know their local candidates.

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Music for this show:

Those People, 2012, Justus Boyz (Intro): https://bit.ly/2lbdBJB

Those People, 2015, Amy Bezunartea (Outro): https://spoti.fi/2nhoOsH

Untitled, 2019, Mitch Gayns (Transitions)

Trigger Warnings for this Episode:

Violence and Discrimination against immigrant communities

Sexual Violence

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