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Is there a "Left" in America?
Recorded today (19 February): Morning Tinto podcast, episode 5
Chris Musei-Sequeira
February 19, 2025
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It’s no surprise that the Democrats lost the election in the USA… that party of woke, far left elitists…
Uh, what?!
And why are we still talking about the Presidential election?
Morning Tinto Episode 5: Off the Spectrum?
Recorded today, my friend Heather Luna of keduzi and I talk about terminology such as “the Left” and “the opposition party” in the context of American politics. We discuss the history of the “Left” and “Right” dating back to French politics of the late 1700s, then tie that history to events that have been occurring in the United States over the last several days and weeks.
Heather and I discuss other ways of looking at politics beyond the simple (I would say “simplistic”) Left-Right spectrum and how those ways can help us learn about building communities and meeting each other’s needs.
Take a listen, subscribe, and hit “REPLY” in your email app to let us know what you think!
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Where to find the perspectives you’ve been missing
FIRST: Subscribe to the Morning Tinto podcast, where my friend Heather Luna and I use the lenses of oppression and resistance to talk about events that happen right before recording.
SECOND: Subscribe to our professional offers-and-needs networking events announcement list. Heather and I regularly host FREE online events where professionals can offer help (free or paid) and ask other professionals to meet their needs.
THIRD: Follow these awesome folks on LinkedIn:
Heather Luna of keduzi: workshopping pro-connectedness and anti-oppression as a way of life
Lavinia Muth: deconstructing the (un)sustainable fashion industry
Dr. Vidhya Shankar, Ph.D: decentering whiteness in evaluation of non-governmental organization projects
FOURTH: Forward this issue to people you know who are doing decolonial and anti-oppression work.
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Image source: Isidore-Stanislaus Helman (1743-1806) and Charles Monnet (1732-1808), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed 19 February 2025 from LINK.
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My position
My name is Chris Musei-Sequeira, and I use he/him pronouns. My mother was born in Trinidad and Tobago as a descendant of African slaves brought to the islands during the time of European colonization. She came to the United States of America (USA) at the age of 10. My father is Goan and was born in India, in Mumbai, and raised Catholic and English-speaking. He came to the USA for his graduate studies, where he met my mother.
My sister and I were born in the USA and lived a middle-class life in the suburbs of multiple American cities. I studied aeronautical engineering and technology policy in university, then worked at the Federal Aviation Administration and as an aviation consultant. I've lived in cities up and down the USA East Coast since the age of 18; I now reside in Queens, New York with my wife.
I thank Heather Luna and Lavinia Muth for showing me the importance of publicly expressing our positions. Because of our positions, all of us are very familiar with some aspects of the world while having no idea of other aspects. Positionality expresses how our individual positions affect our relationships with other people and with the world as a whole.