Erica Sagrans is a writer, activist and a member of In These Times’ Board of Directors. She perviously worked as the campaign manager of Ready for Warren, a grassroots effort to draft Elizabeth Warren to run for president in 2016. You can follow Erica on Twitter at @EricaS.
Sagrans was Rep. Will Guzzardi’s (D) campaign manager in his 2014 race for Illinois’ 39th District state representative. Previously she ran digital campaigns for the Working Families Party and was a regional digital director with the Obama-Biden 2012 campaign in Chicago. She is the editor of We Are Wisconsin, a book on the Wisconsin labor protests and Capitol occupation of 2011.
Feature
The Rise of Podemos In Spain’s Election Shows How Much Trouble the Establishment Is In
From Spain’s “Nueva Política” to Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, outsider candidates and parties are catching fire, creating new spaces for political revolution.
Erica Sagrans
Viewpoint
6 Lessons for the U.S. from Spain’s Democratic Revolution
How Spain’s 15M movement went from occupying city squares to city halls—without compromising its independence
Erica Sagrans
How the Guzzardi Campaign Fought the Machine and Won
Erica Sagrans
We need to be united in the fight against fascism and repression.
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