# Why the Left Needs to Get Beyond the Politics of Powerlessness w/ author Yotam Marom (G&R 508) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/green-red-podcasts-for-scrappy-radicals-359547/why-the-left-needs-to-get-beyond-the-politics-of-powerlessness-w-author-yotam-marom-g-r-508 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/green-red-podcasts-for-scrappy-radicals-359547/why-the-left-needs-to-get-beyond-the-politics-of-powerlessness-w-author-yotam-marom-g-r-508.md Podcast: [Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals](https://stenobird.com/podcast/green-red-podcasts-for-scrappy-radicals-359547) Published: 2026-06-30T10:21:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greenandred/episodes/Why-the-Left-Needs-to-Get-Beyond-the-Politics-of-Powerlessness-w-author-Yotam-Marom-GR-508-e3laril Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/10cb45ac/podcast/play/122039317/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-26%2Fa586b15d-8027-466c-e0a2-d94e6b0e6042.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/green-red-podcasts-for-scrappy-radicals-359547/episodes/why-the-left-needs-to-get-beyond-the-politics-of-powerlessness-w-author-yotam-marom-g-r-508 Duration seconds: 2680 ## Resource πŸŽ‰ Don't like liberal media attacks on the Left? Then support independent media channels like the Green and Red Podcast at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast or https://greenandredpodcast.org/donate-to-green-and-red/. How do we build mass powerful movements? Why does the left often implode and self-destruct as it makes gains to challenging the ruling class? How to raise to the occasion of stopping an authoritarian state in the midst of a widening economic divide and the climate crisis? Yotam Marom's new book, "For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness", looks at this.In our latest, Scott talks with experienced movement leader and author Yotam Marom about building progressive and left movements, and power vs powerlessness. They also talk about Yotam's experiences and views on Occupy Wall Street, truth-telling, identity politics, finding a movement home and community to belong to and the recent elections in New York. Guest Bio//Yotam Marom is an organizer, facilitator, and writer with over twenty years of experience in movements. He is based in Brooklyn, New York, and spends most of his time facilitating movement organizations through strategy and group processes. He’s the author of "For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness". -------------------------------- Outro// "Green and Red Blues" by Moody πŸ”— Links 🌐 Yotam's website: https://yotammarom.net/ πŸ”– Get "For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness" here (https://bit.ly/43Yld3W) 🌐 Jacobin:Getting Beyond the Politics of Powerlessness (https://bit.ly/3SxYSrl πŸ’š Support the Green and Red Podcast πŸŽ‰ Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast β˜• One-time donation: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR πŸŽ™οΈ Follow Green and Red πŸ”— Li… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/green-red-podcasts-for-scrappy-radicals-359547/episodes/why-the-left-needs-to-get-beyond-the-politics-of-powerlessness-w-author-yotam-marom-g-r-508/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/green-red-podcasts-for-scrappy-radicals-359547/why-the-left-needs-to-get-beyond-the-politics-of-powerlessness-w-author-yotam-marom-g-r-508.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.