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Where Does the “Uncommitted” Movement Go From Here?

On this episode of See How They Run, Waleed Shahid and James Zogby on what’s next for the grassroots movement for Gaza.

D.D. Guttenplan

June 1, 2024

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest in Dearborn, Michigan, as President Biden attends the NAACP Freedom Fund dinner in Detroit, Michigan, on May 19, 2024. (Jeff Kowalsky / AFP via Getty Images)

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Where Does the Uncommitted Movement Go From Here? | See How They Run
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On this episode of the Nation's new election podcast, See How They Run, D.D. Guttenplan is joined by Waleed Shahid to discuss how the "uncommitted" movement got started and what he thinks its impact on 2024 will be. Then, James Zogby on the Democratic Party's complicated relationship with the Arab American community and how the "uncommitted" campaign can influence the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

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For our first episode of See How They Run, The Nation‘s new election coverage podcast, I’m joined by Waleed Shahid to discuss how the “uncommitted” movement got started and what he thinks its impact on 2024 will be.

Then, James Zogby on the Democratic Party’s complicated relationship with the Arab American community and how the “uncommitted” campaign can influence the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Waleed Shahid is a progressive strategist and former spokesperson for Justice Democrats, the group that helped recruit and elect the Squad. James Zogby is the president of the Arab American Institute and a longtime member of the Democratic National Committee.

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D.D. GuttenplanTwitterD.D. Guttenplan is a special correspondent for The Nation and the host of The Nation Podcast. He served as editor of the magazine from 2019 to 2025 and, prior to that, as an editor at large and London correspondent. His books include American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone, The Nation: A Biography, and The Next Republic: The Rise of a New Radical Majority.


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