G&R Episode 57: Shahid Buttar on Challenging Nancy Pelosi

**We're approaching the end of the year, and like all small groups we rely on donations from people like you. It's a good time to donate. So please, support scrappy media at: https://greenandredpodcast.org/donate-to-green-and-red/ In this episode, we talk with progressive congressional candidate Shahid Buttar about his challenging of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the 2020 election. We discuss the history of Pelosi's rise, the San Francisco "progressive prevention" coalition of San Francisco and the recent attacks on the "Squad" by centrist Democrats. We then talk about Shahid's other work as a constitutional lawyer around digital liberties and dangers we're all facing from the surveillance state. About Shahid// In 2018 and 2020, Shahid as a progressive congressional candidate challenged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her San Francisco district. He has been the most serious challenger Pelosi has faced in her district and was on the general election ballot as a Democrat in 2020. In last month's election, he garnered over 81,000 votes. The most any challenger has ever won against Pelosi.   Since graduating from Stanford Law School in 2003, Shahid has worked in both San Francisco and Washington DC as a legal advocate, a non-profit leader, a grassroots organizer, and a poet & musician. When not running for Congress, Shahid is also the former grassroots advocacy director at the Electronic Freedom Foundation, or EFF. Read more// Shahid for Change (https://bit.ly/34bu3gd)  Shahid Buttar Wants to Take Back San Francisco For the Left (https://bit.ly/3r0MbmT) After Hearing, Capitol Police Arrest Lawyer for Shouting Question at Clapper About NSA Surveillance (https://bit.ly/3gQCO4s) Also, follow us on any of these social media channels// Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter:  https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcas YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube Donate to Green and Red Podcast// Become a recurring donor at  https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR This is a Green and Red Podcast production. Produced by Bob  (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues" by Moody.  Editing by Isaac.