Jar Jar used his senate PROXY VOTE to move the Emergency Powers Act, the equivalent of the Nazi Enabling Act of 1933. He's responsible for the abolition of all galactic representative democracy, billions of deaths, and literal planet destruction. Jacobin is a social fascist rag.
So basically, nothing happened. We didn't dramatically sabotage their plans, lead them on, or derail "a couple weeks" of organizing as Destiny said. VAN is expensive as fuck. They're just pissed they can't co-opt our volunteer-organized events. This dude sucks lol.
I ask a few members "who is Destiny" who say he sucks. I google "Destiny streamer" for the 1st time and see him call for murdering BLM protestors. I don't bother checking in with other officers or our runoffs committee.
@shoe0nhead
@MetroATLDSA
What word would you prefer for a guy who says that BLM protestors should be "mowed down by white redneck militias"? Neofascist maybe?
If you want change, don't get mad: get organized! Join
@DemSocialists
in our struggle to overthrow the billionaire class and build an economy and society that's run democratically by working people to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few.
I call back 2 hours later. I politely say I think the chapter won't be interested in cohosting events with Destiny, but they're welcome to send volunteers to our public events. I recommend contacting the Ossoff/Warnock campaigns about setting up their own events. He says ok.
Sat, Nov 28: Destiny staffer joins a YDSA discord. He asks to organize an event for Fri, Dec 5. He disregards basic social distancing practices and wants to organize this event during finals week. He calls a YDSA officer and pitches it.
Mon, Nov 30: YDSA officers decide not to have an event. Primarily because it's FINALS WEEK.
Tues, Dec 1: An officer tells him they're not interested. He presses them about working with
@MetroATLDSA
or other YDSAs so they give him my phone number because I'm YDSA coordinator.
I say I'm social-distancing and decline. I invite them to send people to our already-planned canvass on Sat, Dec 5. He asks if Destiny can speak and if they can do their own events with our VAN. I say I'd need to check with leadership first.
Wed, Dec 2: Destiny staffer calls me. I have no idea who Destiny is. He says they have tons of signups but no voter data or canvassing app yet and desperately need help. They asked
@NewGAProject
for help but were rejected. He invites me to get drinks with him and Destiny.
We beat the Warnock endorsement
We beat the McBath endorsement
We beat the AFL CIO endorsement
We beat the Georgia Democratic House Caucus leadership endorsement
We beat the endorsement of 28 Georgia State Legislators
SOCIALISM WINS IN SMYRNA GEORGIA
I am hearing that upon losing her campaign Sarah Palin received the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahada. Even now she looks down on the Ummah from the gardens of Jannah. Truly there is no god but God, and Mohammad is his prophet!
I stand with these brave socialists in Congress advocating for an end to war, occupation and apartheid in Palestine. We need a lasting peace in Israel and Palestine, and there cannot be peace without justice and social equality for both peoples.
Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Cori Bush (D-Mo.) are facing criticism from fellow Democrats over statements in which they labeled Israel as an apartheid state and called for the U.S. to end funding to the nation, following a deadly attack by Hamas.
@ChadNotChud
Regardless of the ethics of hunting it's obviously not cool for a guy to be hunting in a residential neighborhood. Like he's clearly just in the woods behind this family's house.
Imagine Hitler invades Poland and your "anti-war" response is "Peace with Germany now!" What a fucking disgrace. Fascists like MTG have no interest in real peace, only violence and oppression. They want Russia to win because it aligns with their far-right authoritarian goals.
The war in Ukraine must END!
Today, I met brave
@codepink
activists who protested for peace in Bernie Sandersโ office. He had 11 of them arrested!
Peace & free speech shouldnโt be a partisan issue.
We donโt agree on most things, but we do agree Congress should STOP fueling the
Stacey Abrams bought a $12,500/month TikTok "hype house" with your donations instead of TV ads.
Now her campaign is over $1 million in debt to for-profit vendors, and she's selling YOUR personal information to pay her debts.
Absolutely disgusting!
Trump aims to deport millions of immigrants, ban abortion and trans healthcare nationwide, and escalate US imperialist wars. Any pseudo "leftist" who advocates for Trump's election for "accelerationist" reasons is a fascist collaborator and an enemy of working people.
Update: The NPC majority has declined to attend tonight's meeting, so we are going to cancel it. We plan to invite the NPC to a private meeting and bargain our MOU. Time is of the essence, as our layoffs notice mark May 25th as the last day for seven unit members.
My DSA chapter is a different organization than it was just a year ago - it is dramatically better. It took a lot of work to break out of a horrific cycle of self-owns but I feel like we're actually out of the woods now. It frickin rules.
Great to see AOC campaigning with multilingual literature that supports a ceasefire in Gaza, denounces Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people, and calls for a suspension of military aid to Israel.
Sometimes I imagine trying to explain to someone from 2015 that the most well known Congressmember in the US today is a DSA member who uses her office to canvas working class communities in the Bronx with three languages of Ceasefire in Gaza lit
@saoirsegowan
These XR tactics are bad because they antagonize ordinary workers and pit the public against environmentalist demands. Instead of disrupting workers' livelihoods, we should organize workers to unionize and strike against the boss.
The left is plagued by "movement" celebrities. Don't get your politics from podcasters, academics, nonprofit staff, or other unaccountable thinkers anointed as "left" elites by capital. Our real leaders are the elected spokespeople of democratic organizations and labor unions.
"Biden can still win this election, but not with discontent with his base in crucial swing states. If morality will not push him to take action to halt Israelโs war crimes, perhaps politics will. The numbers donโt lie. We need a ceasefire now."
โMy position comes from my Jewish values, straight from the Torah, which says love the stranger as yourself.
Who is the most important stranger for the Jewish people? It's the Palestinian people, our cousins.โ
@Andy_Levin
with
@RashidaTlaib
+
@BernieSanders
Latimer's AIPAC-funded challenge is a referendum on Palestine. If Bowman survives, it will be seen nationwide as a victory for the Palestinian Solidarity movement. If he loses, we all lose. These are the cards we were dealt. NYC DSA comrades, vote YES to endorse Jamaal Bowman.
Marx said that we make our own history, but we don't get to choose how. We find the openings in the armor of capital and empire, and we steel ourselves to drive through. We have an opening now. Let's be in that fight, together.
Sometimes activists do "extreme" actions because they want attention for their cause. But no amount of shock or moral outcry will get the ruling class to ban fossil fuels. We don't need more attention on climate change, we need fighting mass organizations.
It's truly impressive that NYC DSA has competitive internal primaries for state legislative candidates. Candidate selection is not conducted through public primaries, but instead accountable to dues-paying chapter membership. We're building a real working-class party!
This you
@AOC
?
Zaza Demon is your burner account?
That is a disturbing name.
Excited to see an โunhinged transโ murder a member of the conservative press, Matt Walsh?
Yes that is demonic so the name fits.
The violence on Gaza's borders is the result of a decades-long blockade by Israel, starving millions of innocent Palestinians of resources and trapping them in an open air prison camp. To create lasting peace, Israel must end its illegal blockade and occupation of Palestine.
You can't "take over" the Democratic Party with a small clique snatching party leadership positions and decreeing socialist policy from above.
The way to challenge Democratic leadership is by organizing millions to vote for Socialist opposition candidates, like NYC-DSA has done.
As the election for new NV Dems leadership approaches, we feel compelled to state publicly that the chapter has not endorsed any candidate, as well as shed light on what the admittedly disappointing relationship has been like for the last two years.
1/5
Warnock was silent for two years on Cop City, had no comment when peaceful protestors were labeled "domestic terrorists," and said nothing when a protestor was shot and killed last week.
Yesterday a corporate office had its windows smashed - suddenly he cares about "violence"
I'm praying for Atlanta, and Iโm deeply saddened by the inexcusable violence we saw last night. As Dr. King said, violence never brings permanent peace.
We must keep working to strengthen trust between our police & communities. Only then will we see lasting change & true safety.
DSA should not endorse Joe Biden because he isn't a DSA member. If Joe Biden paid $45 and became a DSA member, he would be a true revolutionary, and I would support endorsing him.
116,000 Atlanta voters want to stop cop city, defend the forest, and create a new city that works for everyone, not just the wealthy elite. This is what Democracy looks like!
Here's what we know:
1. Trump is dead (died badly)
2.
@elonmusk
has suppressed this news (or has he?)
3. Donald Trump Junior is now just plain Donald Trump
please like and share.
UPS Teamsters organized a credible strike threat and forced UPS to make a lot of concessions. Now rank-and-file Teamsters have until August 22nd to vote on whether to accept these terms, or strike and fight for more. No matter what they decide, I stand with Teamsters against UPS.
Running candidates on the Democratic Ballot line has objectively been the most successful electoral strategy for the Left in decades. Trying to "break" from the "Democratic Party" with a Don Quixote third party strategy would doom the modern left to irrelevance.
"The notion that a 3rd party cannot win misunderstands what the word win means. You can be the decider btwn the Repubs & the Dems. And if you want to be taken seriously quickly, do that. You'll be taken much more seriously than you are now." -
@profwolff
@OrganizerMemes
You have to file paperwork to be a write in candidate. It's a lower barrier than the petition signatures needed to be named on the ballot.
AOC and Bush voting differently from Tlaib and Sanders on this issue demonstrates that they aren't working together effectively. To take on the ruling capitalist class, our movement must advance beyond the insufficient and informal "Squad" grouping.
A follow-up statement from our National Political Committee on the rail contracts and how to build power for workers on the rails and beyond. For the full statement follow the link. The NPC is organizing a mass call for members on the subject. 1/7
Knocking doors, I met a woman who liked Pete, but said her son was a Bernie supporter who sat out 2016 b/c the DNC rigged the primary. We talked about needing to nominate Bernie to engage and turn out young voters if we want to beat Trump. Also I met 4 potential new DSA members.