thinkpiece about mark s/milchik on severance to explain erik olin wright’s analysis of contradictory class locations

the downside of this is inevitably, “yes, this means coming to more meetings”

ideas & policy are important, but dsa organizers should aim higher by emphasizing *how* we’re going to win these things when we educate/develop our members.

it’s not just electing people, it’s about building a movement, about democracy that actually holds people to account, etc.

said something to my partner while she was wearing headphones and she replied, “i can’t hear you i’m listening to bernie sanders.”

genuinely don’t think i can use twitter anymore with its algo pushing elon posts and trad “brutalism sucks” bait in the recommended feed. its so bad.

xiaohongshu is proof that socialism with chinese characteristics is superior to democratic socialism.

an american social media app named after “liberalism, ultraleftism or mass action” would never pop off

u.s. gov bans tiktok, millions download xiaohongshu instead

americans yearn for the chinese intelligence apparatus

i don't know enough about classics to follow the wilson translation discourse. let's get back to discussing third worldist idealism & their shallow analysis of the relations between baristas in the imperial core and coffee farmers in the global south.

working class hero vs. union-busting thugs

traveling with a leftist must be depressing for normies when we always want to visit a site for some massacre of workers / protestors

my brother in labor please do not meme yourself out of a job

it breaks my heart that he looks like this and not joe pesci circa 1992

auspicious vintage find since i was recently elected as a delegate for local 1549

how does dan hentschel make money? what does he do to pay rent?

another reason why i preferred the iowa caucuses to primaries in new york—just register at the caucus site!

finding out that you *can* just declare a general strike 🤯

could you imagine a u.s. democratic party politician having the spine to challenge a military coup the way ahn gwi-ryeong did?

unironically dsa should buy a printing press & a large format printer

anyone trying to march to/assemble at yongsan outside the presidential residence?

they should remake harry potter in the style of baz luhrmann’s romeo + juliet where all the wands are replaced with guns

Really, what parent wouldn’t pardon his sad loser son?

over the summer I embroidered this giant tapestry about mill towns and textile strikes. now I’m working on another one about streetcar drivers and their militant labor struggle in the early 20th century!

earlier this year i was talking to a new chapter leader in my union who had no idea about the ai/chatgpt boom and was just understanding implications for some of our members (call center reps)—suspect these gaps have a lot to do with the breakdown of working class organization.

I jumped on the bandwagon and made a Marxist political economy and sociology starter pack. 🌐🟥✊

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when did king louie, a union-made american workwear brand, become a twee european women's fashion label?

the same, haunting energy

is the yearning for circles a wish to build community with close friends or a latent desire to return to the church and the confessional booth?

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