The Indigenous punk band 1876 rocks Portland and beyond | Oregon Art Beat YouTube video by Oregon Public Broadcasting

"In a genre the music industry often overlooks, 1876 gives punk-rock and Indigenous communities a taste of something unique, while welcoming everyone to their moshpits."

The middle class

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As Democratic leaders cling to centrism, labor, tenant and socialist movements are building power outside the party machinery.

@milesklassin.bsky.social on the rupture taking shape on the Left.

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Home Forward Union Says It Has ‘No Confidence or Trust’ in Agency Leadership After Travel Findings Sophie Peel

The labor union that represents 205 staff at Home Forward says it has “no confidence or trust in leadership” of the agency after WW reported on CEO Ivory Mathews’ travel spending pattern over the last three years.

The Mayor and his city administrators remain committed to secrecy and behind-closed-doors dealings.

Luckily, we have DSA councilors with a commitment to transparency.

Renee Johnston: Is there any possibility that Andy [Ellis, Green Party candidate for governor of Maryland] could pull this off?

Dayvon Love: No.

The full answer may interest those who wonder, "Why do third parties bother?"

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Part 2: Chris Hedges vs. Robert Reich on Clinton, Third Parties & Next Steps for Sanders Backers YouTube video by Democracy Now!

"That is how you get fascism."

— Chris Hedges, making West's point ten years ago

Position noted. You're erasing the historical role of third parties that didn't "win" office but drove big changes. You're also erasing a world of political engagement outside of political parties. Any group that can join and support a strike wields power that can show up at the ballot box.

We just disagree on paths to policy. I'm betting on those building power outside of the Democratic Party. I think they'll be able to push for the kind of New Deal-scale wealth redistribution and systems change that Democrats simply will not deliver on their own while big donors hold sway.

I'm a lifelong fan. I might ask him a question about ecofascism/Thanos snaps, but the song's clearly pro-climate.

Kali Akuno

"I need you to see reality for what it is...you (liberals) need to start envisioning with me and with others something different. Are you willing to do that?"

— Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson

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Democrats back off once-fervent embrace of Medicare-for-all Kamala Harris’s switch on health care highlights a broader move by Democrats to soften their initial enthusiasm for a sweeping government health plan.

That last sentence simply isn't true. Incredibly popular policy goes nowhere in the Democratic Party because big donors undermine democracy. Until they ditch big donors, Democrats remain compromised at the party level.

You want leftist votes, push Dems on leftist issues.

Fairvote has worked for voting method reform in multiple states, not just nationally. Interestingly, there are Dem-majority states that have banned the voting method reform outright.

Dems clearly like the status quo just fine.

Bullshit. The Uhuru 3 were persecuted for their political beliefs, full stop.

Maybe you're just unwilling to make common cause with leftists to defeat fascism.

How to Fix Democracy Season 2 | Richard D. Wolff YouTube video by Bertelsmann Foundation

It's clear that you're a-ok with the status quo. Anyone looking to improve the system will have to go around you.

I'm grateful to everyone building power outside of Ds & Rs. As in the 1930s, it'll take a coalition to push from the left for the systemic changes we need.

And you're a-ok with federal persecution of socialists if the penalties end up being light.

Omali Yeshitela on the Uhuru 3 Sentencing and the Indictment of the U.S. | Black Agenda Report Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party Omali Yeshitela joins us from St. Louis to discuss the federal case in which he, Penny Hess, and Jesse Nevel were recently convicted o...

Red baiting—and persecution—is alive and well. Guachi just didn't notice it when Dems were in the Oval Office.

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Some people refuse to accept the status quo as immutable and work to change it.

People who can't imagine anything worse than Trump have clearly never grappled with the phrase "President Tom Cotton."

Got my first physical in three years. My BP is way down (yay!).

💡 Intel from my doctor, who clearly has been having tough conversations with people in her economic class: "Some people do not get it, and they won't until it affects them personally." 💡

Your Substack content may be incredible, but unless you're a Nazi, staying on the platform does it more good than you.

“'I have never seen anything like this, where I’m seeing ICE reporting out at least one death per week,' says Setareh Ghandehari, advocacy director at Detention Watch Network. 'People are reaching the point of emergency for issues that could easily be dealt with if proper medical care was given.'”

Wilson's is a standard-issue neoliberal austerity budget. His proposal to cut four Portland Street Response staff is especially telling.

::crickets::

The Democratic Party's class schism makes the big tent approach untenable. They can be the party of the working class or the party of oligarchs, but not both. The big donors gotta go.

How much longer can they avoid fixing this fatal flaw?

#democracy

Bob Woodward - Charlie Rose Author and journalist Bob Woodward introduces his new book, "The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House."

I mean, Clinton ran as a populist and then rolled over for Wall St. bond traders. Claims that Dems bear no blame are ahistorical.

Cory Booker BLAMES Voters! Chuck Schumer Is An AGENT! YouTube video by Sabby Sabs

"When you see this bullshit from Cory Booker...

"He's part of the damn problem."

#democracy #voting

A Black Abolitionist View on Cop City with Angela Davis, Jasmine Burnett, Mariah Parker, M. Adams YouTube video by Black Liberation Media

Sounds great, but the Democratic Party works against many of the movements working toward liberation.

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