Bernie Sanders
Bernie AOC Fight Oligarchy draws 34,000 in Denver
34,000 Americans were at the Bernie AOC rally in Denver. It's the biggest crowd Bernie has ever had.
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Norman Finkelstein
Why do we do this?
Two men I greatly admire - Nader Hashemi and Norman Finkelstein did a live stream today at Busboys and Poets in D.C. today. Nader and Norman talked about the Democrats and Gaza. If you didn't see it, it's well worth 85 minutes of your time.
Bernie Sanders
Power to the people right on
Bernie drew 9000+ people at his rally in Kenosha Wisconsin yesterday. But as Bernie says this isn't about him - it's about us – Not Me, Us. Bernie starts at 25:00 in. This part of his speech starts at 1:08:33 in. "Now I
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Chicken or the egg dilemma
Howdy, In today's opinion piece Peggy Noonan offers some good suggestions for Democrats. Opinion | Snap Out of It, Democrats — The Wall Street JournalOn Tuesday they looked as if they aren’t going to win for a long time. That’s dangerous for America.Snap Out of It, Democrats
Bernie Sanders
Bernie's and the Democrats response to Trump's scorched earth
Here's Bernie's full response. This part starting at 19:17 spoke to me: "Now I know because I've heard from many of you out there who are feeling angry and frustrated at what's going on here in Washington. I know there
Jane McAlevey
Organize for power
The only thing more depressing than reading or thinking about Trump is seeing folks on Mastodon complaining about Trump. Because each complaint post is time lost towards the cure for this mess we're, which is organizing. Don't get me wrong, these Mastodon posts I see are
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Ralph Nader - mobilizing vs. organizing
This is from January 3, 2021 on heyheyrenee. I've been to a lot of protests and marches. I posted till I was blue in the face. Looking back, there was no meaningful change. Why not? Because we didn't do the hard work of organizing to elect
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Republicans are facing hostile town halls
Here's a piece from NBC News covering the anger Republican representatives are facing from their constituents around the country. At town halls, Republicans feel the heat from Trump and Musk’s firing and cutting spreeThe White House said the incidents represent just a handful of critics. Others noted
Bernie Sanders
Breaking Points praise for The Tea Party
In this this video Krystal and Saager talk about Bernie's Fight Oligarchy tour. Watch the first 10 minutes to hear them both heap praise on the Tea Party movement. Saager brings up, rightfully so, that Liberals spend too much time protesting and not any time organizing. He'
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Cory Doctorow on Elon Musk, enshittification, and organizing
Howdy, The reason why we're advocates for the Fediverse is because as long as people are logging onto X and Meta, they're endorsing them. Both X and Meta are closed networks designed for addiction and to keep people distracted from what they really need to do,
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How do we reach people?
David Sirota posted this piece on LeverNews (a Ghost site), which I subscribe to. I've followed David for years. I don't believe he's biased, I think he does great reporting. How To Combat The Information WarFox News just screamed the quiet part — and told
Bernie Sanders
Where is the Calvary to help Bernie?
Bernie Sanders has begun his Fighting Oligarchy tour. Bernie SandersThe official Youtube channel of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders.YouTube I've watched the first two rallies. Bernie is alone - not one Democratic Congressional Representative has joined him. David Sirota said this today about the Democratic Party. I