#socialists — Public Fediverse posts

Big money pouring in to #missouri to convince people to support #Amendment5 have pulled the #socialist card. Showing #AOC and #Bernie and #mamdani select, highly excerpted clips saying taxes will have to increase, they're saying a yes vote supports #socialists. Not if you read it.

'At its 2025 convention, the DSA voted to support Palestinian resistance, […] affirming the right of return, Jerusalem as the capital. […] The resolution also declared that endorsing Zionist positions such as “Israel has a right to defend itself” could be an expellable offense. Delegates also passed a resolution titled “Labor for an Arms Embargo” with over 80 percent support.

'At the same time, the convention showed an organization pulled in two directions — responding to the shifts in consciousness around Palestinian liberation, yet being tethered to a strategy that operates within the limits set by the Democratic Party. For instance, the convention voted down a resolution for a single secular Palestinian state, and turned away from formal alignment with BDS — positions that would have placed DSA too openly against the politics of the Democratic Party. Yet in contradiction, they also passed new rules requiring candidates to support BDS and cut ties with Zionist lobbies — an uneasy compromise that captures both the break and its limits.'

Maryam Alaniz: https://www.leftvoice.org/the-dsa-voted-against-zionism-but-will-it-break-from-the-democrats/

#TheSquad #DSA #antiImperialism #antiZionism #USA #US #USPolitics #USPol #establishment #DemocraticParty #Mamdani #Bowman #BDS #LeftVoice #classStruggle #socialism #NYC #AOC #USLeft #leftists #socialists #Tlaib #RashidaTlaib #DemocraticPrimaries #resolutions #Democrats

https://www.gzeromedia.com/by-ian-bremmer/why-mamdanis-win-matters

Bremmer:

"#Socialists may still not be able to beat #capitalists, but if voters conclude that America has devolved into a two-tier system that rewards proximity to power more than hard work, don’t be surprised when a Ugandan-born millennial socialist like Mamdani has a shot against #oligarchs and #kleptocrats."

#obsession #efficiency #industrialbrutality #socialists #fascistic #eugenicist #ausgov #politas #classwar

And this is why I love #MaineDSA!

#Maine #Socialists #SayNoToTrump

Posted by Todd Chretien | Jan 31, 2025 |

"Maine Democratic Socialists of America co-chair #SophieG welcomed more than one hundred members and friends from across the state who met in Portland over the weekend. Alongside nuts and bolts discussions and elections for the group’s organizing committees and working groups, Maine DSA welcomed solidarity greetings from allies and friends, including the #MaineCoalitionForPalestine and the Maine-based #ImmigrantsRights organization #Presente! as well as reports from #MaineYouthPower and the #MaineGunSafetyCoalition. Members also hosted several workshops including a panel on the opportunities and pitfalls of electoral politics, renters organizing in the mid-coast, and the ABCs of being a good organizer.

"Maine DSA accomplished a lot over the last year. We elected #WesPelletier to serve alongside #KateSykes as #PortlandMaine’s two socialist city councilors. Comrades in #BrunswickMaine launched the #BrunswickRentersOrganization and made their voices heard in city council hearings—even if the city councilors 'value the class position of a landlord over the class position of a tenant' as DSAer #PeachCushing put it at the time.

"Members are also launching a new organizing committee in #SouthPortlandMaine as well as building up working groups to #DefendBodilyAutonomy—for #LGTBQ+ and #ReproductiveRights—and to expand our solidarity work with the #labor movement. In another sign of members’ increasing dedication, a full slate of candidates ran to fill more open leadership positions than last year. Yet, despite that good work, everyone recognized the depth of the danger facing working-class Mainers heading into Trump’s second term—not the least of which is the fact that local Republican county committees are openly celebrating Trump’s pardon for Maine’s very own #January6 #insurrectionists.

"Last week #PineAndRoses published a proposal to guide our organizing over the coming year and it was taken up at the conference. The resolution emphasizes the dangers Trump represents and frankly acknowledges that we are facing 'a period of increased attacks on #MarginalizedCommunities, the labor movement, #PublicEducation, and the working class as a whole.' As such, '#socialists must play a #frontline role in defending the #WorkingClass from attacks by the #FarRight' even as 'the political environment in Maine, as of 2025, presents opportunities to resist the Trump administration and make gains at the state and municipal levels.'

"In order to put this analysis to the test, Maine DSA aims to work side by side a wide array of allies to defend #Immigrants, the #TransCommunity, #IndigenousSovereignty, #Unions, public education, and #democracy in general while simultaneously building up the socialist movement’s reach across the state. During the debate, several members suggested the resolution ought to have a more clearly defined international section. One member proposed an amendment (which passed with a clear majority voting in favor) to specify that Maine DSA aims to 'challenge the #hegemony of the Democratic Party.' Thus amended, the resolution passed (nearly) unanimously. Now comes the hard work of trying to put ideas into action.

"As we do, the more #activists and organizers we can muster the better. So if you’re looking for a way to join the fight against Trump, please consider getting in touch with us and joining Maine DSA."

https://pineandroses.org/news/maine-socialists-say-no-to-trump/
#Organize #Resist #Unite!
#USPol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwSuAH7B9-Y

A reminder to more 'status quo' folks:

The criminal hooligans of #J6 were...

NOT #dragperformers
NOT #trans people :heart_trans:
NOT #nonbinary people :heart_nb:
NOT #intersex people :HeartIntersex:
NOT #Transathletes
NOT #BlackLivesMatter
NOT #Palestinians 🇵🇸
NOT #pro-PalestineProtesters 🇵🇸
NOT #antizionistJews
NOT #inclusivefeminists
NOT #Latinx people
NOT #immigrants
NOT #Haitians 🇭🇹
NOT #genedernonconformingpeople
NOT #POCs
NOT#LGBTQIAplus people :newpride: :anqueer_flag:
NOT #Antifa :antifa:
NOT #socialists :socialiststar:
NOT #anarchists :anarchoheart1: :anarchismhebrew: :anarchistflagblack:
NOT #DEI beneficiaries
NOT #TheSquad
NOT #leftists
NOT 'California Values' people