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DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2025-08-19 · 23:07 UTC

#ZohranMamdani on this month's cover of #InTheseTimes! Here's one of the articles from the August/September issue...

Zohran Mamdani's Win Is the Beginning of the End of the Old Democratic Party

Mamdani’s NYC primary victory shows that the old tricks of the political establishment are dying out—and something new is being born.

by Hamilton Nolan, June 25, 2025

Excerpt: "What, exactly, is the scary socialism of Zohran Mamdani that all of the #billionaires are screaming about from their high towers? #FreeBuses. #LowerRents. #PublicChildcare. Higher minimum wage. #SocialWorkers for homeless people instead of cops. Better grocery stores. Ahh! No! Not… not… all of these common sense ideas that the vast majority of NYC residents would be happy for! Anything but that!

"There is a limit to the political effectiveness of #RichMen who have servants telling regular people that their lives cannot be better. We may have reached that limit. The threat of the rich is that they will flee the city. The flaw in their leverage is that almost nobody likes them anyhow.

"Zohran’s campaign was distinguished by its determination to treat voters as adults. When accused of 'defunding the police,' Mamdani took the time to explain that he wants to create a department of mental health experts and social workers to take work off the NYPD’s plate. When accused of #antisemitism, he took the time to forthrightly distinguish that smear from valid criticism of the massacre in #Gaza. He was, often, more adult than the political press covering him, which is trained to treat dishonest attack lines as sporting challenges rather than as things to be dismissed. The youngest candidate in this race acted with the most maturity. The oldest, #AndrewCuomo, ran with the traditional playbook of treating voters like ignorant children — and failed.

"Old people with old ideas do not stay in power forever. Old lies and old tricks do not work forever. Time moves slowly — excruciatingly slowly, if you are always paying attention — but it does sweep away the old husks and bring new things, eventually. #Socialists want more people to have decent lives. Zohran Mamdani is proof that that message cannot be mischaracterized forever and ever. We will look back on this primary win as the start of something new. If America is going to have one lone opposition party to #fascism, that party does not have to suck. The establishment is too deeply rooted to move. So we will run them over."

https://inthesetimes.com/article/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-cuomo-democratic-party

#USPol #MamdaniForMayor
#DemocraticSocialists
#DINOs #CuomoSucks #TaxTheRichFeedThePoor #DSA

#zohranmamdani #inthesetimes #billionaires #freebuses #lowerrents #publicchildcare

NASW @[email protected] · 2025-05-07 · 16:11 UTC

May is #FosterCareMonth! #NASW honors #SocialWorkers who support youth in care & help older youth transition to adulthood. Explore our Tips & Tools on aging out of care: https://www.socialworkers.org/Practice/Tips-and-Tools-for-Social-Workers/National-Foster-Care-Month-Aging-out-of-Care #NASW #SocialWork

#fostercaremonth #nasw #socialworkers #socialwork

NASW @[email protected] · 2025-04-25 · 17:45 UTC

The #NASW-TX Board of Directors has released a series of powerful statements reaffirming what #socialworkers already know: Social work is not neutral. We stand on the side of equity, inclusion, compassion, and truth—even when those principles are politicized.
Even when they’re inconvenient. Read the full statements here: https://bit.ly/3RxqObh

#nasw #socialworkers

NASW @[email protected] · 2025-04-22 · 11:57 UTC

This #EarthDay, #NASW honors the deep connection between people and planet. As #SocialWorkers, we advocate for both environmental and social justice—because a healthier world means healthier communities. Let's keep working for lasting change

#earthday #nasw #socialworkers

NASW @[email protected] · 2025-04-04 · 20:42 UTC

The Trump Administration and states have issued scores of executive orders and laws that discriminate against people who are LGBTQ+. This is a form of political violence. NASW Arizona Executive Brandie Reiner writes about this crisis in #NASW's Social Work Blog and offers #SocialWorkers advice on how they can help. https://tinyurl.com/5n7x4288

#nasw #socialworkers

NASW @[email protected] · 2025-03-08 · 17:00 UTC

🌍✨ This #InternationalWomensDay, we honor the women #socialworkers who fight for justice, uplift communities & create lasting change. Your work shapes a better world! 💜 #IWD #WomenWhoLead Thank a #SocialWorker this #SocialWorkMonth #CompassionPlusAction

#internationalwomensday #socialworkers #iwd #womenwholead #socialworker #socialworkmonth

notes @[email protected] · 2025-01-29 · 03:59 UTC

"Why is there not state of emergency in the social work field?! I feel like regardless of these larger orgs, WE social workers need to prepare. Stay ready so we don’t have to get ready."

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFYl1ntyNo4/

#Socialwork #RadicalSocialwork #Socialworkers #Socialworker #NASW #ASWB #StateOfEmergency #SystemsChange #Humanrights #Inclusion #Accessability #InvisibleDisabilityRights #DisabilityVoice #RacialEquality #PublicHealth #Grief #Humanrights #Food #HealthCare #USPol #MAGA #Project2025

#socialwork #radicalsocialwork #socialworkers #socialworker #nasw #aswb

Ms. Que Banh @[email protected] · 2024-11-23 · 18:24 UTC

#RCMP issued an #apology on September 7, 2024, for the historic use of #StreetChecks and other harmful interactions with members of the #African #NovaScotian community. It was an apology too long in coming, for treatment that was, in the words of Rev. Lennett Anderson, “dehumanizing and tragic.” And the RCMP's history suggests we should be deeply skeptical that the proposed action plan will be even close to what is required to remedy these grave injustices.

In his 2019 report, written for the #NovaScotia #HumanRights Commission, Dr. Scot Wortley defines street checks as any occasion in which civilians are stopped by #police and subjected to intrusive questions, and their personal information collected into a database. He confirmed what community members have known for years: people of African descent in the #Halifax region are almost six times more likely to face street checks.

It took five years after the release of this report for the RCMP to apologize for the harms caused. They also committed to an action plan, developed in consultation with members of 13 African Nova Scotian communities and the Association of #Black #SocialWorkers.

https://mediacoop.ca/node/119259

#CDNpoli #NSpoli #DefundRCMP #SystematicRacism #ColonialViolence #RacialProfiling #RacistRCMP #RacistCops #ACAB #BlackCanadians #Maritimes #BlackCommunity #ColonialInjustices #SocialJustice #BIPOC #POCinCanada

#apology #rcmp #streetchecks #african #novascotian #novascotia

Nonilex @[email protected] · 2024-09-16 · 13:27 UTC

Under this concept, some police would be replaced w/trained #SocialWorkers or specialized response teams in an effort to let police focus on violent #crime, not drug #overdoses, #MentalHealth events or #homelessness. The theory is that police would be better positioned to deal w/ #rapes [#Trump] & #murders if they didn’t have to deal w/ other #social ills that often lead to community confrontations w/ untrained police.