Tag: Elections
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Teamster Election Roundtable
Rank and file Teamsters discuss what the upcoming elections mean for the future of the union.
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Escaping the Left’s electoral impasse
Howie Hawkins argues for ranked choice voting and proportional representation as part of the fight to defend and expand democratic rights.
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Socialists and the defense of voting rights
Sudip Battacharya argues that the socialist movement must take up the defense of voting rights as a matter of principle, and part of the basic struggle for the extension of democracy.
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Strange alchemy
Andy Sernatinger and Emma Wilde Botta critique a strategy popular among leaders of Democratic Socialists of America that places socialist politics inside the Democratic Party.
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Ecosocialism in Quebec
Haley Pessin interviews Benoit Renaud and Jessica Squires about a new activist organization in Quebec, Révolution écosocialiste.
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For a fighting approach, not factionalism
Andy Sernatinger and Emma Wilde Botta interview Kshama Sawant, socialist city council member from Seattle, Washington.
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Futures of DSA
Hakan Yilmaz responds to debate in Democratic Socialists of America about the goal of an independent political party of the working class.
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Electoral politics ≠ Black liberation
Phillip Clark assesses the current political moment and argues that Black liberation cannot be realized through electoral politics.
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No shortcuts on socialist electoral strategy
Nate Moore looks at the pitfalls of the “dirty break” strategy and argues that socialist electoral campaigns should not be run on the Democratic Party ballot line.
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Fight the far right in the Biden era
The Tempest Collective is hosting an online forum on January 24th to discuss how the Left can organize to fight the Far Right under the incoming Biden Administration.