"The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity. We have been cursed with the reign of gold long enough. Money constitutes no proper basis of civilization. The time has come to regenerate society..." —Eugene V. Debs
Gloria La Riva comes in 3rd place in California's state-wide high school mock election. With over 43,000 ballots cast, La Riva receives 5.62% - a huge number under this two party system. The youth demand socialism!
#VoteSocialist
With polls showing notable drop in support for Israel among Democratic voters, the political pressure on 2020 candidates has increased. But in response to this shift, most have made their positions on Israel & Palestine more ambiguous—so let's dig deeper into their views! Thread:
PFP POTUS candidate
@GloriaLaRiva
is on the ballot in AR, CA, CO, DC, IL, LA, MN, NJ, NM, TN, UT, VT & WA + in process in RI.
Gloria is an official write-in in CT, DE, GA, ID, IN, KS, KY, MI, MO, NY, OH, OR, TX, VA, WV & WI.
#VoteSociatist
, Vote
@LaRiva2020
in
#Election2020
!
#California
#CD34
has an HISTORIC opportunity to flip that district GREEN this week.
@25forcongress
is just $1.6k away from goal. Sixty-four $25 donors is all we need!
#YesWeKen
support Reps who prioritize People, Planet & Peace over profit! 🌻
Ad text:
#Prop22
saves 1000s of jobs.
The reality:
@Uber
,
@Lyft
, etc. frequently argue in court that drivers are not employees, but contractors, thus allowing the companies to pay less than minimum wage w/no benefits.
If you believe rideshare drivers have rights,
#VoteNoOn22
Here's some nice analysis of the
#DemocraticConvention
by our comrades at
@PSLweb
(Spoilers: Trumpophobia is used to drive their corporate party even further to the right):
@ztsamudzi
You may find this interesting. Here's the NY Times review of the 1922 US debut of the play Rossum's Universal Robots by Karel Čapek, in which "robot" originally appears.
The reviewer sees R.U.R. as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein plus class-consciousness...
#War
expenditures in
#Afghanistan
, per
#NYTimes
:
$1.5 trillion for war
$500 billion in interest
$87b on Afghani military/police
$24b on economic development
$10b on counterrnarcotics
And folks still ask how
#SocialPrograms
might be paid for...?
#PeaceIsCheaper
Trump says Troops Out of Syria - We say Troops Out of Everywhere! Trump probably just trying to deflect attention from his domestic legal and political troubles
🚨ACTION UPDATE THREAD🚨
60 cities across the country are rising up to say no to the racist anti-asian violence and China-bashing! Join the National Day of Action called by
@answercoalition
to take action.
[thread of all cities alphabetically]
#StopAAPIHate
Not that NPR or
@HiddenBrain
podcast (ranked no. 16 in popularity in the US) need more publicity, but this T-giving, check out the Nov. 20 episode "An American Secret" detailing 300 years of literal enslavement of Native Americans ...
@AmericanIndian8
#WhenTrumpIsOutOfOffice
, the American Empire, limping and bloodied, will stubbornly stumble onward in the name of consumerism and neoliberalism.
Unless we rise up.
I feel for Bernie Sanders & his NY voters. Cuomo & his minions cancelled NY presidential primary. Same Democrats who just tripled NY ballot access requirements for the Green Party. Party suppression is a form of VOTER SUPPRESSION! Trump & GOP are not the only threat to democracy.
Interesting thread here, touching on factors accounting for the explosion in income inequality in the US about 50 years ago: the Lewis Powell memo, fiat currency swaps, assimilation of revolutionary action by neoliberalism, etc...
Interesting news from
#Singapore
... "the left-leaning Workers’ Party is rising rapidly, drawing support from youth and an ethnically diverse demographic..."
Please RT.
@GoFundMe
, why will you not release the campaign funds collected by our candidate Nathalie Hrizi which followed your requirements perfectly?
Who murders black people in cold blood, day in and day out?
Who fires rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters?
Who drives vehicles into crowds of people?
The police are the real terrorist organization.
The U.S. & NATO violently facilitated the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 90s that also include 78 days of bombing Serbia but that doesn't count as violence or subverting international law because the rules don't count for the exceptional nation, the nation protected by God.
NPR: ‘Ranked Choice Voting May Be Coming To An Election Near You’
Alaska and Maine are the only states using RCV thus far, but Nevada and Colorado could join them if they approve RCV ballot referendums in 2024.
Dozens of cities have recently adopted RCV, and two cities switched
Today's ironic hashtags are
#ExposeAntifaTerrorists
&
#ExposeAntifa
Fantastic! Here's our contribution: British & Spanish volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, c. 1936...
We're happy to announce that the Hrizi for Insurance Commissioner problems with GoFundMe have now been resolved; all money contributed to GoFundMe have now been released to the campaign (to cover expenses...
We'll just post this here (h/t
@Cortes4Congress
)...
“Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.” -V.I. Lenin
I had a great time talking about the history of
@peaceandfreedom
last night while discussing the next steps for our campaign and our party. Long live the struggle for socialism and liberation!
#VoteSocialist