Mamdani has appointed Jeffrey Lerner—a former top Obama White House aide and Democratic National Committee political director—as his communications chief.
President and NY Mayor are very different in terms of how much they can be pressured. The right & establishment are fighting, why won’t you?
Biden was always a shit, especially on Gaza, so the horizon was different from explicitly demsoc + antizionist Mamdani. Even still, there are pretty major differences between biden and trump on domestic policy.
Right now there is a swell of hope and energy on the left bc of the Mamdani campaign – lay the groundwork there to build a durable movement that won’t be demobilized after the election. Get people into mutual aid, ice resistance, abolitionist, etc groups!
Look, no politician is going to embody real change, but we know Cuomo will be a much bigger obstacle. pressuring, as you point out, only goes so far, but you have to start from where you are and develop a movement inch by inch.
It’s psychologically easier to be cynical, but it also helps your enemies win.
I don’t have the energy to properly respond to this. I don’t have any reason to be positive about anything anymore. After decades of betrayal, this is the last one. Fuck politics. Centrists and their republican besties have made positive change completely impossible and your positivity here sickens me.
Yeah I deal with despair too. It’s hard, especially with all the terrible shit we’re seeing. I’m trying to alchemize it into anger and action, but I think everyone struggles with that. I get some boosts from being involved in local work and the community around that.
I don’t get involved in electoral campaigns. Maybe local work would be something you’d gain energy from.
Just get biden in office and you can pressure him from the left! look at what he’s running on!
All the deliberately broken promises and the genocide support later and you’re asking us to buy the same unmitigated bullshit again.
President and NY Mayor are very different in terms of how much they can be pressured. The right & establishment are fighting, why won’t you?
Biden was always a shit, especially on Gaza, so the horizon was different from explicitly demsoc + antizionist Mamdani. Even still, there are pretty major differences between biden and trump on domestic policy.
Right now there is a swell of hope and energy on the left bc of the Mamdani campaign – lay the groundwork there to build a durable movement that won’t be demobilized after the election. Get people into mutual aid, ice resistance, abolitionist, etc groups!
Look, no politician is going to embody real change, but we know Cuomo will be a much bigger obstacle. pressuring, as you point out, only goes so far, but you have to start from where you are and develop a movement inch by inch.
It’s psychologically easier to be cynical, but it also helps your enemies win.
I don’t have the energy to properly respond to this. I don’t have any reason to be positive about anything anymore. After decades of betrayal, this is the last one. Fuck politics. Centrists and their republican besties have made positive change completely impossible and your positivity here sickens me.
You’ve mistaken despair for cynicism.
Yeah I deal with despair too. It’s hard, especially with all the terrible shit we’re seeing. I’m trying to alchemize it into anger and action, but I think everyone struggles with that. I get some boosts from being involved in local work and the community around that.
I don’t get involved in electoral campaigns. Maybe local work would be something you’d gain energy from.
Must be so hard having two parties that represent you like that.