No. But I did watch as liberal politicians across Minnesota tried to coopt our worker assemblies in attempts to neuter our movement for their own political goals.
We know that the GOP is the enemy. But pretending like Democrats are our allies while they hold a knife behind their back doesn’t help either.
We, the working class people, do all the work to improve this country. But democratic politicians want us to believe that only they can make things better. We’ve been waiting for universal healthcare since the 30s, during the great depression. Liberals pushed the Taft-Hartley act and went around the president to pass it. Liberals only liked MLK and Malcolm X after they died, and probably think Fred Hampton and Huey Newton had it coming.
If you’re expecting Democrats to save us, you will be sorely mistaken.
Edit: also, point to the part where I said that they were the same.
Take a look at the other conversation that stemmed from my original comment. I don’t think that the solution involves working within the political establishment, we need a national general strike.
Right now, we need to generally build up union power, so the most important task is organizing unions, which is currently what I’m doing. As union organizing and class solidarity builds, we start organizing food sovereignty programs and local worker assemblies. As these programs and assemblies grow, we start building sublocal, local, subregional, regional, district, and national organizing committees to oversee the needs of the movement. Once we reach a critical mass of support (at minimum 3 million people, but aim for much more), we strike indefinitely until the ruling class capitulates.
Edit: tbf you did ask for some specific details that I never described. I have been organizing with CWA for 5 years as a worker-organizer, most of which were spent leading the campaign to form AQAU-CWA at Microsoft. Despite losing my lawsuit against the company for firing me, I maintain many friends and connections within CWA, and I’m still organizing with them at my new job. My local is part of several inter-union coalitions within Minneapolis and work alongside several anarchist collectives at community events. Several parts of CWA, including AFA president Sarah Nelson, support a national general strike. My CWA local worked alongside community groups, faith groups, and 5 other unions including SEIU for the mass strike on Jan 23rd.
No. But I did watch as liberal politicians across Minnesota tried to coopt our worker assemblies in attempts to neuter our movement for their own political goals.
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We know that the GOP is the enemy. But pretending like Democrats are our allies while they hold a knife behind their back doesn’t help either.
We, the working class people, do all the work to improve this country. But democratic politicians want us to believe that only they can make things better. We’ve been waiting for universal healthcare since the 30s, during the great depression. Liberals pushed the Taft-Hartley act and went around the president to pass it. Liberals only liked MLK and Malcolm X after they died, and probably think Fred Hampton and Huey Newton had it coming.
If you’re expecting Democrats to save us, you will be sorely mistaken.
Edit: also, point to the part where I said that they were the same.
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I’m aware of both people, and their many accomplishments.
Believe it or not, I’m also a strategic organizer. There’s a time for strategic compromise. We are not in one of those moments.
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Take a look at the other conversation that stemmed from my original comment. I don’t think that the solution involves working within the political establishment, we need a national general strike.
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Right now, we need to generally build up union power, so the most important task is organizing unions, which is currently what I’m doing. As union organizing and class solidarity builds, we start organizing food sovereignty programs and local worker assemblies. As these programs and assemblies grow, we start building sublocal, local, subregional, regional, district, and national organizing committees to oversee the needs of the movement. Once we reach a critical mass of support (at minimum 3 million people, but aim for much more), we strike indefinitely until the ruling class capitulates.
Edit: tbf you did ask for some specific details that I never described. I have been organizing with CWA for 5 years as a worker-organizer, most of which were spent leading the campaign to form AQAU-CWA at Microsoft. Despite losing my lawsuit against the company for firing me, I maintain many friends and connections within CWA, and I’m still organizing with them at my new job. My local is part of several inter-union coalitions within Minneapolis and work alongside several anarchist collectives at community events. Several parts of CWA, including AFA president Sarah Nelson, support a national general strike. My CWA local worked alongside community groups, faith groups, and 5 other unions including SEIU for the mass strike on Jan 23rd.
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Dems have defended and over funded ICE to help get it where it is right now.
The dems had a chance to defund ice and shut down the govenrment until it was eliminated. They stabbed us in the back instead.