Posted on 02/13/2021 3:53:10 AM PST by Libloather
Last year’s dreadful miasma of Covid, recession, police violence, and coup attempt obscured some remarkable advances by local and national left-wing movements. Florida voters, while rejecting the Biden/Harris ticket, overwhelmingly approved a $15 minimum wage. Arizona and Oregon approved tax increases on the wealthy to fund public education. Colorado passed paid family leave. Portland, Me., voters approved rent control. All six representatives in historically swing districts who supported Medicare for All won reelection. Ninety-two of the 93 House Democrats—including all four in swing districts—who ran in November as Green New Deal sponsors won reelection. At least 20 candidates endorsed by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) won office. In a year of historic uprisings against police brutality and economic inequality, support for socialism rose, especially among younger people.
These developments were not welcomed by establishment Democrats, who sought to blame their own poor showings in congressional races on the progressive movement. “‘Defund the police’ is killing our party, and we’ve got to stop it,” declared House majority whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) a week after the election. “Don’t say socialism ever again,” Representative Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) said, as votes were still being tallied in early November.
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As 2021 gets underway, ground zero for this sharpening struggle will be in Seattle, where an alliance of establishment Democrats, real estate interests, and Trump backers is coming together to try to recall socialist City Council member Kshama Sawant, who initially won office in 2013, and was reelected in 2015 and 2019. The recall advocates intend to fire a warning shot to socialists and radicals everywhere. The recall campaign has already raised a quarter of a million dollars, and is ramping up efforts to qualify for the ballot sometime in the spring or summer.
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>>I look forward to a caste system of government and neighborhoods smelling of shitty food.<<
So you expect the whole country to be like Los Angeles.
Something for Nothing. The oldest scam known since the Dawn of Mankind.
We’ve got a ton of H1-B’s from India here outside Philly too.
I’m thinking we could combine the worst parts of Baltimore, Philly, Chicago, LA, and SF.
We need to go to the bathroom in our water supply more than the streets though.
“and coup attempt”?
clearly not referring to the coup attempt against Trump from his inauguration until the present so-called impeachment!
funny that.
from bottom of article:
Jonathan RosenblumJonathan Rosenblum is the author of Beyond $15: Immigrant Workers, Faith Activists, and the Revival of the Labor Movement (Beacon Press, 2017) and a member of the National Writers Union. He works as a community organizer for Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant.
“Police violence.” Interesting characterization.
What this country needs is a Pinochet.
Pinochet-Julius Caesar hybrid.
I visited Chile during the Generals regime. No crime. No graffiti, No litter, great economy. It had it's up side.
LOL. Good one.
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