Jake Altman

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Jake Altman

@TradeUnionJake

Midwesterner. Author of Socialism before Sanders. Covering labor, progressives, extremism, and union dissidents. 🇺🇸🐓🌽🐝

Michigan, USA Katılım Nisan 2025
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Jake Altman@TradeUnionJake·
Here’s another good summation of the DSA governing board’s decision today to change the presidential endorsement process and push it to the 2027 convention. Notice the last sentence.
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Reihan Salam@reihan·
Jake deserves a wide audience. He is deeply knowledgeable about the history of American left movements, among many other things.
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Good summation of the view inside DSA that won out in the governing board meeting today.
Comintern@thirdintl

@Sarah_pdx Thank you for your service. Taking the decision to convention was always the correct, democratic decision. With AOC's record, giving her an endorsement ASAP and signing up to be her free canvassing team was short-sighted and dangerous. This gives us leverage for 2028.

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@NathanJRobinson @jonathanchait Glad to see that fancy law degree put to use. I recommend you read my piece. I was a member. I reference specific interactions and specific statements. Chait is correct.
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Nathan J Robinson@NathanJRobinson·
@TradeUnionJake @jonathanchait You say that I "dismissed Chait as someone who doesn’t know or understand the DSA." In fact, I asked him a simple question: how many DSA members did he speak with and how did he select them? He did not answer. I'll ask you the same question. Did you interview anyone?
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Stu Smith
Stu Smith@thestustustudio·
🚨 Rutgers professor and DSA member Eric Blanc kicks off a discussion with Jacobin's founding editor Bhaskar Sunkara and Labor Power Publications' Ramy Khalil by declaring that the Left “needs” a socialist presidential candidate in 2028. Blanc says that candidate could be AOC or “somebody else” and predicts that planting a clear socialist flag could help DSA grow to as many as 500,000 members, rooted in a stronger labor movement. Sunkara says AOC could fill the role, but only if she maintains “distance and confrontation” with the Democratic Party and presents herself as an outsider. Otherwise, he argues, the Left may be better off with a labor-aligned outsider who has a less developed socialist program but is not perceived as part of the political class. Khalil, identifying himself as a Marxist, says elections are not the primary way to change society. “Social movements and revolutions” are. Still, he argues that a presidential campaign could spread socialist ideas to millions. The question of who will carry the socialist banner in 2028, and whether AOC can still fill that role, is quickly becoming one of the most heated debates on the American left.
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James E. Clyburn
James E. Clyburn@RepJamesClyburn·
I was shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham. Our political relationship was sometimes partisan and passionate, but always pleasant and productive on behalf of the people of South Carolina. My family and I send our deepest condolences to Darlene and the entire Graham family.   For more than three decades, we served the people of the Palmetto state together in Congress. Throughout that time, we maintained a relationship grounded in mutual respect, even when our political differences were significant. His commitment to public service and the people he represented will remain an enduring part of his legacy.
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@KyleCoroneos Nice! The soundtrack of childhood. Been revisiting a lot lately.
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It’s clear that the far left wants the delegates to determine the outcome of the DSA presidential endorsement without a poll because there will be less pressure to endorse AOC—without getting commitments from her—and because the far left has outsized influence at the convention among the hardcore activists.
holden m. accountable@noahpasaran

“convention is sovereign” “so we’re going to do the poll that convention mandated right” “no 🙂”

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Insights into what’s happening in the DSA re: endorsement vote dispute. There is a contingent that wants Tlaib because she better aligns with their politics than AOC. But even some of this group, see an AOC endorsement as inevitable.
Parker 🍻📘@centristmarxist

The point in which we could have influenced the race was 1 year ago if the NPC had led the charge to draft Rashida. The only alternative now is acting as a tail to AOC. Scrambling to pretend otherwise might be questionable but using the opportunity to once again try to turn

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I saw a bison come close to killing a man once. It had escaped from a farm, and two men were in the field trying to tranquilize it. It charged after one of them but swerved away at the last moment. My grandfather — who had large animals and thus had a healthy respect for them — and his neighbors were watching. He had left us in the truck with binoculars and strict instructions to stay put.
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