Eric Blanc

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swedish socialists understand the importance of bouncy castles — a photo from today's may day in malmö, sent by a comrade

Jacobin has been right about almost everything since 2016, will be true over next decade too

New York, let's get organized. In a city of over 8 million, just 400 people showed up to speak at the last Rent Guidelines Board hearing — where decisions about rents are made. We can do better. If we want a city that works for tenants and landlords alike, we need New Yorkers to show up and make their voices heard. The next hearings are this June. Visit ORGANIZE.NYC.GOV to get involved.

Socialist New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has accomplished much in just a few months. But one major thing is missing from his tenure thus far: activating mass participation of working-class New Yorkers in the fight for his ambitious agenda. jacobin.com/2026/04/mamdan…

It's fantastic that Zohran is delivering. But it’s a problem that workers are receiving the goods instead of helping win them laborpolitics.com/p/why-hasnt-zo…

Rutgers students and faculty disrupted our Board of Governor's meeting to demand Rutgers become a sanctuary campus and drop its contracts with corporations propping up ICE 🙏

NYC-DSA should do a public campaign to push her to release her tax return.

My deep-dive on Milwaukee's sewer socialists and their lessons for today in the new issue of @catalyst_theory

NEWS: Huge first win for Mayor Mamdani’s tax-the-rich plans in NYC. Mamdani just secured a deal with Gov. Hochul to create the state’s first-ever tax on $5 million+ second homes owned by ultrawealthy out-of-state residents. Hochul hopes to raise $500 million annually that would be used to address the city’s deficit.

Many thanks to @ILRReview for publishing my article on the unionization of young workers in the 2021-24 labor uptick

"It takes courage to say that the good were defeated not because they were good, but because they were weak" — Brecht

Fox News attacked the Schools Drop ICE campaign right after we got our first big university to break its ties with ICE enabling companies 👀

honestly, the Left needs more bouncy castles

“If the Democratic Party wants our support it needs to become a party of the working class, not the billionaires ” – @BernieSanders

“We must stop believing that we are powerless. We’re here today to tell Mr. Musk and his friends: ‘Go to hell!’” — @BernieSanders

“One thing is non-negotiable: NYC has been, is, and will remain a union town”

Standing ovation for @ZohranKMamdani at the Union Now rally

86% for AOC, the people have spoken 🫡

Jeffries could have put the War Powers Resolution on the floor before recess. He and Meeks chose not to. Sorry I’m not impressed that he tweeted condemnation of Trump’s profane Easter genocidal mania. Actual bare minimum.