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Got big weekend plans of working through the proofs of "The Blueprint: How Socialism Can Work in the Real World." @mikejbeggs @BenBurgis penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790853/t…
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Bhaskar Sunkara
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Bhaskar Sunkara
@sunraysunray
President @thenation, founding editor @jacobin, member @demsocialists
🇺🇸 Katılım Nisan 2009
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@Mike_from_PA Ofc, without Bernie there's no AOC. And AOC's politics are loose enough that it was reported she was close to endorsing Warren in 2019. But by virtue of her being a self-IDed socialist and the most progressive 2028 candidate, she's the route to the org getting to 200k members.
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@Mike_from_PA Why bring up Bernie? Bernie and AOC have built DSA in similar ways — by being self-described socialists. AOC is a nominal member and engages with SiO, which is better than Bernie. But nether are committed to building the org, nor do we really need them to be.
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@sunraysunray AOC is doing more to build DSA than Bernie ever did. What organization can you point to from his two Presidential campaigns?
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@MattZeitlin @samth To be fair, the comparison is representative democracy versus referendum/direct consultation
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Can someone please summarize this dsa nomination situation in like 750 words or so
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@cookiebotmonstr @KaoticLeftist I'm not sure we're behind more harsh, it's pretty much a repeat of the debate in 2016 and 2020. The membership will overwhelmingly support endorsement.
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@sunraysunray @KaoticLeftist This was the exact case for Bernie as you stated in the og tweet no ?
I’m just confused why we’re being more harsh on this campaigns potential vs the Bernie ones that revived DSA
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Hard to come up with any other conclusion that some of you just don’t want a woman to run. Who exactly are you going to run that’s to the left of AOC that can actually win lmfao. Why do you get to gate keep what is and isn’t socialist.
Bhaskar Sunkara@sunraysunray
I like AOC and I think there should be an endorsement vote, but given all we've seen, I don't think DSA is will be very influential in the campaign It's an opportunity for us to grow the organization rapidly and we shouldn't pass it up. But AOC is more progressive than socialist
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(My last line was unfair, since the same is true of Bernie, who had deeper historical roots in the socialist movement than AOC, but never joined DSA, and has a virtually identical platform to AOC.)
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I like AOC and I think there should be an endorsement vote, but given all we've seen, I don't think DSA is will be very influential in the campaign
It's an opportunity for us to grow the organization rapidly and we shouldn't pass it up. But AOC is more progressive than socialist
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The lesson of Maine is not that we need fewer amateurs. We need far more of them, recruited seriously, through class-rooted organizations. This is old wisdom on the left.
My latest in The Guardian. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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Bhaskar Sunkara retweetledi
Celebrate Bastille Day with Jacobin and Richard Wolff.
Jacobin's founding editor Bhaskar Sunkara will be joined by @ProfRDWolff to discuss the prospects for a future beyond capitalism.
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@enoughformethx We don't need them as socialists. But individual candidates might want them. They're specialists who may or may not be good at their jobs, just like a direct mail expert or a visual branding consultant that might be hired by a campaign.
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@sunraysunray Genuine question, why do we need political consultants as a constitutive part of the democratic process? That never made much sense to me, and insofar as it partakes in same kind of message-testing branding with bland uniformity, does it actually help anyone?
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This is such a misleading blurb. It should read "small number of DSA members urge Mamdani to ice out Morris Katz."
New York Post@nypost
DSA urging members to ice out Mamdani adviser Morris Katz over doomed Platner campaign trib.al/YwpZnI1
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Average @AbdulElSayed quote: "Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All."
The opposition:
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@nypost This is such a misleading blurb. It should read "small number of DSA members urge Mamdani to ice out Morris Katz."
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DSA urging members to ice out Mamdani adviser Morris Katz over doomed Platner campaign trib.al/YwpZnI1
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My dad is Anyone But England. But I may root for them because for some reason it's the only country left with good Indian food.
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He ran a left-populist campaign behind the same social-democratic demands as Bernie. The problem was the candidate, but the political message was very clear.
Dominique Devereaux’s Son@wondermann5
Graham Platner didn’t have policies, he ran on slogans
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And we know the list of the reporters and op-ed writers the Clinton campaign coordinated with to fabricate this myth, thanks to those leaked emails
Bhaskar Sunkara@sunraysunray
Reminder: the core of Bernie's support came from young women and the "Bernie Bro" narrative was cynically manufactured by journalists.
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Just recorded a live episode of Doomscroll w/ @JoshuaCitarella at the Whitney. Enjoyed talking about The Blueprint, how socialism can work in the real world, and how much tiger hunters should be paid in a good society.
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Reminder: the core of Bernie's support came from young women and the "Bernie Bro" narrative was cynically manufactured by journalists.
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