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Jun 5

What we learned from the Teamster election

This article was originally published for Tempest. On Thursday, November 18, 2021, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) announced that Sean O’Brien had been elected as the new general president of the union, following more than twenty years of rule by James P. Hoffa. O’Brien, running mate Fred Zuckerman, and…

Teamsters

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What we learned from the Teamster election
What we learned from the Teamster election

Dec 24, 2021

On (not) expelling Jamaal Bowman: The conclusion of the Bowman Crisis in DSA

Following weeks of public calls for censure and expulsion, the crisis in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) over the actions of DSA member and congressional representative Jamaal Bowman has come to a close. Bowman will not be expelled. Beginning with the Madison, Wisconsin chapter on October 30, 28 DSA…

Dsa

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On (not) expelling Jamaal Bowman: The conclusion of the Bowman Crisis in DSA
On (not) expelling Jamaal Bowman: The conclusion of the Bowman Crisis in DSA

Oct 24, 2021

Hoffa’s House Divided: The 2021 Teamster Election, Explained

An election this November will decide who will lead the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), the North American union of 1.4 million members representing workers in nearly every sector, including logistics, package delivery, construction, film and television, manufacturing, and transportation. For more than 20 years, the union has been run…

Teamsters

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Hoffa’s House Divided: The 2021 Teamster Election, Explained
Hoffa’s House Divided: The 2021 Teamster Election, Explained

Jul 12, 2021

Perspectives on the DSA Convention

The 2021 Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Convention, scheduled to take place online from August 1 to 8, will be the third convention since the organization’s rebirth and massive growth in 2016. (Revealingly, between 2013 and 2017 the median age of DSA membership dropped from 68 to 33.)1 After a…

Democratic Socialism

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Perspectives on the DSA Convention
Perspectives on the DSA Convention

Jul 9, 2021

Why Referendum and Recall: An Introduction to Two DSA Convention Proposals

The unprecedented Democratic Socialists of America membership boom in 2016 signaled the growth of a revitalized Left in the United States, with the potential to build a mass socialist organization. Yet, despite the political opening DSA offered to new members eager to participate in and shape the direction of the…

Democracy

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Why Referendum and Recall: An Introduction to Two DSA Convention Proposals
Why Referendum and Recall: An Introduction to Two DSA Convention Proposals

Jul 1, 2021

DSA Convention Primer 2021 Edition

Here we are again: DSA convention time. As I did in 2019, I’ll go through the basics of the convention and then give an overview of the proposals and items for consideration. Every two years, the Democratic Socialists of America convene for a national convention. The convention will elect a…

Democratic Socialism

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DSA Convention Primer 2021 Edition
DSA Convention Primer 2021 Edition

Jun 14, 2021

Strange Alchemy: The party surrogate and socialist politics in DSA

Written with Emma Wilde Botta. Originally posted at Tempest. There’s a new consensus growing among leaders and caucuses of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA): there will be no break from the Democratic Party. At least, not any time soon. Since 2016, the electoral debate in DSA has been about…

Democratic Socialism

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Strange Alchemy: The party surrogate and socialist politics in DSA
Strange Alchemy: The party surrogate and socialist politics in DSA

Feb 14, 2021

Capitalist Crisis and the Wisconsin Uprising

Originally published in Wisconsin Uprising: Labor Fights Back (2012) Throughout February and March of 2011, I couldn’t help but wonder if I were living in a folk tale: in a flash tens of thousands of people rallied at the state capitol in Madison; teachers shut down public schools in a…

Wisconsin

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Capitalist Crisis and the Wisconsin Uprising
Capitalist Crisis and the Wisconsin Uprising

Feb 13, 2021

Battle for Wisconsin Dispatches (2011)

In 2011, I wrote a series of dispatches about what was happening in Wisconsin when thousands rallied in Madison to protest Scott Walker’s “Budget Repair Bill”, leading to some teacher sick strikes and the occupation of the capitol building. I wrote at night after attending demonstrations all day, reading local…

Wisconsin

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Battle for Wisconsin Dispatches (2011)
Battle for Wisconsin Dispatches (2011)

Jan 29, 2021

1.6.21: This is America

With Hakan Yilmaz, originally at Tempest. A mob of far right protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol building on January 6 after President Trump called and partially funded a “Save America” rally to mobilize his supporters against the results of the 2020 election. Trump called on the crowd to march to…

Fascism

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1.6.21: This is America
1.6.21: This is America
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