jamesbelcher.bsky.social
I'm a writer focused on energy and the just transition.
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Portland, Oregon
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Thanks for the clarification.
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I'm liking what I'm seeing so far from the DSA members of our newly-elected city council here in Portland.
I'm grateful to everyone working on the party-building and electoral reforms needed for a truly representative multiparty democracy.
Thanks for your work.
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Real democracy is the overriding goal for all of us, and any group that doesn't have it will have problems.
DSA does magnificent local work, and I'm enthused about (e.g.) Zamdani's NYC campaign. But I don't see them (or WFP, for that matter) as truly independent or oppositional to Ds.
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There's no shortage of groups. My recommendation is to pick one and go all-in. For those who don't like parties, there's union-building and independent movements unaffiliated with Ds or Rs.
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New party launched last year.
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Decades of smears and conventional wisdom have done a number on the Greens, but they're still at it. Here's a candidate running for Maryland Governor next year.
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Third parties, independent movements, (some) unions, mutual aid organizations, co-ops, etc.. I see them all as part of the solution.
Workers Strike Back (e.g.) is a movement that isn't yet a party.
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People building power outside of Ds & Rs have the right idea.
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What a stellar use of resources. 🙄
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Codicil: Humans don't need capitalism.
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I’m not looking forward to Andor-themed VBNMW memes. At all.
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Oof.
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Also, fire this fucking liar.
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THIS JUST IN: Mike Huckabee still sucks.
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He's gonna have to get a new walkon song.
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This absurd and dangerous liar is @erinburnett.bsky.social
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Albanese handled that appropriately.
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We already have two billionaire-backed parties. At best, another would offer More of the Same. There is no world in which Musk (in particular) wouldn't thumb the scales, undermining democracy at the party level.
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Our famously rainy city is somehow permanently smoldering.
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