From:
slider@anashram.com
Imagine this: it’s the day after the presidential election, and Donald
Trump is officially on his way out. The era of toddler imprisonment,
pandemic denial, regulatory rollbacks and constitution shredding is over.
And under new leadership from a Democrat in the White House, we can
finally focus on making sure every American has access to healthcare,
quality education, stable housing and a livable planet. Right? Wrong.
I hope Trump and the Republicans get voted out of Washington this
November, but here’s the sobering truth: our presumptive Democratic presidential candidate has told us in no uncertain terms that he’s not interested in changing the status quo. While I love and respect our
progressive allies in Congress, and I hope to see their numbers grow in November, we simply can’t wait for the rest of Washington to wake up and adopt a progressive agenda. But we can win real progress over the next
four years, by fighting at the state level to do what Washington won’t. That’s where New York comes in.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/21/new-york-progessive-beacon-jabari-brisport
I was born and raised in Brooklyn, and I’ve seen New York politics change
a lot in that time, but nothing compares to the last few years. The 2016 presidential election was a wake-up call for Democrats, and New York progressives leapt to their feet and got to work. We showed up at the
polls for progressives and broke the Republican stranglehold on the New
York state legislature, and finally put an end to the ridiculous
Independent Democratic Conference. We embarrassed the centrist
establishment and gave hope to the entire country when we elected
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the US House of Representatives. In just four years, we have chipped away at the complacent, corporate-funded, pseudo-progressive Democratic establishment that’s never prioritized working-class people and we have forced them to listen to what
working-class people need. The resurgent, grassroots socialist movement we
have built is fast becoming a beacon of humanity in an inhumane,
capitalist country whose establishment politicians – yes, including
Democrats – resist real change at every turn.
We simply can’t wait for the rest of Washington to wake up and adopt a progressive agenda
This nation is crying out for progressive leadership, and New York is
poised to deliver it. Even with lackluster leaders such as Andrew Cuomo
and Bill de Blasio in our executive branches, New Yorkers are hungry for serious change. Amid an unprecedented global pandemic that’s led to record unemployment and housing instability, New Yorkers are putting their
hard-earned dollars, time and energy behind progressive movements.
The nation is not going to get universal healthcare under Joe Biden. Yet
last year, in New York, we were just one vote shy of passing a bill to
give every New Yorker access to healthcare. With just a few more true progressives in Albany, we can finally pass the New York Health Act and guarantee free healthcare to every single one of the nearly 20 million
people who call New York home.
We can also become the first state to fully fund the infrastructure that
will protect us from climate change, and we can power every home and
business from Staten Island to Champlain with clean, renewable energy. We
can reclaim our power grid from greedy corporations and distribute that
energy via a public utility. We can remind the rest of the United States
what happens when everyone has the right to a free, quality education from preschool to college. We can defund the nation’s largest police department and reinvest in our communities, modeling an approach to public safety
that doesn’t rely on guns and mass incarceration. And we can decide that
the ultra-wealthy no longer profit from our state without paying their
fair share of taxes.
In a lot of this country, even Democrats would call these policies pipe
dreams. Let’s prove them wrong. In New York, they can become reality,
because we’re not going to settle for the status quo. The need for these changes has never been more urgent, and no one is in a better position to implement them than the progressive wing of the New York Democratic party.
New York has the chance to serve as a blueprint for how the nation moves forward, even without progressive leadership in Washington. We’re not
willing to wait, so we’ll have to lead the way.
Jabari Brisport is a candidate for New York state senate
### - smile, now i dunno exactly 'who' these people are or even what they ultimately represent, they could be just another bunch of money-grubbing gangsters for all i know any different, and lol probably are...
BUT they're making all the right noises here... and THAT's the point?
i.e., politicians from ALL sides & parties all being in the position of 'having' to try to voice the popular opinion & choice in order to attract voters, while at the same time trying to influence that choice so things
go more the way they actually want them to once they're elected...
the 'point' being: that with both the right AND the left these days
leaving an awful lot to be desired in terms of ever 'actually' doing
anything to 'genuinely' make conditions better for all, a different
'demand' is thus being made of them such as is being clearly reflected in
the above rallying call?
a different 'kind' of politics is being required of our politicians to
address the 'actual' needs of people instead of what they're used to being 'told' are their needs?
something that is actually put very clearly in the above article
regardless of who's saying it!
'my' point being, that if it isn't 'these' particular guys (progressives?? okaaay) then it WILL be someone ELSE who 'eventually' comes along saying/suggesting things like it who people WILL trust to do things right!
and because imho it's becoming increasingly obvious that left & right-wing politics, as they are & stand, just can't cut it anymore? that all they's basically really concerned with anymore is destroying each other and
getting into power that way??
whereas in truth we ain't gots TIME for this shit!
things NEED to change and whomever's gonna genuinely get it done deserves
to lead!
if not these 'progressives' as they's calling themselves, then someone
else!
personally, i think it should be a BLM independent party, one NOT led by
the likes of fuckin' jesse jackson or whomever for example hah! corrupted blacks who're more than likely actually (directly or indirectly) in the
pay of the right wing anyway so as to deliberately influence any movement
along certain predefined lines!
nope, it has to be someone new-ish, someone who hasn't been gotten to yet? someone who isn't racist either (because there's racists on all sides) but
who instead sees all people's as being ultimately equal under the law!
someone intelligent like obama, someone who's... black ;)
they'll likely keep assassinating them anytime they look like they might succeed, for sure, but 'eventually' they'll make it into power and THEN
they can get all the appropriate laws changed huh...
this is good stuff america! you might really become world leaders one day (instead of world beaters) even yet! ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikGyZh0VbPQ
oh yeah, let's go! let's have some! :)))
(slider playing air-guitar here with heavy vibes maan haha...)
"break a leg brother!"
whoo-hoo! ;)
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