Kristin 🍞&🌹
@marxandcookies.breadandros.es
Socialist, preschool teacher, momma, amateur baker, DSA, Bread and Roses Caucus
BREAKING: Autonomous anti-genocide activists bring the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to a grinding halt after blockading the McDonald’s float for a second year in a row. “Those grinches who thinks they can disrupt the parade: it’s not going to happen,” Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday.
many such cases on this website this month
Love Me, I'm a Liberal
YouTube video by Phil Ochs - Topic
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Pro tip- put on a movie while your dough is rising. Makes the time go faster.
There is truly nothing that makes me happier than cooking a gigantic and elaborate meal. It’s so fun and I get to just be in the cooking zone.
Thanksgiving bake number 3- black bottomed oatmeal pie. Tomorrow is dinner food prep night.
Training what Gramsci called "permanent persuaders" — party activists who constantly are organizing their neighbors/coworkers/friends — is a critical political task. Volunteers knocking on strangers' doors and having 30 second convos at election time isn't enough. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Democrats’ much-touted ‘ground game’ was a disaster. Here’s how to fix it
Cable ads and bussed-in volunteers don’t cut it any more. If the party wants to win, it must engage voters in a collective push for change
theguardian.com
NPC member Alex P. On the importance of democracy in our movement and how democracy is more than voting.
What Makes a DSA Chapter Democratic? - The Call
A democratic DSA needs a culture where everyone believes they can help build the organization even if individual votes don’t go their way.
socialistcall.com
First thanksgiving bake complete. Apple cider donut cake. I also have pie dough in the fridge.
I think one thing as socialists we need to be clearer about in this moment is that liberalism even progressive liberalism is not socialism. Becoming a socialist REQUIRES a break with the liberal worldview and a transformation of the way you see and understand the world.
There's a strange idea among moderates that radicals take far left positions for the vibes, or to posture, or just because they're radical position. We take these stances because we want a livable planet, we want people to have good lives, and because in many cases they're winning positions.
One of my favorite things is when it is really obvious that the capitalists want us to like something. Right now it’s wicked, it was Barbie, Taylor Swift falls into this. The act of cultural creation by the ruling class is so blatant and transparent now.
DSA is, and has been, doing all of these things, and you (and Bernie) should all join. dsausa.org/join
Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 2y agoSen. Bernie Sanders goes scorched earth, saying "The Democrats ran a campaign protecting the status quo and tinkering around the edges" and that its leadership "are much too wedded to the billionaires and corporate interests that fund their campaigns."
If you are cooking for thanksgiving I highly recommend using Smitten Kitchen for all your recipe needs.
Doesn’t say “socialist” once. No hint of doing what’s right because it’s right. Opportunism is ugly.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@aoc.bsky.social · 2y agoThere have been a lot of times where I feel like we need to have honest discussions on the left about what has worked and what hasn’t, share observations without judgement, but it feels like there isn’t much space for it. I think it’s holding us back. I wonder how and where we can accomplish that.
I really wanna make this site work, but it feels so much less dynamic.
Conflict is necessary to political development. “Infighting” or “factionalism” is not actually a problem. The problem arises when the aim of the conflict is to win the org rather than persuade or seek synthesis. Everyone has to realize that the org is not a prize to be won.
Meeting people where they are at and treating them with respect is so much more inspiring than the liberal diagnosis that people are irredeemably bad, can’t be moved, and that they should suffer for it.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2y agoWhy did so many working class New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump last week — and even more not vote at all? I went to Hillside Ave in Queens and Fordham Rd in the Bronx to find out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Fc...
While most of the country moved right Portland DSA elected two to city council. Read more about how we won and what we learned. socialistcall.com/2024/11/13/o...
Our Work Has Just Begun: DSA on Portland City Council - The Call
While most of the country moved to the right, Portland DSA’s two endorsed candidates won spots on the city council. Portland B&R members Hayley and Dave share lessons and strategies from the winning c...
socialistcall.com
As we start to think about convention resolutions, please, DSAers, be the change and do not put political analysis in the whereas section.
It’s not really fun over here yet. It’s too sterile and controlled. We need some Wild West vibes.
DSA folks I'll be facilitating this on the 20th, come join us and let's get all those new members ready to go actionnetwork.org/events/socia...
Socialist Night School Training - Nov 2024
Learn how to plan and conduct a Socialist Night School in your chapter! This training will take place over Zoom on Wednesday, November 20th, from 5-7pm PT/8-10pm ET. We'll cover some best practices fo...
actionnetwork.org
🎤 *tap tap* ... is this thing on?
created a b&r dsa starter pack in yu-gi-oh terms, @bumpynux.bsky.social is blue eyes white dragon while i’m more of a giant soldier of stone. go.bsky.app/4tpoSrL