At a Convention Like No Other, Teamster Challengers Turn a Corner
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This was a Teamsters convention like no other—and not just because it was held online, avoiding the usual Las Vegas spectacle where a few brave reformers run a gauntlet of booing red-vested

This is big news because it signals a militant and social turn for the Teamsters. This is one of the biggest unions in the country, and it's moving left fast. Fuck democratic party entryism, this is where it's at

  • MarxMadness [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Fuck democratic party entryism, this is where it’s at

    It's both, not either/or. We should be gaining ground wherever we can -- every little bit helps.

    • Homestar440 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I'm not sure I agree. I feel like the purpose of the democratic party at this point is, more or less exclusively, to absorb any organic backlash or organization against capitalism's alienation into a well controlled space. It may not actually be every little bit helps if one avenue you're trying to take is a deliberate dead end. What do you think?

      • Biggay [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        I feel like taking over a local democratic office in a podunk area would be useful or some state level shit like Nevada is good, but the national is completely fucked. We cant repeat the mistake of the Bernie campaign and think that we can work with the Democratic Party brand.

    • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      This is a take I expected on /r/Chapotraphouse, but not here tbh.

      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]M
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        3 years ago

        It's MarxMadness, our resident lib who we still love because they don't get upset when we call out their lib takes lol (love you comrade)