This fall, the majority of railroad workers rejected a tentative agreement (TA) brokered by their bosses and union leadership that would not include sick leave, an end to Precision Scheduled Railroading, and other fundamental improvements to their working conditions. Railroad work is notoriously brutal. On-call nearly around the clock, workers suffer regular, often fatal, accidents…
I don't see how condemning them for those votes is enough. AOC is getting worse and worse over time, continuing to entertain her as being a "socialist" is bad for socialists. This is just liberalism existing within the org.
the DSA fundamentally can't kick her from the org unless she does some kind of actual misconduct/breaks their bylaws. all attempts to make ideological consistency a part of those bylaws have been thwarted by the more right wing factions that see electeds holding membership as some kind of brand victory. the organization is rotted to the very core by liberalism and even passed a rule barring members from holding membership in another org that enforces democratic centralism. the structure of the org only punches left. it's why I left.
I don't see how condemning them for those votes is enough. AOC is getting worse and worse over time, continuing to entertain her as being a "socialist" is bad for socialists. This is just liberalism existing within the org.
the DSA fundamentally can't kick her from the org unless she does some kind of actual misconduct/breaks their bylaws. all attempts to make ideological consistency a part of those bylaws have been thwarted by the more right wing factions that see electeds holding membership as some kind of brand victory. the organization is rotted to the very core by liberalism and even passed a rule barring members from holding membership in another org that enforces democratic centralism. the structure of the org only punches left. it's why I left.