André Vasquez, who was elected to Chicago’s City Council last year as a socialist, has voted in favor of the mayor’s budget. The Chicago DSA has censured him. This raises a big question: How can a socialist organization make its elected representatives accountable?
oh so you mean once people grift us and acquire power, they’ll just pursue political self-interest or otherwise integrate into the electoral system? all of the purity testing is beyond pointless without real systems of accountability and control?
oh so you mean once people grift us and acquire power, they’ll just pursue political self-interest or otherwise integrate into the electoral system? all of the purity testing is beyond pointless without real systems of accountability and control?
hmm, well, fuck