May 2019

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“US counties where President Donald Trump held a campaign rally saw a 226% increase in reported hate crimes compared to similar counties that did not hold a rally, political scientists at the University of North Texas said in a Washington Post analysis.” from Tacoma DSA http://bit.ly/2W9RfZf via IFTTT

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👉 “But it’s far more novel to use a campaign’s infrastructure in an effort to help workers in a dispute with their boss. Fervent Sanders supporters point to this type of maneuver when they claim they are trying to build a movement, not just a candidacy.” from Tacoma DSA http://bit.ly/2JmEFzS Read more…

”The sterling efforts of a few Manchester historians aside, almost nothing is known for certain about who [Mary Burns] was, how she lived or what she thought. Yet it is possible, reading between the lines of Engels’ writings, to sense that she had considerable influence on several of her lover’s Read more…

“In a major education policy speech set to be delivered Saturday, Sen. Bernie Sanders will call for a ban on all for-profit charter schools, a position that puts him directly at odds with the Trump administration and becoming the first of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to insist on such Read more…

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An excellent overview of Democratic Socialists of America’s recent history from Doug Henwood, including reflections on electoral strategy from the right & left, and the wide range of internal perspectives and tendencies within the organization. Check it out and #joinDSA! 🌹 dsausa.org/join from Tacoma DSA http://bit.ly/2w0M935 via IFTTT