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lizardbytheriver · 4 months

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"Be kind to people, be ruthless to systems." - Michael Brooks

#Quotes #Michael Brooks #Michael Jamal Brooks #Kindness #Socialist #Socialists #Social Democrat #Social Democrats #Communists #Communist #Anarchist #Anarchists

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nando161mando · 6 months

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Social democrats, democratic socialists, maoists, leninists, marxists, and other brands of "left" authoritarians can fuck all the way off.

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lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers · 2 years

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Feel like I’ve come across a few people on tumblr recently who don’t understand what “liberalism” is as an ideology. Liberalism is a capitalist ideology- liberals may support checks and balances on capitalism, but there is no branch of liberalism that really supports a very large welfare state or significant checks on a capitalist economy.

If you believe in democratic elections, rule of law, individual freedom, equal rights etc, but you also support things like social housing, a strong benefits system, strong unionisation of workers, significant rights for workers, let alone policies like UBI, you’re probably not a liberal. If you’re arguing for economic and social interventions to target poverty specifically, you’re probably a social democrat (or a democratic socialist).

I know the word “socialist” can sound pretty scary, but this weird “I’m a liberal, therefore liberalism is X”- no, liberalism is a political ideology that has existed for hundreds of years. Yes, ideologies change over time, but why are you so scared to admit you’re left wing?

#politics #liberalism #socialism #democratic socialism #social democrats #leftism #left wing politics

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bighermie · 2 years

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kaydub80 · 1 year

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Two whole years. Now, the takeover has been reversed. As the neoliberal-friendly Newsweek points out, progressives taking over the Democratic Party was always going to be a fool's errand--and it didn't help that the governor's mansion was lost due to the neoliberals taking their ball and going home.

#nevada #social democrats #democratic socialists of america #establishment democrats #the graveyard of movements #demexit #neoliberalism #fuck neoliberals

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gwydionmisha · 2 years

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A relief!

#Mette Frederiksen #Denmark #Social Democrats #Election #News

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mysharona1987 · 5 months

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#capitalism #free palestine #democrats #republicans #politics #socialism #twitter #xwitter #humor #dark humor

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crazycatsiren · 10 months

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My one basic opinion is that nobody should ever have to live in poverty and boy oh boy does this make some motherfuckers real mad!

#aporophobia #eat the rich #feed the poor #steal from the rich #give to the poor #social justice #human rights #democratic socialism #support the working class

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troythecatfish · 11 days

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if-you-fan-a-fire · 8 months

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"C.C.F. Leader Attends Victory Dinner Here," Windsor Star. September 30, 1943. Page 5. ---- C.C.F. supporters gathered at the Shawnee Gun Club last night in honor of Mr. A. Nelson Alles, M.P.P. for Essex North, at a Victory dinner which was attended by Mr. E. B. Jolliffe, M.P.P., leader of the Ontario C.C.F. Party. In the top picture, Mr. Jolliffe in the centre, is seen as he congratulated Mr. and Mrs. Alles. In the lower picture are seen, left to right: Mr. R. M. Crouch, defeated C.C.F. candidate in Essex South; Mr. Alcide LeBlanc, president of the Essex North C.C.F. Riding Association: Mr. W. C. Riggs, M.P.P. for Windsor-Walkerville. Mr. George Bennett, M.P.P. for Windsor-Sandwich, is standing. Many were in attendance at the gathering. (Staff Photograph.)

#windsor #essex county #ontario politics #canadian politics #co-operative commonwealth federation #canadian socialism #social democrats #electoral victory #walkerville #canada during world war 2

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intersectionalpraxis · 2 months

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FU to all those attendees. Love and solidarity to the resistance -Free Palestine.

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locustheologicus · 6 months

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The Persecution of Social Democrats and a Call for the new Great Awakening

I recently went to the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC. It is an experience that I will not forget. Like a pilgrimage I suggest that all Amercans should take the opportunity to visit this museum and allow yourself to witness to the horrorific geonocide that was allowed to take place in Nazi Germany. The horrors of World War II are now 80 years behind us and the hard-won lessons are starting to erode as we no longer fear totalitarian regimes. Dictatorships are now even praised by presidential candidates like Donald Trump who recently praised dictators and the totalitarian regimes of Russia, China, and North Korea during his New Hampshire speech.

In another post I mentioned how Candidate Trump has brought forward the rhetoric of Nazi Germany regarding who identified, persecuted and eventually murdered anyone who was not part of their Aryan ethnic minority and far right adherents.

At the Holocaust museum I had a wake up call as I saw my own political ideals and faith community mentioned as part of their political persecution.

Here again you see social democrats mentioned as an "enemy of the state."

I also saw my Catholic faith community identified as yet another "enemy of the state" because it had values that contradicted the far right agenda of the Nazi state. The caption on the bottom picture states: "Catholic priests were among the main targets of Nazi mass murder in Poland. Here, priests and teachers from the city of Bydgoszcz await execution."

I am a Catholic and a Social Democrat. I am proud of both my religious and political views which are very much what I believe in. I posted a blog titled "Confessions of a Social Democrat" based on a foreign affairs article titled "Can Social Democrats Save the World (Again)". I offer my own political platform (I firmly believe that all Americans should have their own) in this post for all to read.

Social democrats are followers of the progressive tradition that existed under the Roosevelts and the Kennedys. Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy can be said to support a social democratic platform that recognized the ideas of promoting social regulations and distributive justice that would support the common good and allow most citizens to enjoy the basic protection of economic and social rights. It was FDR's hope that our constitution would provide for the guarantee of social and economic rights but that agenda remains for a future generation. The post on social democrats unpacks this agenda further.

But I also believe that my faith calls me to adopt this poltical agenda. I am reading a book, which I will reflect on later, regarding economic democracy. It is called "Humanity @ Work & Life." In it there was a chapter that was coauthored by Brian Corbin of Catholic Charities USA. In recognizing the role that the Catholic Church has with elements of both social and economic democracy Corbin offers the following insight after reflecting on the Exodus story and how Jesus would follow-up from this biblical tradition of liberation and social justice.

Jesus was the first social democrat, distributing fish and bread to the masses, demonstrating that faith in the miracle of sufficiency equal to the needs of all feeds the hungry and heals the sick.

He goes on to juxtopse the Jesus of the Gospel narratives with the Christ of Christian nationalism.

Religious faith in America's present and immediate future is haunted by a widening dichotomy between Jesus the Christ and militant nationalist Christianity. The former distributes fish and bread to the masses, showing how the grace of moral and spiritual solidarity leads to the miracle of sufficiency equal to needs, feeding the hungry, healing the sick, dying under torture while forgiving tormentors and the sins of this world. The latter convenes and condones the Insurrection of January 6, 2021, carrying Nazi and Confederate flags into the US Capitol edifice for the first time in its erected history to ignite deeper rifts between garce and grievance.

Corbin gives us something to think about here.

It has been suggested by others including myself that a religious tradition of America is the Great Awakening Movements that have taken place. The first one led to the Revolutionary War, The second one preceeded the Civil War and the third set the progressive agenda that created the ideals during the Great Depression and World War II. I think, in light of what Corbin says, we need to prepare to usher in a new 4th (by some count 5th) Great Awakening that sets the authentic Gospel message against the heresy of pseudo-Christian Nationalism.

Social and Economic Democracy is very much part of the Catholic vision and the American dream. The far-right will attack us because their values do not embrace diversity and social justice. Furthermore they fear these legitimate American values which can be found in our revered Constitution and Declaration. Although I always enjoy reflecting on FDR and MLK's social democratic quotes below as well.

The above quote from MLK is hard to read to I will add it below.

I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits. - MLK

Jesus reminds us that:

No one who lights a lamp hides it away or places it [under a bushel basket], but on a lampstand so that those who enter might see the light. (Lk 11:33)

Our faith cannot stay hidden, especially when it needs to stand firm against a secular ideology that threatens to persecute our voices. All of the Great Awakening movement have served the social gospel and because of that we have witnessed America do great things and make a stand against injustices that our wealthier members committed. We active Catholics and social democrats will once again be treated like "vermin" by those who voice the divisive and hate filled speech of the far-right agenda. This is not a unique experience, but now we all be aware of the horrible consequences that can happen if we stay silent. Let us stand against the error of Christian nationalism and usher in a new Great Awakening era that can:

Address the corruption of money in politics and the need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform,

Recognize the reality of globalization, racial discrimination and ecological concerns,

And usher in the long awaited fight to incorporate the Second Bill of Rights (Economic and Social Rights) into the Constitution.

#social democrats #facism #great awakening #politics #faith and politics

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lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers · 2 years

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Let us beware of ourselves. The error of having abandoned the Labour movement has done an immense injury to Anarchism, but at least it leaves unaltered the distinctive character. The error of confounding the Anarchist movement with Trade Unionism would be still more grave. That will happen to us which happened to the Social Democrats as soon as they went into the Parliamentary struggle. They gained in numerical force, but by becoming each day less Socialistic. We also would become more numerous, but we should cease to be Anarchist.

Errico Malatesta, Anarchism and Syndicalism

#anarchism #syndicalism #trade unionism #the labour movement #social democrats #socialism

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thenewdemocratus · 9 months

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The New America Foundation: Michael Lind: The Next Social Contract, An American Idea For Reform

Source:The New Democrat The social contract means different things to different people and depending on where you are on the American political spectrum will show what you think of it. And for people on the Libertarian-Right or are Center-Right Conservatives, the role of government when it comes to economic policy and what government should be doing for people is very minimal. And people on the…

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read-marx-and-lenin · 3 months

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#politics #us politics #democrats #socialism #communism #anti capitalism

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openapocalypse · 1 year

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EVERY social media network should have #FollowBackFriday for #SocialDemocrats!

#Social Democrats #Democratic Socialists #followbackfriday #Social Media #Medium #Tumblr

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