Me and one of my favorite progressive Democrats, Pam Harris, who is running for City Council in Oakland District 4. Pam represents exactly where the Dems need to go to be truly for the people.
The Democratic Party will save us. Not all of us. Yes, there are progressives within the Democratic Party, but there is deeply entrenched racism, sexism, homophobia, and classism in the Party, as well as corruption and backroom dealing. The Democrats have brought us many disastrous policies: neoliberal trade, wars, deportation, and mass incarceration. Yet the Democrats—on paper—have a lot in common with the goals and values of many of our liberation movements. So the battle is on to move the Democrats in a more progressive direction, and to make them accountable to the values they claim to espouse.
Our lives depend on it. Our planet depends on it. Vote November 6th.
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