by Liano Sharon | Nov 27, 2019 | Blog, Featured, MDP SCC, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
I am a Michigan Democratic Party member, serving on the State Central Committee and the State Party Rules Committee. Together with a coalition of many people from across the state, I am working to bring greater democracy, transparency, and inclusion to the Michigan...
by Liano Sharon | Nov 26, 2019 | Blog, Editorial, Party Politics, Progressive Movement
Last Friday, a group of Sunrise activists and allies occupied Rep. Debbie Dingell’s (D-MI12) office in Ypsilanti, and several were arrested and taken to jail, as I wrote about here. They were asking Rep. Dingell a single question: do you support the Green New Deal...
by Liano Sharon | Nov 23, 2019 | Blog, Environment, Featured, Michigan Democratic Party, National Politics, Newest 4 Posts, News, Progressive Movement
Yesterday at 3pm about 50 Sunrise activists and allies occupied Debbie Dingell’s (D-MI12) Ypsilanti office. They sang songs and told stories of their experiences with climate change and pollution. For 10 months they’ve been making appointments and showing up in...
by Liano Sharon | Nov 21, 2019 | Blog, Economics, Editorial, Featured, National Politics, Progressive Movement
Right-wingers and centrists, many economists, and many US-based socialists, have a strange gap in their knowledge of capitalism. They have no idea what it is. Neoliberals like Warren cheerlead for capitalism, and when they’re asked about capitalism they start rambling...
by Liano Sharon | Nov 14, 2019 | Blog, Featured, MDP SCC, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
The Michigan Democratic Party Rules Committee met November 7th to address the proxy problem – the practice of sidelining elected human representatives present at meetings (alternates), in favor of unelected paper proxies (from absent delegates). Tim Hughes, long...
