by Liano Sharon | Feb 6, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, National Politics, Newest 4 Posts, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
The Iowa caucuses were a devastating failure of the Iowa Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee. Were they trying to rig the results against Sanders? Cover up a devastating loss that would cut the legs out from under the Biden electability argument,...
by Liano Sharon | Jan 27, 2020 | Blog, Editorial, National Politics, Newest 4 Posts, Progressive Movement
Joe Rogan endorsed Bernie Sanders and immediately a certain section of the left went ballistic. Then, of course, neo-liberals and corporatists jumped on the outrage bandwagon – and the media happily ate up the controversy. I’m not a Rogan fan, far from it. The...
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 2, 2019 | Blog, Featured, MDP SCC, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan for Revolution, Michigan Politics, National Politics, Newest 4 Posts, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
I am a Michigan Democratic Party members, 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 Michigan...
by Liano Sharon | Oct 29, 2019 | Blog, Featured, National Politics, Newest 4 Posts, Progressive Movement
I’ve been watching some Bernie Sanders rallies on YouTube, starting with the big rally in Queens with AOC. One important proposal that he brings up several times is “one person, one vote”. His website doesn’t seem to have a proposal for how to...
