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 5, 2019 | Blog, Featured, MDP SCC, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan for Revolution, Michigan Politics, Newest 4 Posts, Party 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 3, 2019 | Blog, Featured, MDP SCC, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan for Revolution, Michigan Politics, Newest 4 Posts, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
The Party Line Notebook: People over Proxies These are my notes on the detailed arguments against (1) seating proxies before alternates and (2) allowing proxies at all. First, to make sure we’re all on the same page, some definitions. State Central Committee (SCC)The...
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...
by Liano Sharon | Jul 22, 2019 | Blog, Campaign Finance, Editorial, Environment, National Politics, Newest 4 Posts, Party Politics, Progressive Movement
Tom Perez, chair of the Democratic National Committee, doesn’t want there to be a debate focused on climate change. He says, if they were to do that, how would they say no to other single issue debates? First, you just say no, if that’s what you need to do....