by Liano Sharon | Dec 5, 2019 | Blog, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, 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 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 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...
by Liano Sharon | Nov 6, 2019 | Blog, MDP SCC, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan for Revolution, Michigan Politics, 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 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...
