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Warren Doesn’t Understand Capitalism
A market is a system for exchanging goods and services for other goods and services or for currency. The market doesn’t care how the production of the goods and services are managed. The market doesn’t care who makes the decisions – in any enterprise – about what to produce, where to produce, how to produce, and what to do with the proceeds. The market sets prices and organizes distribution. Markets organize distribution by transaction chains – when I buy a banana, I distribute my currency to the seller and the seller distributes the banana to me; earlier, the seller distributed a bigger chunk of currency to the wholesaler, who distributed a truckload of bananas to the seller, and so on back to the banana plantation. The market doesn’t care if the banana plantation is managed by slavery, feudalism, capitalism, or socialism.
MDP Admits Systematic Discrimination Against New Members; Rules Committee Votes to Continue Discrimination
The establishment sorts members into those who are known to the establishment coalition, and those who aren’t. Members who will vote with the establishment, and members who won’t, or might not. Members who are loyal to the Party establishment, and members who are disloyal, or whose loyalty is suspect. New members aren’t known to the establishment coalition – they’re new. They’re always suspect, fit only for second class membership under the system Chairman Hughes defends.
The Party Line: Response to Criticism
In the present informational environment, more democracy, transparency, and inclusion is the only way to grow the Party by significant numbers. I want to grow the Party by the tens and hundreds of thousands. That’s what we need in order to fight the right-wing authoritarians, misogynists, white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and worse flooding our politics. We can’t lie, hide, and sweep the problems in the Party under the rug anymore. Authenticity and honesty are powerful political weapons against the dark ideological underbelly of our culture. They aren’t the only weapons we need of course, but they’re weapons we cannot wield until and unless we own the problems we have, and openly work to fix them.
The Party Line #5: MDP Sabotages Proportional Voting
In the last issue, I detailed how officers-at-large tilt the Delegate Selection Plan for the National Convention towards the establishment, effectively stealing delegates from other coalitions. The details were a little technical. In this issue, I’ll explain with as little technical language as possible, other ways in which the officers-at-large system used by MDP leadership tilts every vote of the State Central Committee towards the establishment.
The Party Line Notebook
Proxies strip people of their democratic right to be represented by someone they voted for. Proxies allows Congressional Districts to be represented by someone no one in the CD voted for. The delegate giving the proxy is dictating who will represent the CD. The people of the Congressional District don’t get to vote on who is allowed to represent them. This dictatorship in microcosm. It is purely anti-democratic.
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#1 - Recreational Marijuana & Proposal 1 (w/Jamie Lowell, Gillian Dawson & Shauna McNally)
Dec 29, 2018 • 56:16
On this State of the Revolution, Liano Sharon and guest host Dr. Shauna McNally discuss Proposal 1 (recreational marijuana) with guests Gillian Dawson (Michigan Democratic Party Cannabis Caucus Chair) and Jaime Lowell (MI Legalize board member and co-author of Prop 1). State of the Revolution is a weekly broadcast bringing…
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#2 - MI Gubernatorial Election 2018 (w/Jennifer Kurland, Ayman Khafagi & Tanya Sharon)
Dec 29, 2018 • 1:34:24
On this State of the Revolution, Liano Sharon and guest host Tanya Sharon discuss the 2018 gubernatorial election in Michigan with guests Jennifer Kurland (Green Party candidate for governor) and Dr. Ayman Khafagi (vice chair of the Michigan Democratic Party Progressive Caucus) who argues the leftist case for supporting Gretchen…
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#3 - Proposal 2: Ending Gerrymandering (w/Walt Sorg & Steve Monti)
Dec 29, 2018 • 1:06:47
On this State of the Revolution, Walt Sorg (Voters Not Politicians co-founder) and Steve Monti (Lansing progressive activist) join Liano Sharon to discuss Ballot Proposal 18-2. State of the Revolution is a weekly broadcast bringing you stories from grassroots activists, discussions of big ideas and current events, with a focus…
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#4 - Proposal 3: Promote the Vote (w/Fred Fry & Kelly Collison)
Dec 29, 2018 • 1:28:49
On this State of the Revolution, Fred Fry (Promote the Vote volunteer) and Kelly Collison (Michigan Democratic Party Progressive Caucus chair) join Liano Sharon to discuss Ballot Proposal 18-3 (increase voter access). State of the Revolution is a weekly broadcast bringing you stories from grassroots activists, discussions of big ideas…
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#6 - Midterms, Moving Forward (w/Yousef Rabhi, Desirae Simmons & Hudson Villeneuve)
Dec 29, 2018 • 1:35:55
On this State of the Revolution, State Representative Yousef Rabhi, Desirae Simmons (former independent city council candidate), and Hudson Villeneuve (NextGen organizer) join Liano Sharon to discuss the recent midterm elections and where we go from here. State of the Revolution is a weekly broadcast bringing you stories from grassroots…
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#7 - Our Shifting Political Landscape (w/Mark Grebner)
Dec 29, 2018 • 1:13:13
On this State of the Revolution, Mark Grebner (Michigan polling and election statistics analyst) joins Liano Sharon to discuss data, cultural changes, party politics, and what they mean for future elections. Get the extended version of this episode and help support the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/michiganprogressive. State…
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#8 - Organizing the Green New Deal (w/Sunrise Movement & Andrew Nowicki)
Dec 29, 2018 • 57:39
On this State of the Revolution, Sunrise Movement organizers Shelby and Nicholas join Liano Sharon and environmental educator Andrew Nowicki to discuss the Green New Deal. Learn more about Sunrise at https://www.sunrisemovement.org/. Get the extended version of this episode and help support the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/michiganprogressive.…
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#9 - MI Republicans Disdain Democracy (w/Kelly Collison & Zackary Reinhardt)
Dec 29, 2018 • 1:02:52
On this State of the Revolution, Kelly Collison and Zackary Reihnhardt join Liano Sharon to talk Michigan lame-duck, the upcoming Michigan Democratic Party elections, and potential 2020 presidential candidates. Get the extended version of this episode and help support the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/michiganprogressive. State of the…
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#10 - Now That Marijuana's Legal... (w/Ryan Basore)
Dec 29, 2018 • 1:06:52
On this State of the Revolution, Liano Sharon and Samuel Klahn discuss the protests in France, the Senate vote to end US support for the war in Yemen, Michigan’s lame-duck session, and talk to Ryan Basore about the future of marijuana policy. Get the full version of this episode and…
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#11 - County Government, Local Politics & Injured Water Fowl (w/Jason Morgan)
Dec 30, 2018 • 1:15:11
On this State of the Revolution, Liano Sharon and Leaha Dotson discuss housing affordability, the Michigan legislature’s lame duck debacle, and talk with Washtenaw County Commissioner Jason Morgan about County government and local politics. Get the full version of this episode and help support the show by becoming a patron…