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Apr 30

Fields of Struggle

Since 2020, Chicago has seen the masses engage in various fields of struggle in their fight for liberation. During these years, we also witnessed various organizers denigrate, or stand on the sidelines, for one or more of these. Some stayed out of electoral politics, claiming that as long as we’re…

Fields Of Struggle

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Fields Of Struggle

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Apr 13

DNC 2024 in Chicago: Perspectives After Brandon

News is spreading that the DNC will be in Chicago in 2024. To understand how to relate to it, we should consider what we just accomplished with Brandon’s win. Let’s zoom out. Chicago’s political ecosystem came together to mobilize for Brandon. Unions like CTU, SEIU, and CCTU. Ward groups like…

Chicago Politics

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Chicago Politics

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Apr 8

Brandon Wins: Barometers of June 28 and Nov 8

The June 28 and Nov 8 elections ended up being barometers for the mood of the masses. Going into those elections, I was anxious about the right-wing reaction to the Uprising causing a wave of right-wing electoral victories in Chicago. But the opposite was true. On June 28 primaries, all…

Brandon Johnson

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Brandon Wins: Barometers of June 28 and Nov 8
Brandon Wins: Barometers of June 28 and Nov 8
Brandon Johnson

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Apr 7

Brandon Wins: Thoughts from Sept 2022 Before Endorsement

I originally wrote this back on 9/12/22 to help me think through how I felt about 33rd Ward Working Families (33WF) and United Working Families (UWF) endorsing Brandon Johnson. Honestly, my initial reaction was that it was a bad idea. …

Brandon Johnson

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Brandon Johnson

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Apr 6

Brandon Wins: Chicago Sets a New Plateau for US Politics

Chicago set a new plateau for US politics. There was a real chance we would end up like NYC: a major, liberal city with a Thin Blue Line mayor. If NYC and Chicago both had Democratic mayors that were basically reactions against 2020 Uprising, it would set the precedent. It’s…

Brandon Johnson

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Brandon Johnson

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Apr 4

Understanding Chicago’s Ward Organizations

As folks head to the polls to close out Chicago’s 2023 election, let’s take a moment to examine Chicago’s ward organizations, usually referred to as independent political organizations (IPOs). The IPOs played such an important part in both the 2019 and 2023 municipal elections, that it would benefit organizers to…

Ward Organizations

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Ward Organizations

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Apr 1

Iron Sharpens Iron: Brandon vs Vallas

This was originally published as a Twitter thread on 03/03/23. I was born and raised in Chicago. I was in 5th grade in 1995, when Vallas became CEO of our public schools. I knew two names in Chicago politics: Daley and Vallas. …

Brandon Johnson

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Brandon Johnson

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Sep 16, 2022

A Response to Heather Cherone and Coverage of Chicago DSA

As a Chicago DSA member, I want to thank Heather Cherone for a recent write-up and video highlighting CDSA’s aldermanic endorsements for 2023. DSA is rightfully a center of gravity in Chicago. …

Chicago City Council

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Chicago City Council

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Sep 1, 2022

Who will Organize the Abolitionists?

As we get closer to the Socialism 2022 Conference, I wanted to publish some general thoughts and observations about abolitionism. These thoughts are my own and do not represent any organization. I’ve considered myself a revolutionary socialist since 2006. In the aftermath of the 2020 uprising, I adopted the label…

Abolitionism

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Abolitionism

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Aug 31, 2022

Political Theory for Smarties: Dialectics

We are in a new political period. The period of explosive socialist growth that was kicked off by Bernie Sanders in 2016 came to an end sometime in the year after the uprising of 2020. Now, we find ourselves in a period of right-wing reaction but also shifting fortunes for…

Dialectics

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Political Theory for Smarties: Dialectics
Political Theory for Smarties: Dialectics
Dialectics

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