@russweissirwin
He/Him, Dorchester, dad, teacher, proud member of Boston Teachers Union (get on bsky, BTU!), @aftmass.bsky.social and @aftunion.bsky.social. Support my run for BTU exec board here: https://forms.gle/NPmv3vjetzYs19sQ9
"Winning the world [we] want will require more than just voting—it will require being brave enough to confront a brutal and lawless autocracy."
Read SMC member @hangryeyes.bsky.social 's analysis of how the Socialist Left can stop the Fascist Right in @convergencemag.com !
Link below:
GOP Rep. Pat Harrigan: "There are members of Congress that they just cannot trust. And I understand that. We have folks that are Somali first and not America first."
You know what’s weak & stupid? Dragging us into another costly endless war that puts our troops & innocent civilians in harm’s way.
Strong leaders have moral clarity & use power responsibly. Weak men like Trump make other peoples’ kids fight in their unnecessary, illegal wars.
Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, called President Trump on Saturday to personally object to strikes the U.S. had conducted in Venezuela and to the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro. Mamdani accused Trump of violating international law.
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
BTW, if you're into Bolts' coverage of today's elections (which are still ongoing!), I would be remiss to remind you it's Giving Tuesday today, and Bolts is a nonprofit! Become a member :)
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Do you know what really scares the billionaires?
Organized working people🎃👻
Happy Halloween from SMC!
Being a socialist means No Kings, no billionaires, no dictators, no arms for apartheid—join DSA today to join the fight!
dsausa.org/join
Yesterday, a group of SMC members, including NPC member @christianaraos.bsky.social, travelled to Jersey City to canvass for fellow SMC member Joel Brooks
Can't canvass? No problem! Donate to Joel here:
secure.actblue.com/donate/joel-...
The Trump administration is targeting DSA because they know the only thing that can stop fascism is an organized mass movement of working-class people. Join the fight for a better world, join DSA.
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
Today, several of our members were arrested with @jvplive.bsky.social for simply demanding that Israel stop starving Gaza by letting aid in and ending the genocide.
In The Agitator, David Duhalde argues for passing the SMC resolution “Workers Will Lead the Way” unamended at next week's Convention.
To build a socialist labor slate, we must view our labor & electoral strategy as 1 united task—not 2 separate programs.
www.socialistmajority.com/theagitator/...
INCREDIBLE. Kids (in "a summer day camp") were outside playing as federal immigration agents invaded the MacArthur Park in Los Angeles.
Just out of words really ...
"Please continue peacefully protesting": Sen. Padilla after forced removal from DHS presser
Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Keep up the fight.
Two bearded guys in Red Sox hats smiling at Fenway Park, with the “Red Sox Win” sign illuminated behind them!
Seeing the Sox win at Fenway with an old friend! Just the best
recent polling is just a total repudiation of the idea that full spectrum opposition to trump across every area was/is a bad idea
Wishing peace and reflection to all observing this Good Friday.
This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.
'There's a movement bubbling up': Anti-Trump protests planned nationwide Saturday Over 1,000 anti-Trump protests, both big and small, are scheduled across America Saturday
let's go. sign up for a march near you: wfpus.org/HandsOff
“Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
~The Diary of Anne Frank
I was proud to support the Kelly Loving Act on the House floor today.
Love this!!!
The authoritarian turn promised in Project 2025 is here. ICE targets dissidents while the billionaire-run "DOGE" guts the federal government.
Working people are mobilizing, but as Sam L argues in The Agitator, DSA's NPC is failing to meet the moment.
www.socialistmajority.com/theagitator/...
The administration just terminated $106M in K-12 education funding for Massachusetts — $$ MA leaders were told only last month they’d have til 2026 to spend.
AFT MA remains united in the face of yet another attack on our students, our educators, and our schools. Read more: ma.aft.org/press-releases
Teachers. Don’t **** with us!
