electoralism one can believe in 
likely won't succeed in the heart of a demon, but campaign website is here https://www.kshamasawant.org/
why can't Mamdani say those words in that order?
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Lenin knows why! 
Because he's a 
Interesting how it will affect her trotskyist party (revolutionary workers).
I otoh welcome my Trotskyist overlords if theyβre actually doing shit and not just being nerds.
Iβll take a Trot 10/10 times over a leftlib, demsuckkkdem, or wjatever the fuck weβve got going on around us
never forget trotsky gave us armored tanks
Ngl I dunno if this is an unpopular opinion, maybe Iβm just ignorant or an actual liability, but I find it kind of hard to get bent out of shape about Trots or Trotskyism. Leon was really annoying, and yeah he did undermine the USSR in the end and his theory became a federal op, but he also built and was the leader of the Red Army during the civil war. Enough said.
Trots are fine in theory but then they come out to every fucking event and ruin it by being the biggest UM ACKCHUALLY nerds on the planet while pretending they're the only real communists. If they would shut the fuck up and work together with everyone else nobody would have a problem with them
Uhm aktually tru com can only be achieved if a developed nation becomes communist
Yeah, that must get grating quick
The point is not to hate on Trotsky, the point is that trotskyist orgs are disconnected from the workers, irrelevant and incapable of any mass mobilization. Ideologically trots hate on every AES state because to them only a "global revolution" is valid socialism. So they donβt ever have to challenge western narratives about authoritarianism etc.
Thinking Trotsky is solely responsible for the successes of the Red Army is lib great man theory and erases the contributions of everyone else involved
if i were a trotskyist I'd call myself an armored tankie
I appreciate her confronting the dems directly
The rally was great, got to attend in person. Really refreshing to be in a room of people that generally agree with your core political values without any of the typical career seeking theatrics.
Im talking with the Revolutionary Workers party people tomorrow afternoon about their org, I've seen some criticisms but im curious what the vibe is with them to the other users here?
For one the rev workers are super super new (like one year old basically). And then they follow a trotskyist line, which usually means they are anti-AES. Because the party is so young I havenβt seen how their line manifests in practice, so Iβm in the wait and see mode. One thing that makes me a bit sceptical also is that the party seems to revolve around Kshama as a political figure, which can be a problem long term.
It sucks. They're awful. She refuses to build a socialist org that brings others to positions of leadership, it's all cult of personality
What is it with the Pacific Northwest and cult of personality socialist orgs
There was a time when her former group was running multiple candidates, but it didn't work out
Thanks for the viewpoint I appreciate it. I'll definitely bring up some concerns about the focus on Sawant, especially since the party is seemingly against career politican types. I did really like Sawant when she was on city council here back in the 2010's, so I'm interested
cool beans Kshama but you still never explained to me how the fuck i got into your email list!
I gave her your email, sorry
