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Pollyanna posted:How do I get a membership card for the DSA? I want more cool swag. I also want to make one of my NYRs advocating more for socialism and left wing policies, and I'm hoping getting more involved in the DSA would be good for that. I just want my work to not be pointless...not like typical (Young-)Democrat meetings 'n poo poo where nothing actually happens. Are you going to the DSA meeting on the ninth? We should meet up and see what we can figure out. If you are interested I could also lend you this really good book I am reading (or if you havent read Akinsky yet, Rules for Radicals)
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Qwazes posted:Hey, I'm in western MA for college most of the year, but I'm in Cambridge for the next couple weeks. Considering that I'm almost certainly going to leave the region for grad school by the summer, what can I do? Leaving the region as a whole? Any idea where for? You could always try to get involved with an activist group rather than the party machine, many have a national presence. Or if you know where you plan on going get ahold of people there now and start figuring out who's who. If you want to go the activist route there are several national level single issue groups like NORML, that might be a good place to start.
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OAquinas posted:What exactly do precinct chairs/captains do? Not opposed to jumping in but I'm not gonna pull a Trump and sign up for a job I have no clue about. As much as you want/can to bring people in, organize them, and get them active. Hold yourself some small meetings and poo poo, tell people to tell their friends. Show up for the big meetings.
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I have no intention of actually joining the DSA but I figure the people who go might know of the other more relevand and effective local orgs if they exist. Like how back in the day you went to the SDS to discover JOIN and from there work your way into the Goodfellows. I dont know if that will actually work or if those better orgs exist, mind you
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unbutthurtable posted:Just out of curiosity, what would those better orgs look like to you? I don't have the slightest idea what the current political landscape looks like for the DSA. I did give a specific comparison example of what that would look like in the bit you quoted, SDS vs JOIN. Maybe the DSA does everything inhouse instead of spinning off locally controlled affiliate groups, I don't know. I will figure that out I guess.
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Thanks for the trip report, that's pretty interesting. Florida seems like a place that really should be more likely to go Dem than it is considering how much damage the Rs seem to do and how terrible they are, and whose ongoing victory seems to be on the back of a really sad Dem apparatus in the state (or at least that's what I've heard as an outsider), so hopefully the party can get organized enough to fight back and take it.
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Hey I figured setting up a discord room would be cool if anyone is interested. https://discord.gg/XApyeSJ GlyphGryph has issued a correction as of 20:45 on Jan 9, 2017 |
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Oops, forgot to set it to "never expire" Here's the new one: https://discord.gg/XApyeSJ
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Went to the Town Meeting tonight. First time doing anything with local politics. Very interesting. I voted on stuff, heard people talk about the town budget. Glad I went to this instead of the DSA meeting, but definitely need to try the DSA meeting next month. They also asked for volunteers for Town Board and I considered it... but what time I have is gonna need to go into Dem party reformations, I think, so probably not the place for me right now. Got my first local Democratic Party meeting on Thursday, looking forward to it.
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OhFunny posted:It's great to read this stuff about people taking over their local parties. Obviously, get on the ballot and don't get blown out of the water. For the smaller positions, simply being a regular presents volunteering at the local retirement homes/veterans socieities/food pantries will often be enough to get you a seat, going by what I know of local politics.
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Went to my DTC meeting tonight. It was hella inspiring I am CHARGED right now. Gonna make poo poo happen. Apparently they were limping along on 3 members before this election - but tonight they had over 20 people come. They had our rep come to speak from the Governor's Council and they were incredible. Really helped sink in just how poo poo our state has been in the past, and also remind me how much one person can do to make things better (and how much more we can do working together) I'm gonna do a full write up soon if people want it, but it was just... awesome, really. There's just a ton of enthusiasm and so much potential and they are just searching for direction and if there's one thing I can do it's help provide some direction.
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For anyone in MA that wants the mailing list for the state democratic committee to get informed of events and stuff? I dunno. DDemDispatch-owner@yahoogroups.com Email them with subject line SUBSCRIBE and that should sign you up. Also, see this: https://malegislature.gov/StateHouse/EducationalOpportunities/CitizensLegislativeSeminar The government throws what is basically a "legislator training event" every year. If you're considering running for office yourself, might be worth going.
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OhFunny posted:I'm an admin of the NH DSA Facebook now. Arent you literally the NH DSA? also what are you dsa folk actually planning to do in terms of pushing meaningful change? GlyphGryph has issued a correction as of 16:53 on Jan 14, 2017 |
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bump_fn posted:is there a better term for those than "anti-worker" or "anti-union" thats catchy? loving "right to work" is as bald faced a lie as "clean air act" I think calling it pro freeloader legislation is simultaneously the most damning and accurate description I have heard. Nothing the honest working man hates than a feeloader that is capable of but unwilling to contribute to the common good I need ideas of what my local DTC should be doing as well, they very much seem to be looking for a purpose and I am thinking maybe finding, educating and pushing promising progressive newbies could be it.
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Sorry I still haven't done the writeup! It's coming tonight. Been super busy since the meeting, but luckily I took extensive notes to the extent someone asked me if I was a reporter. Anywho, I was also wondering if you guys have any suggestions on good books for organizing, or about democratic history, or anything like that? I've been thinking about putting together a good reading list/lending library for the local group.
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tower time posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_for_Radicals by Saul Alinsky is probably the most basic go-to guide for leftist organizing from the ground up. It's dated (1971) but remains extremely relevant and a lot of the ideas have been further written and expounded upon by other organizers and activists since then. That's definitely on the list already! The ones already in my library are: Rules for Radicals Rules for Revolutionaries (the one by the Bernie team) The Biography of Malcolm X Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power Common Sense I'm thinking of picking up: Seize the Time The Rights of Man, The Age of Reason, and especially Agrarian Justice (I like Paine and think he started a lot of the philosophical pushes that still influence the modern liberal and leftist, and in that second one he proposes that the US institute a GMI  )But I want a lot more - my personal interests tend to focus on the 60s radical movements and Thomas Paine so suggestions that are not-that would be appreciated.
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HorseRenoir posted:Here's something that may be of interest to the thread: https://knockeverydoor.org/ Wow, I've been thinking of doing something exactly like this and talked about it with my DTC. This is great - definitely gonna have to share it.
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On a entry call with KnockEveryDoor right now. These guys seem very etnhusiastic and committed - anyone who is going to the Woman's March tomorrow, I am going to be posting materials soon. I'm asking you all to get involved with this program - the feedback they'll be collecting, the volunteers people they'll be attempting to activate, I think if this succeeds it really is going to be important to reforming the party moving forward and I encourage you all to get involved - At the very least, I'm going to be trying to convince my DTC to get involved.
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ks8y043nbypg9LOwT0AcyHzRK5LfERtcWnbOa9Ye5d4/edit?usp=sharingquote:Recruiting for #KnockEveryDoor
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I have noticed places are getting better quickly in many areas. Went to church for what is essentially the first time ever, figure the more community connections the better right? They had a visitoring pastor who talked about the abolition movement being a moral movement and how modern day mass incarceration had parallels as a method of dehumanization and subjugation, especially of minorities that were already discriminated against, and how we were spiritually obligated to get involved in either activism or politics. So uh thats pretty cool
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Grondoth posted:I need to add that the event handed out this survey, and on it was a giant mistake. There were things to fill out what you felt about the state of politics and all that, but they asked you to rank 5 topics in order of least important to most important. Which is just... terrible. You can't ask me to choose between economic development and healthcare reform. Not only are they both linked, they're both important. You're asking people to already lower their expectations right off the gate, the first thing they get from you. Ugh that seems like garbage. I guess I can see why they might have been stupid enough to do it, like if they are trying to invite in guest speakers and stuff... but its still idiocy of the highest order, because you know that they are going to use it to alienate supporters that have uncommon priorities as like best case scenario. Take over leadership of that poo poo stat, man, if thats the sort of stuff they are doing they need to be saved from themselves.
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Gonna mention the various forum cross-state efforts in here as they pop up. Right now we've got a thread about the upcoming special election in Delaware threatening to turn this blue state red. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3806545
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Had a KnockEveryDoor meeting tonight. Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwbKMQH1Q2Fja3FqVXpQMS1mWkE/view Far more important, though: KnockEveryDoor Canvass Host Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_gidKOWgGtYDRjNOV0oRjOG4STf-MjVXGXdpiDSAVVM/edit That contains everything you need to know to get involved immediately, run your own canvassing event, and get out knocking. It includes canvassing scripts, forms to fill out, trackers and data collection forms, lots of lessons on canvassing. Good stuff.
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http://ncase.me/polygons/ A powerful lesson on the effects of racism and segregation, and how it can leave all of society worse off without anyone involved actually being "bad" - even if the "racism" is simple "I would prefer it a small portion of those I lived next to were like me" and the individual is otherwise happier in diverse surroundings.
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The tea party was succesful because they were able to carry out there threats and primary numerous prominent republicans when the party failed to fall into line. So this thead is sort of towards that end already, but yeah any sort of conversation involving partipating in the democratic party process is welcome
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Also a lot of the conversation actually happens in the Discord and I would be happy to add an indivisible channel or something if you wanted in addition to having more stuff to talk about it in the thread
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Discord does have voice chat but its usually not used, its more like a slack or an irc channel with a persistent history
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Okay everyone - it's time to start running for poo poo and taking this party over. Enter your address here to find out when your next local caucus date is http://transformtheparty.com/ Our Revolution It's time to transform the Democratic Party There are thousands of positions of leadership within the Democratic Party up for grabs in the next two years, and we need real progressives like you filling them. I am guessing it's not just MA Here's the full list of MA caucuses http://www.massdems.org/caucuses/2017-caucuses
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El Mero Mero posted:Weren't the elections all last month? I'm seeing Jan 7 2017 as the date on that site They vary from state to state and even county to country and town to town - unfortunately, yours may have already passed! My local caucus isn't until next month, but there were some in my state that were held late january.
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If its anything like me, they have been busy feeling ignored, unimportant, sidelined and unwanted and lacking in real political representation or purpose. We are so incredibly lucky Bernie decided to run.
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Discord has had some issues, users now need to be verified. Post here, send me a pm, speak The Words to me or another admin in a discord PM - whatever, this is just speed bump so that we don't have a constant stream of trolls.
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Railing Kill posted:I just downloaded Discord for something else, so I'm up on there now. Is your server just for MA Dem goons, or is it for all goons ITT? Its nationwide
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Also link is in the OP. Someone post it here. I am phone posting
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On computer now, here's the link: https://discord.gg/CuVNusq
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Need to be vetted first. Assuming your name is the same as here someone should do that in the next ten minutes or so. We are working on a way to automate it
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Wait do you mean you can only see the wilderness channel or that you can see NOTHING
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Okay, you should both be through the wilderness now
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Had another DTC meeting. God the people in charge seem a bit disorganized, a but past-looking, and a bit slow - Caucuses for state delegation next month - I'm totally gonna try to become a delegate. Also I think I may need to take over my DTC if this keeps up. We'll see.
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