A Collective Bargain: Workplace democracy is a training ground for true national democracy

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#reviews #Unions #labor #JaneMcAlevey #democracy #WinningElections #OccupyDemocrats

A Collective Bargain - Cory Doctorow - Medium

I’m at the LA Times Festival of Books this weekend! Today (Apr 24) at 11AM, I’m signing for California Book Club at booth 111. At 12:30, I’m doing a panel called “The Accidental Detective” with Alex…

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Bosses rig #union votes the same way Republicans rig elections: #disinformation, divide-and-rule, #VoterSuppression, #gerrymandering. Union organizers know how to win that kind of election, and they can teach us all.

https://doctorow.medium.com/a-collective-bargain-a48925f944fe

A Collective Bargain - Cory Doctorow - Medium

I’m at the LA Times Festival of Books this weekend! Today (Apr 24) at 11AM, I’m signing for California Book Club at booth 111. At 12:30, I’m doing a panel called “The Accidental Detective” with Alex…

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The #DemocraticParty establishment wants voters to cast a ballot and then go to sleep for two years until it's time to cast another ballot. That's why they hate #unions: unions stay awake, demanding that the Democrats GOVERN instead of selling out.

https://doctorow.medium.com/a-collective-bargain-a48925f944fe

A Collective Bargain - Cory Doctorow - Medium

I’m at the LA Times Festival of Books this weekend! Today (Apr 24) at 11AM, I’m signing for California Book Club at booth 111. At 12:30, I’m doing a panel called “The Accidental Detective” with Alex…

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@pluralistic when I first got involved in local Dem politics in the #pnw in that early 00s, I was taken aback that the core operating principle of a county and state part was win elections, not necessarily make a better world or do anything outside elections
@emmettoconnell @pluralistic With the way things have been going in the US, I've looked at ways to get involved with both politics and community... And it's really disappointing how there was basically nothing from the local, state, or national Democratic party. Monthly local party meetings, but that was it. The ways to get involved are "Register, Vote, Volunteer [for voting activities], and Donate". No events organized, even with all the shit going on in the news, and nothing like food drives, or bbqs/Town Halls, or anything that would make people feel like the Dem party was part of the community and there for people. It could be so much better, and being there all year with those sorts of activities is how you convince people that Dems do actually want to help you, but it doesn't seem like leadership is interested in more than votes. I wish the Democratic party would invest in organizing, not just voting.