I'm trying to think of where some crazy lefty got elected to a mayor's office, and tore the place down through unrealistic far-lefty politics. There is Coleman Young and … uh, and … and, uh … nobody else.
One funny thing. The mayor of Newark is a black Progressive of fiery rhetoric, perhaps more fiery than Mamdani's. But Ras Baraka avoids the "S"-word, and is popular with all, even the real estate crowd and even the yuppies who live on the hill. But I don't think that Mamdani's opposition is that afraid of the "socialist" label. Methinks the fierce opposition to Mamdani is the last howl of the pro-Bibi Democratic alter kockers: a group still strong even though it is dying off.
And one piece of good news. Kathy Hochul just endorsed Zohran Mamdani: the slow boring of hard boards.
One think I hate about allegedly progressive substackers like Max are they use fancy words like defenestration. The web is full of such substackers, and all they do it make life easier for the far right, who can claim that the working class can't afford foot think copies of the Oxford English Dictionary. (:}
On the matter of Illinois, of which I was a resident until 3 years ago, those guys may have a point. Illinois' congressional map is ALREADY gerrymandered in favor of Dems and has been since 2020 if not since 2010 - in response to the crap that Wisconsin R's were pulling. At maximum, a further gerrymander might pick up one seat, and would undoubtedly put some current Dem rep at risk. This is the same dilemma that Texas Republicans have faced and it's why Indiana Republicans had to be pushed really hard to get on board with Trump's wishes.
Someone said Marx? that a revolution is the kicking in of a rotten door. We just need to get heady enthusiasm, of course smartly, and identification of this cause with ordinary people. But this aint
The Popular Front. It is historical American Populism, modified as needed, that is necessary. The 19th C. class analysis is not up to it. A vast, non-vanguard-ist social, political, educational, in a full Wildcat press.
I'm trying to think of where some crazy lefty got elected to a mayor's office, and tore the place down through unrealistic far-lefty politics. There is Coleman Young and … uh, and … and, uh … nobody else.
One funny thing. The mayor of Newark is a black Progressive of fiery rhetoric, perhaps more fiery than Mamdani's. But Ras Baraka avoids the "S"-word, and is popular with all, even the real estate crowd and even the yuppies who live on the hill. But I don't think that Mamdani's opposition is that afraid of the "socialist" label. Methinks the fierce opposition to Mamdani is the last howl of the pro-Bibi Democratic alter kockers: a group still strong even though it is dying off.
And one piece of good news. Kathy Hochul just endorsed Zohran Mamdani: the slow boring of hard boards.
Yes, just noticed the Hochul endorsement.
One think I hate about allegedly progressive substackers like Max are they use fancy words like defenestration. The web is full of such substackers, and all they do it make life easier for the far right, who can claim that the working class can't afford foot think copies of the Oxford English Dictionary. (:}
More, Members who prefer more job security to taking back the House, aided by Jeffries: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/12/hakeem-jeffries-democrats-redistricting-push-00559156
On the matter of Illinois, of which I was a resident until 3 years ago, those guys may have a point. Illinois' congressional map is ALREADY gerrymandered in favor of Dems and has been since 2020 if not since 2010 - in response to the crap that Wisconsin R's were pulling. At maximum, a further gerrymander might pick up one seat, and would undoubtedly put some current Dem rep at risk. This is the same dilemma that Texas Republicans have faced and it's why Indiana Republicans had to be pushed really hard to get on board with Trump's wishes.
Someone said Marx? that a revolution is the kicking in of a rotten door. We just need to get heady enthusiasm, of course smartly, and identification of this cause with ordinary people. But this aint
The Popular Front. It is historical American Populism, modified as needed, that is necessary. The 19th C. class analysis is not up to it. A vast, non-vanguard-ist social, political, educational, in a full Wildcat press.
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