Mass campaigns are crucial for exerting pressure on politicians — and they're also great pathways to get large numbers to join membership organizations like @socialists.nyc From the new @ourtimefornyc.bsky.social website 👇

Silly that rightwingers and centrists keep arguing Zohran's win was less decisive than Spanberger and co Had this had been a normal two way race, Dem vs Republican, Zohran would have won by 75% minimum

Zohran's movement upended the electoral playbook in the mayoral race — now it's continuing to break new ground by building an organized mass campaign to make New York affordable again Sign up here to get involved 👇 ourtime.nyc

Everybody opposed to authoritarianism and oligarchy should needs to stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers who are likely going on strike starting November 13 This is a winnable fight — but it'll take all of our support to help workers get past the finish line

We were extremely happy last night

Scoop: Starbucks baristas plan to strike on Red Cup Day next week if demands aren’t met, and to mount what the union says would grow to be their biggest and longest work stoppage yet www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Here's why @mattyglesias.bsky.social is wrong about the national significance of Zohran's big win 1/ NYC's race was, among other things, a referendum on the future of the Democratic Party. And the establishment lost badly 🧵

May be cheesy, but I do think it's beautiful that so many young people got involved in politics for the first time through Zohran's campaign, just an extremely hopeful dynamic

People outside of NYC haven't understood just how much our airwaves for the last month have been filled by scaremongering and Islamophobia. It didn't work! Billionaires literally tried to buy this election and they lost

Ignore the centrist pundits Zohran’s decisive victory shows the way forward nationwide jacobin.com/2025/11/mamd...

How could anybody say no to this?

Zohran would win by 80% if Eli was on every canvassing shift

Our toddler Eli is by far the most effective canvasser I’ve ever seen

My parents taught me well: never cross a picket line and always root against the Dodgers

I was on Brian Lehrer this morning to debate the editor of the NY Daily News, Michael Aronson, over whether Zohran could pass his agenda in Albany. Take a listen or share with any family or friends who are still undecided! www.wnyc.org/story/30-iss...

Over 40 million Americans are going to lose their SNAP food benefits on Saturday, yet Trump is refusing to use the USDA's $6 billion contingency funds to cover this emergency If the Democrats were smart, they would start raising hell about Trump's cruel decision to let millions go hungry

Resistance isn't futile Here's a thread (and article) on five reasons for hope — and two concrete steps we can all take to stop Trump www.laborpolitics.com/p/after-no-k...

I love this description of the night Milwaukee socialists won their mayor's race in 1910 — would be great if Zohran does something similar on November 4

Trump wants us to believe he's unstoppable But social scientists have found that 52% of all attempts to build autocracies are relatively quickly reversed by democratizing "U-Turns" — and, within the last 30 years, this number has risen to 73%

I love my parents

NYC No Kings is massive

Good idea

Bernie is headlining the "No Kings" rally in DC tomorrow

Trump's authoritarianism is in many ways the worst in modern US history, but there's one key way that his attacks on the Left are different—and weaker—than the red scares of 1919-20 & the 1950s: This is the first red scare ever that's not bi-partisan

Bashir Abu-Manneh on Trump's deal: "October 7 produced the exact opposite of what Hamas dreamily expected to achieve: more occupation, not less; the destruction rather than expansion of the Axis of Resistance; genocide and the total obliteration of Gaza."

Zohran won't be the first democratic socialist to govern a big US city In 1936, even Time Magazine admitted that after two decades of Socialist mayors, "Milwaukee has become perhaps the best-governed city in the U.S." Its cover on Mayor Daniel Hoan was captioned: "He gave Karl Marx all the credit"

Thanks to @ericblanc.bsky.social for the shout-out on the latest Money with Katie episode!

"To help cut off US arms to Israel we'd have to more frequently work with people who don’t agree with us on everything. More leftists have to leave their comfort zone of being a powerless opposition, protesting on the sidelines, expressing outrage online" www.laborpolitics.com/p/ultra-left...

I crunched the numbers: the three largest state organizations of the old Socialist Party were Washington, Oregon, & Wisconsin (controlled for pop size) But only in WI did the socialists consistently lead the union movement, & only in WI was socialism's base broad enough for big electoral victories

Found some great research on immigrant votes for the old Socialist Party Surprisingly, German immigrants nationwide were overall *less* likely than others to vote Socialist, while Italians were more likely to do And Irish immigrants were by far the most anti-Socialist

I'm almost done with a new research project about Wisconsin's "sewer socialists" — who, as you can see below, were by far the strongest branch of the old Socialist Party Lots of lessons for Zohran & NYC DSA

Need more heroes like Paul Osadebe, one of the HUD federal worker whistleblowers standing up against Trump's destruction of civil rights protections

🚨 HUD whistleblowers and federal unionists reveal Trump’s appointees have gutted civil rights protections in housing. Here’s what you need to know: 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/r...

Workers are striking across Italy today against Israel's genocide 🔥🔥🔥

Need a free speech movement ASAP

Starbucks workers are threatening to strike nationwide if management doesn't grant them a fair contract Everybody opposed to oligarchy & authoritarianism should be ready to go all-in to support their big fight this fall inthesetimes.com/article/star...

The Institute for Public Knowledge is hosting author Eric Blanc (@ericblanc.bsky.social) tonight at 5:30pm for a book signing of, "We Are the Union" (published by @ucpress.bsky.social). You can buy your copy with us tonight! #booksigningevent #nycevents #authorsigningevent

Looking forward to this crucial discussion Thursday night at 9pm ET/6pm PT — it's hosted by East Bay DSA, but anybody nationwide can join 🌹

Excited to announce a joint book talk this Fri, Sept 12, on the theme "Strategies for Revitalizing Labor" with Eric Blanc.Join us in person at the Janice H. Levin Building, 94 Rockefeller Rd in Piscataway, NJ or on Zoom at: rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @ucpress.bsky.social @ericblanc.bsky.social

Can Zohran make New York a union town again? Only 1 in 5 NYC workers today is in a union — but a Mamdani administration would have powerful tools to turn this around 🧵

"Despite this assault on their existence, we have barely heard a peep from unions. Where is organized labor in the fight to maintain union jobs, stop the stripping of the safety net & lead the fight for democracy?" @erikloomis.bsky.social asking the right question www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

What will it take to win Zohran's agenda? Here's our proposal for a mass organizing campaign after election day that can build enough power to force establishment politicians to fund Zohran's vision 🧵 www.thenation.com/article/poli...

How can we get the 💲 for Zohran’s agenda? 1️⃣ Mass recruitment post-election 2️⃣ Mass trainings to form locally targeted strategies 3️⃣ Move the bad reps, get 💰 @ericblanc.bsky.social, Emily Lemmerman, and Wen Zhuang propose "Movement for an Affordable New York (MANY)." www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Tonight is the Labor for Zohran kickoff webinar, see you there!

Philly friends, please attend and spread the word about the Socialist Job Fair on Sept 6 — get a job with comrades!

Trump just took away union rights from over 300,000 workers at the VA An egregious attack on veterans and organized labor

Had a great discussion and packed house last night with @pelledragsted.bsky.social & @sunraysunray.bsky.social about Pelle's great new book Nordic Socialism Everyone in DSA, & beyond, should get a copy Learning lessons from our successful comrades abroad is a crucial step for building power here

Great news: 1199SEIU has endorsed Zohran!

An openminded (rather than party line) reading of US history clearly shows that sectarianism rather than reformism has been by far the biggest flaw of organized socialists 🧵