I’m active in my union. I’m casual friends with a colleague. We like the same sports teams and talk mostly about that. I think I’d reasonably call him a fairly low information voter.

I found out he voted for trump in 2024. I think he got caught up in whatever algorithm made him think that was a good idea. It fucking pissed me off but I held my tongue and just listened to why. Then I calmly explained why I didn’t. I tried really hard not to come off as some angry leftist who’s name calling and talking down to him. Even though I wanted to because of how upset I was about the election.

Later that year we went on strike. I found out the night before that he was strongly considering crossing the picket line because he didn’t want to lose wages and didn’t really understand why he should have to miss work.

I called him and tried so hard not to talk down to him again (even though it also pissed me off) but to explain to him why it was important he be there with us. This only worked because we had an existing relationship built on talking about sports.

He didn’t show up on the line but he didn’t cross either.

His union ended up getting a sizeable raise. He saw the impact not just on him but on the people around him he cares about. He started learning more about how unions work and the history of labor organizing.

The other day I saw him with his union shirt on. He goes “you know, if you never would’ve taken the time to explain it to me, I don’t think I would’ve cared.” It fucking made my week. I swear I’m not making this up.

Look, this online bubble is garbage. Those of you who actually organize in person know this.

Not everyone is lost. Build personal relationships. Give people the opportunity to grow. Be a beacon in your community. Let’s not squander our momentum.

I am open to my thinking continually evolving and I probably haven’t fully thought this through. But honestly at this point I’m starting to feel like I’m just philosophically anti cancel culture. I don’t really care what most people thought or did or said in the past. I’m not writing them off. If they’re here with me in class struggle even if the rest of their views aren’t perfect yet I accept that.

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Early voting starts today in Texas, and everyone needs to make a plan to vote, help those without transportation, and give them a ride to the polls. I picked up two friends and brought them along with me. Let’s go, team Talarico and team Hinojosa!! It’s time to hold the Billionaire and Epstein class accountable! South Texas needs to vote out Monica DeLaCruz and elect Bobby Pulido as our next Representative. 💙💙💙

Here it is on YouTube: Mamdani: Big news from our New York's littlest...we're expanding free 2-K! - NYC Mayor's Office - Oct 19, 2026 (YouTube)

Description: NYC will now have 12,000 seats for 2-K, including ALL of the Bronx and Staten Island. Thanks to NYC's cutest for helping us break the news.

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Here are details from the NYC Mayor's Office website: Mamdani and Hochul Bring 2-K to All of the Bronx and Staten Island, Adding 10,000 Seats Across Every Borough - NYC Mayor's Office - Oct 19, 2026

What you should know:

\ More than 12,000 children in all five boroughs will have access to 2-K beginning in fall 2027, advancing New York City’s path toward universal child care*

\ Mayor Mamdani and Governor Hochul expanding 2-K to a majority of all NYC school districts*  

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Here are the latest r/DemocraticSocialism posts with Zohran Mamdani: reddit.com/r/DemocraticSocialism/search/?q=%22Mamdani%22&type=posts&sort=new

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🇺🇸 U.S. Voters 👉🏽 Election Day is November 3 🗳️

* Voter info (by State): Register To Vote :~:~: Voter Registration Status :~:~: Find Your Polling Place :~:~: Valid Forms of ID :~:~: Absentee & Early Voting :~:~: Become a Poll Worker ~:~ Links go to the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) website. When you select a State from their dropdown menu, it immediately goes to a .gov page on that state’s SoS (Sec. of State) website. 

You can also use sites like: vote411.org which is run by the League of Women Voters.

* Candidates (by State): Ballotpedia ~:~ Shows all Candidates (including those who lost their Primary). To view only the Candidates in the November election, select your state from the list (top of page).

Justice for Maricarmen Abascal! Ms. Abascal was murdered by the Spanish state for the crime of refusing to leave her home of many decades. After a judge ordered her to be evicted, her home was stormed by riot police who forcibly removed her. She died days later from the trauma.

All eyes on Europe, which has become the weak link in the chain of world imperialism! Victory to the revolution in France! The world faces a stark choice: socialism, or barbarism.

Workers of every country, unite!

America’s richest exploit estate tax loopholes, shell corporations, trusts, and other sophisticated methods of shielding their accumulated fortunes from taxation. This has accelerated the accumulation of wealth (and power) in the hands of a few individuals while entrenching oligarchic dynasties.

According to IPS research, America’s 50 wealthiest family dynasties together held $1.2 trillion in assets in 2020. By comparison, the bottom half of all U.S. households (an estimated 65 million families) shared a combined total wealth of just twice that, at $2.5 trillion. The five wealthiest dynasties (the Walton, Koch, Mars, Lauder, and Cargill-MacMillan families) saw their wealth increase by a median 2484% from 1983 to 2020.

More than 6000 prominent Jews and Zionists have signed an open letter rejecting the genocide accusation against Israel, describing it as “the latest blood libel to be inflicted on the Jewish people”.

Jews signing an open letter stating that accusations against the colony are accusations against "the Jewish people" reflect Zionism's claim that the colony represents all Jews worldwide. Quite counterproductively, this lays the ground for exactly what the signatories pretend to oppose: Holding Jews accountable for Israel's actions. Indeed, Zionism is a leading cause, quite certainly our era's leading cause, of blood libels against Jews.

Of course, Zionism's danger to Jews should not eclipse its danger to its primary victims—Palestinians and other societies in Al-Sham. But it does show that Jews fighting to dismantle the Jewish state and establish one democratic Palestinian state are not just displaying solidarity with Palestine, they are acting in self-defense.

It also shows that Palestinians' insistence that we fight Zionism, not Jews or Judaism, is not meant to appease our oppressors. Quite the contrary, it is meant to challenge Zionism's foundational claims—to confront it fully. The vision for One Democratic State is also a platform that unites us with our natural allies against our common enemy.

These efforts, however, must not be limited to discourse. The One Democratic State Initiative is working to organize efforts, in Palestine and worldwide, to dismantle the settler state and establish its antithesis: A state that deals with society as citizens, not tribes. We call on you to join our efforts.

The Tenant Union Federation is set to roll out a report on the state of the nation’s tenants, covering the economic and political realities America’s 100 million renters are being pressured by and how communities are organizing to change them by collectively pushing back against landlords. They’re holding an organizing call on their report on the work tenant organizers are doing right now on Wednesday at 6PM ET. We can sign up to join them and learn more at bit(.)ly/TUFstateof.