Us Against The World: How The Jewish Defense League Paved the Road to Socialism

[Trondheim]

Elected president
Tupac Shakur
Communist

Very nice.

 

[Mumby]

 

[Catalunya]

nice

 

[manav95]

I'd imagine Congress and control of governorships and state legislatures is looking pretty blue post 2008

also, fantastic post

I bet Republicans and other conservatives are feeling blue too.

 

[Oppo]

I'd imagine Congress and control of governorships and state legislatures is looking pretty blue post 2008

not just blue, but r e d

if you know what i mean

I wonder if Shakur composed a campaign rap that was undeniably patriotic without forsaking the themes of justice and reform.

Check this out - it's one of the earliest Tupac recordings. Not exactly patriotic though!

Though I do find it a bit odd that Shakur won Kentucky and Tennessee, but not West Virginia. West Virginia was still heavily democratic at a state level. Thus the split of conservative votes should've gone in Shakur's favor in that state.

The anti-establishment state party in West Virginia gave Eastwood the nomination, forcing Miller onto a third-party ballot line.

Oh yeah rewrite that shit.

Constitutional conventions are pretty dicey though, because I think you need approval from 3/4 of the state legislatures once you're done? How was Shakur's downballot impact? Mostly just regular democrats or did he have imitators in local primaries with their own successes capable of supporting his agenda down the line? It looks like he has a popular mandate but state legislatures may try to be pigheaded about it. It could create an excuse to pressure them from the bottom and push for more leftist local politics too, though.

You'll see what happens with the constitution soon. Downballot, there were a lot of proto-AOCs who successfully challenged establishment incumbents. I will also go into more detail with the composition of the Senate.

 

[Stuyvesant]

Minor quibble though, unless he joined the Communist Party immediately after being elected, his party should probably be “Democratic”.

 

[Oppo]

Minor quibble though, unless he joined the Communist Party immediately after being elected, his party should probably be “Democratic”.

nah tupac was a member iotl

the cpusa often runs candidates as democrats

 

[Stuyvesant]

nah tupac was a member iotl

the cpusa often runs candidates as democrats

No, the CPUSA endorses Democrats, it’s a very different idea.

And if he was running as a Communist, his party should be Communist.

Like how Nader in 2004 was an Independent that was also on the ticket as the Reform Party candidate, but is just marked as “Independent”.

 

[Oppo]

No, the CPUSA endorses Democrats, it’s a very different idea.

And if he was running as a Communist, his party should be Communist.

Like how Nader in 2004 was an Independent that was also on the ticket as the Reform Party candidate, but is just marked as “Independent”.

“Although the CPUSA does no longer run candidates under its own banner, it does run occasional candidates as independents or as Democrats.”

nader was a registered independent in 2000 and he is listed as a green

also it was a bit of a meme tbh

 

[JwEX]

not just blue, but r e d

if you know what i mean

hell yesssss