cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/12077419
From Atlanta Capital B News
A growing number of Black Democrats who feel alienated by politics as usual within the party are finding common cause with Democratic Socialist activists who want the government to be more responsive to the needs of the working class. Mathewos Samson, a 27-year-old software integration engineer, is competing against Republican Torrey Balam to replace retiring […]The post Georgia Poised to Elect Its First Black Democratic Socialist appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.
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I shouldn’t have hope, but I do.
The biggest buzz kill right now is as we keep winning we have this large part of the left that is so use to losing that they can’t recognize what winning looks like.
We have a democratic Zionist that took millions from AIPAC going on Fox News and effectively bending the knee and saying “I will be supporting Abdul”. We don’t have to like her. But there is this paranoia on the left that this is somehow tainting Abdul.
No, this is us winning. They are deciding that their only option is to bend the knee to our popularity and realizing that actually fighting the right is their only option. They faught Mamdani and realized how unpopular that made them. Yes, they want to keep their jobs. And if they stand behind and pass socialist policy, we’ll let them. That’s ok. We want policy.
As we gain power these Stevens or Harris endorsements will be unnecessary. But, right now, they aren’t bad. Let’s lose the pessimism.
Look back at 2023 and see where we came from. Keep working and we can look back at 2026 and also think about how far we’ve come.
The Democratic party is lined up to do a unity tour behind Hong after she wins tonight. We put them in a position that they are forced into supporting us.
My biggest surprise is that these establishment Democrats are actually working for the survival of their party. I honestly thought we have to keep fighting them like we had to do with Mamdani. But, that’s not bad. It shows how strong we’ve become.
In a way, this is similar to what the Republican party was forced into with Trump’s primary win. All those Republicans that didn’t bend the knee are gone now.
We will get there with the DSA. We will have to fight them again. But, right now, they aren’t fighting us past a primary. So let’s take the bump and fight the right when the Democrats are bending the knee.
This guy is apparently the first black candidate who is a member of the DSA who is going to be elected to the state House (and yes, he is going to be elected: in the 58th district, the token Republican has absolutely zero chance). He is, however, far from the first leftist/socialist rep from that or other nearby districts.
The main news here is that DSA as an organization is becoming more popular, such that leftist candidates are willing to be affiliated with the label “democratic socialist” instead of calling themselves “progressive” or whatever.
which of the DSA manifesto do you or Samson actually want to happen?
or is “be more responsive to the needs of the working class” the whole cop-out line
are they a commie in disguise or not? why even bother aligning with the DSA if you’re not?
You do know that even if they don’t achieve 100% of their vision (which let’s be honest that’ll never happen without a massive revolution and I don’t see that happening anytime soon), there are about 20 steps before that point that all materially improve the lives of the working class right?
This is my question as well. I also support Medicare for all and ending corporate home ownership, but I absolutely do not support open borders and public control of large corporations, which is part of the DSA platform. Does this candidate also support open borders and public control of large corporations? I’ll vote for a democrat over a republican but not one who supports these aspects of the platform.
He’d be a state rep in Georgia. I think your corporations and borders are going to be safe.
Your condescending response puts you in the same category as others who don’t think through the choices they make and are unable to engage in a rational discussion about a topic that deserves more attention. It makes me think you haven’t even read Workers Deserve More and if you have you didn’t read it critically. And you’re certainly no student of history.