Ren-Ai 🌹
@redmaidenren.bsky.social
democratic socialist | history/poli sci + environ studies | member of @reformandrevolution.org
a better world is possible
a better world is possible
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A message from your DSA Co-chairs:
“We are honored to be just two of 100,000 proud DSA members in this moment. We urge all of you to take another step today…”
“We are honored to be just two of 100,000 proud DSA members in this moment. We urge all of you to take another step today…”
February 8, 2026 at 2:42 AM
A message from your DSA Co-chairs:
“We are honored to be just two of 100,000 proud DSA members in this moment. We urge all of you to take another step today…”
“We are honored to be just two of 100,000 proud DSA members in this moment. We urge all of you to take another step today…”
Now is a better time than ever to join the movement! 🌹✊
Democratic Socialists of America — We are at 100,000 members!
🌹 dsausa.org/join
🌹 dsausa.org/join
February 7, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Now is a better time than ever to join the movement! 🌹✊
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In a few short months, @DianaforQueens built an incredible coalition and ran a movement campaign that earned nearly 75% of the vote last night.
I'm grateful that she will serve out my term in the Assembly, and hopefully many to come. Astoria is in good hands.
I'm grateful that she will serve out my term in the Assembly, and hopefully many to come. Astoria is in good hands.
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
In a few short months, @DianaforQueens built an incredible coalition and ran a movement campaign that earned nearly 75% of the vote last night.
I'm grateful that she will serve out my term in the Assembly, and hopefully many to come. Astoria is in good hands.
I'm grateful that she will serve out my term in the Assembly, and hopefully many to come. Astoria is in good hands.
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"This crowd of thousands of people were just assaulted by their government." This is something that the labor movement in Portland won't forget.
www.wweek.com/news/2026/02...
www.wweek.com/news/2026/02...
She Took Her 13-Year-Old Daughter to a Labor March. ICE Tear-Gassed Them Both.
“It seemed like it happened really fast. And there just were so many babies and kids and elderly people among us.”
www.wweek.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
"This crowd of thousands of people were just assaulted by their government." This is something that the labor movement in Portland won't forget.
www.wweek.com/news/2026/02...
www.wweek.com/news/2026/02...
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Your weekend read:
Henry D explores the logic behind Trump’s Monroe Doctrine and its relationship with the growing conflict between the U.S. and China. Oil, lithium, profits—and a retreat from globalist hyper-imperialism to hemispheric dominance.
reformandrevolution.org/2026/01/24/m...
Henry D explores the logic behind Trump’s Monroe Doctrine and its relationship with the growing conflict between the U.S. and China. Oil, lithium, profits—and a retreat from globalist hyper-imperialism to hemispheric dominance.
reformandrevolution.org/2026/01/24/m...
January 25, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Your weekend read:
Henry D explores the logic behind Trump’s Monroe Doctrine and its relationship with the growing conflict between the U.S. and China. Oil, lithium, profits—and a retreat from globalist hyper-imperialism to hemispheric dominance.
reformandrevolution.org/2026/01/24/m...
Henry D explores the logic behind Trump’s Monroe Doctrine and its relationship with the growing conflict between the U.S. and China. Oil, lithium, profits—and a retreat from globalist hyper-imperialism to hemispheric dominance.
reformandrevolution.org/2026/01/24/m...
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A day after a historic citywide work stoppage in Minneapolis, Trump’s ICE paramilitary murdered a legal observer, ICU nurse, and fellow union member, Alex Pretti. We must abolish ICE and put its leaders on trial. No equivocation!
January 24, 2026 at 11:52 PM
A day after a historic citywide work stoppage in Minneapolis, Trump’s ICE paramilitary murdered a legal observer, ICU nurse, and fellow union member, Alex Pretti. We must abolish ICE and put its leaders on trial. No equivocation!
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Abolish ICE, and put every single one of them on trial too.
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Abolish ICE, and put every single one of them on trial too.
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
First general strike in 80 years. There is power in the working masses! Up the resistance! 🌹✊
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM
First general strike in 80 years. There is power in the working masses! Up the resistance! 🌹✊
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At NAN yesterday with Rev. Al Sharpton and city leaders. Dr. King’s call to service demands action—on the picket lines with nurses, in the fight against bad landlords, and alongside every New Yorker who can't afford to rest.
January 20, 2026 at 2:20 PM
At NAN yesterday with Rev. Al Sharpton and city leaders. Dr. King’s call to service demands action—on the picket lines with nurses, in the fight against bad landlords, and alongside every New Yorker who can't afford to rest.
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Week 2 of the largest nurses strike in NYC history. Senator Sanders and I are proud to stand with nurses and union leaders as they fight for the patient ratios, fair contract, and dignity that they deserve.
January 20, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Week 2 of the largest nurses strike in NYC history. Senator Sanders and I are proud to stand with nurses and union leaders as they fight for the patient ratios, fair contract, and dignity that they deserve.
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While Donald Trump fires off threats of military action against countries from Greenland to Iran, Latin America is the main focus for his strategy of imperial retrenchment.
The Latin American left will have to build new alliances against US aggression.
The Latin American left will have to build new alliances against US aggression.
Latin America Is the Prime Target for Trump’s Warmongering
While Donald Trump fires off threats of military action against countries from Greenland to Iran, Latin America is the main focus for his strategy of imperial retrenchment. The Latin American left will have to build new alliances against US aggression.
jacobin.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:00 PM
While Donald Trump fires off threats of military action against countries from Greenland to Iran, Latin America is the main focus for his strategy of imperial retrenchment.
The Latin American left will have to build new alliances against US aggression.
The Latin American left will have to build new alliances against US aggression.
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We've been saying it for years: Martin Luther King Jr. was a democratic socialist. www.dsausa.org/blog/saving-...
January 19, 2026 at 6:27 PM
We've been saying it for years: Martin Luther King Jr. was a democratic socialist. www.dsausa.org/blog/saving-...
“A slave-owner who through cunning and violence shackles a slave in chains, and a slave who through cunning or violence breaks the chains—let not the contemptible eunuchs tell us that they are equals before a court of morality.”
- Leon Trotsky, Their Morals and Ours (1938)
- Leon Trotsky, Their Morals and Ours (1938)
January 18, 2026 at 6:54 PM
“A slave-owner who through cunning and violence shackles a slave in chains, and a slave who through cunning or violence breaks the chains—let not the contemptible eunuchs tell us that they are equals before a court of morality.”
- Leon Trotsky, Their Morals and Ours (1938)
- Leon Trotsky, Their Morals and Ours (1938)
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Patrice Lumumba, radical leader of the Congolese independence movement, was murdered on this day in 1961.
“The only thing which we wanted for our country is the right to a worthy life, to dignity without pretense, to independence without restrictions."
“The only thing which we wanted for our country is the right to a worthy life, to dignity without pretense, to independence without restrictions."
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Patrice Lumumba, radical leader of the Congolese independence movement, was murdered on this day in 1961.
“The only thing which we wanted for our country is the right to a worthy life, to dignity without pretense, to independence without restrictions."
“The only thing which we wanted for our country is the right to a worthy life, to dignity without pretense, to independence without restrictions."
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Minneapolis groups call for ‘general strike’. "...several local unions—including Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, and St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28—have lent their support to the strike." www.commondreams.org/news/minneap...
Minneapolis Labor, Community Leaders Join Call for Jan. 23 General Strike to Demand ICE Out | Common Dreams
Minneapolis labor unions and community groups call for a general strike to push out federal immigration agents.
www.commondreams.org
January 16, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Minneapolis groups call for ‘general strike’. "...several local unions—including Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, and St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28—have lent their support to the strike." www.commondreams.org/news/minneap...
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Reform & Revolution is working to build DSA into a revolutionary workers’ movement. During a time of billionaire oligarchy and fascist takeover of government, now is a better time than ever to get involved! Join DSA today! 🌹✊
www.dsausa.org/get-involved/
www.dsausa.org/get-involved/
Get Involved with DSA - Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Joining DSA means making a commitment to cooperation and solidarity. Not only do you help further democratic socialist ideas in the United States, you also become part of a community that shares your ...
www.dsausa.org
January 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Reform & Revolution is working to build DSA into a revolutionary workers’ movement. During a time of billionaire oligarchy and fascist takeover of government, now is a better time than ever to get involved! Join DSA today! 🌹✊
www.dsausa.org/get-involved/
www.dsausa.org/get-involved/
One of the truest fighters for revolutionary socialism and democracy. Would not be where I am today without reading her works. Rest in power. 🌹
“Tomorrow the revolution will ‘rise up again, clashing its weapons,’ and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!”
Rest in power, Rosa Luxemburg.
(5 March 1871 - 15 January 1919)
Rest in power, Rosa Luxemburg.
(5 March 1871 - 15 January 1919)
January 15, 2026 at 3:43 PM
One of the truest fighters for revolutionary socialism and democracy. Would not be where I am today without reading her works. Rest in power. 🌹
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We stood out in solidarity with the Palestine Action hunger strikers last night, just before their strike ended in response to Elbit systems being denied a £2Billion contract.
End the proscription of Palestine Action
Shut down Elbit
Sanction genocidal Israel
#SpéirGhorm
End the proscription of Palestine Action
Shut down Elbit
Sanction genocidal Israel
#SpéirGhorm
January 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
We stood out in solidarity with the Palestine Action hunger strikers last night, just before their strike ended in response to Elbit systems being denied a £2Billion contract.
End the proscription of Palestine Action
Shut down Elbit
Sanction genocidal Israel
#SpéirGhorm
End the proscription of Palestine Action
Shut down Elbit
Sanction genocidal Israel
#SpéirGhorm
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“I also believe in the power of a people’s movement to effectively push back against authoritarian power, and I believe it’s important to put that belief into action. That is where I choose to put my energy when fascism is at our doorstep.”
- @councilormorillo.bsky.social
- @councilormorillo.bsky.social
Recent Events Could Shift the Debate Over Who Should Run City Council
The result is that when the council resumes deliberations this week, Peacock will have a much stronger case that it can mount an uncompromised response to the right-wing agenda Portlanders most fear.
www.wweek.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:15 AM
“I also believe in the power of a people’s movement to effectively push back against authoritarian power, and I believe it’s important to put that belief into action. That is where I choose to put my energy when fascism is at our doorstep.”
- @councilormorillo.bsky.social
- @councilormorillo.bsky.social
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Housing, along with healthcare and education, are basic necessities with inelastic demand—they should NOT be commodified. And yet in the U.S. they are owned and run for profit by a handful of corporations and oligarchs. It is time to overturn this entire system. 🌹✊
www.dsausa.org/get-involved/
www.dsausa.org/get-involved/
Buying a home is over 150% more expensive than it was in 2019.
January 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Housing, along with healthcare and education, are basic necessities with inelastic demand—they should NOT be commodified. And yet in the U.S. they are owned and run for profit by a handful of corporations and oligarchs. It is time to overturn this entire system. 🌹✊
www.dsausa.org/get-involved/
www.dsausa.org/get-involved/
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Consider listening in to R&R NPC member Daniel S-C and MUG NPC member Cliff C in the newest episode of Class! Here they discuss their experiences on the DSA delegation to Cuba and its lessons for socialist political education. 🇨🇺🌹📚
NEW CLASS EPISODE: "DSA Goes to Cuba" with NPC members @cliffconnolly.bsky.social and Daniel S-C!
We recorded prior to the VZ invasion so it remains unmentioned in this episode, but we plan to post a follow up soon. Stay tuned...
www.buzzsprout.com/2021076/epis...
We recorded prior to the VZ invasion so it remains unmentioned in this episode, but we plan to post a follow up soon. Stay tuned...
www.buzzsprout.com/2021076/epis...
DSA Goes to Cuba - Class
DSA regularly sends large delegations of members to Cuba to distribute aid and learn about Cuban politics, government, and society. Last fall, National Political Committee (NPC) members Cliff and Dani...
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January 14, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Consider listening in to R&R NPC member Daniel S-C and MUG NPC member Cliff C in the newest episode of Class! Here they discuss their experiences on the DSA delegation to Cuba and its lessons for socialist political education. 🇨🇺🌹📚