3/3: Understanding Ward Organizations

Taking elections seriously requires turning a political commitment into an organizational commitment. What does that look like and how can electoral and non-electoral work reinforce each other to build lasting orgs?

4min read

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2/3: Electoral Politics for Organizers

Are elections just about getting someone elected? Is it just about door-knocking? What other opportunities and ways to plug in do elections provide? All this and more!

9.5min read

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🧵1/3: Interested in an intro to grassroots, left-wing, electoral organizing? See these 3 articles! Whether or not you agree with every word, they can be a starting point to discuss with your comrades.

Electoral Politics from Below: Campaign, Base, and Voters

4.5min read

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The 2020 Uprising, #TreatmentNotTrauma, and the right-wing backlash. How would these forces shape Chicago's 2023 aldermanic and mayoral elections?

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This Valentine's Day, we bring you a love letter to Chicago's movements and history. A Brief History of the Rossana / Brandon 2023 Campaign, how the 2020 Uprising changed politics, the impact of #TreatmentNotTrauma on the elections, and more.

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Building platforms, organizing canvasses, community building with canvassers, tilling the political soil, and laying the foundations for party-building. All of this and more in Electoral Politics for Organizers.

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What is “electoral politics”? What opportunities can it present for reshaping the political landscape, developing organizations, and building community? Is this only for folks able to knock on doors or can anyone participate?

Please see Electoral Politics for Organizers.

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What is a Comrade? Where does the term come from and how should we use it? Some light reading to close out the year.

Happy holidays and see you in the streets in 2025!

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🧵1/2: Hot off the press! Edgardo walks us through the successes, failures, and contradictions of the Puerto Rican election results and what the US Left can learn from it.

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