Jonathan Smucker
@jonathansmucker.bsky.social
Political organizer, campaigner, strategist, writer, sociologist
Co-founder: Popular Comms, Beyond the Choir, Lancaster Stands Up, PA Stands Up, Mennonite Action
Member: UAW Local 4811, DSA
Author of https://hegemonyhowto.org/
Co-founder: Popular Comms, Beyond the Choir, Lancaster Stands Up, PA Stands Up, Mennonite Action
Member: UAW Local 4811, DSA
Author of https://hegemonyhowto.org/
Heartwarming.
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Heartwarming.
Wrong.
Campaigning in 2016, Trump would go off-script rambling about how much harder it would be to run against Bernie Sanders than HRC.
Real economic populism that picks fights with powerful culprits at the top was Trump's kryptonite then and still is now.
Trump knows it. Many Dems still don't.
Campaigning in 2016, Trump would go off-script rambling about how much harder it would be to run against Bernie Sanders than HRC.
Real economic populism that picks fights with powerful culprits at the top was Trump's kryptonite then and still is now.
Trump knows it. Many Dems still don't.
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wrong.
Campaigning in 2016, Trump would go off-script rambling about how much harder it would be to run against Bernie Sanders than HRC.
Real economic populism that picks fights with powerful culprits at the top was Trump's kryptonite then and still is now.
Trump knows it. Many Dems still don't.
Campaigning in 2016, Trump would go off-script rambling about how much harder it would be to run against Bernie Sanders than HRC.
Real economic populism that picks fights with powerful culprits at the top was Trump's kryptonite then and still is now.
Trump knows it. Many Dems still don't.
July 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
gonna be so lit
May 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
gonna be so lit
Good morning, Lancaster County!
The schadenfreude is, frankly, overwhelming.
Too bad he's still our county commissioner. For now.
The schadenfreude is, frankly, overwhelming.
Too bad he's still our county commissioner. For now.
March 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Good morning, Lancaster County!
The schadenfreude is, frankly, overwhelming.
Too bad he's still our county commissioner. For now.
The schadenfreude is, frankly, overwhelming.
Too bad he's still our county commissioner. For now.
Michael always showed up with us at the picket line. I learned so much from you, Michael. Rest in power.
February 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Michael always showed up with us at the picket line. I learned so much from you, Michael. Rest in power.
They didn't have one before Trump won a second term either.
February 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
They didn't have one before Trump won a second term either.
‘Tis the season. Out with @lancastersbwu.bsky.social (and the fam) demanding a fair contract.
December 24, 2024 at 5:34 PM
‘Tis the season. Out with @lancastersbwu.bsky.social (and the fam) demanding a fair contract.
Jentleson is right that we need to be engaging in supermajority thinking.
He proceeds to punch down at the people who have been pushing Dems to take on Wall Street, billionaires, and corporate power—supermajority positions.
Ridiculous.
He proceeds to punch down at the people who have been pushing Dems to take on Wall Street, billionaires, and corporate power—supermajority positions.
Ridiculous.
November 16, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Jentleson is right that we need to be engaging in supermajority thinking.
He proceeds to punch down at the people who have been pushing Dems to take on Wall Street, billionaires, and corporate power—supermajority positions.
Ridiculous.
He proceeds to punch down at the people who have been pushing Dems to take on Wall Street, billionaires, and corporate power—supermajority positions.
Ridiculous.
November 2020 - Populism vs. the Consulting Class, convo with @ryangrim.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2020/11/13/d...
theintercept.com/2020/11/13/d...
November 16, 2024 at 6:29 PM
November 2020 - Populism vs. the Consulting Class, convo with @ryangrim.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2020/11/13/d...
theintercept.com/2020/11/13/d...
October 2020 - On Progressive Cycles and What's to Come, The Benjamin Dixon Show
www.youtube.com/watch?v=47B-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=47B-...
November 16, 2024 at 6:29 PM
October 2020 - On Progressive Cycles and What's to Come, The Benjamin Dixon Show
www.youtube.com/watch?v=47B-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=47B-...
December 2018 - Weekly Economics Podcast: Populism (Live) with Jonathan Smucker & Chantal Mouffe, by Ayeisha Thomas-Smith
neweconomics.org/2018/12/week...
neweconomics.org/2018/12/week...
November 16, 2024 at 6:22 PM
December 2018 - Weekly Economics Podcast: Populism (Live) with Jonathan Smucker & Chantal Mouffe, by Ayeisha Thomas-Smith
neweconomics.org/2018/12/week...
neweconomics.org/2018/12/week...
From right after Trump won the first time, still relevant: www.thenation.com/article/arch...
November 16, 2024 at 6:12 PM
From right after Trump won the first time, still relevant: www.thenation.com/article/arch...