Natasha Hakimi Zapata
@natashakimiz.bsky.social
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE (The New Press) available now; award-winning journo based in London; bylines at The Nation, In These Times, LARB, and elsewhere.
As the federal gov attempts to decimate much-needed programs, we more than ever need to not only protect our ability to get citizen-led initiatives on state ballots, but also ensure that politicians do not undermine the democratic will of the people they purport to represent once measures pass.
June 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
As the federal gov attempts to decimate much-needed programs, we more than ever need to not only protect our ability to get citizen-led initiatives on state ballots, but also ensure that politicians do not undermine the democratic will of the people they purport to represent once measures pass.
When I'm asked why I have hope that the progressive policies I report on in my book *Another World Is Possible* have a fighting chance in the US, I point to these sort of egalitarian/redistributive citizen-led initiatives, which, Ben Case writes, pass 75% of the time: jacobin.com/2025/05/sand...
Bernie and AOC, Put Your Platform on the Ballot
Bernie and AOC have a national platform, an energized base, and the infrastructure to gather small donations. Now they need winnable policies to back. It seems impossible in the MAGA-controlled govern...
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June 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
When I'm asked why I have hope that the progressive policies I report on in my book *Another World Is Possible* have a fighting chance in the US, I point to these sort of egalitarian/redistributive citizen-led initiatives, which, Ben Case writes, pass 75% of the time: jacobin.com/2025/05/sand...
(I say he--but obviously Mujica did not do this alone, as I clearly outline in the excerpt. He was, however, instrumental.)
May 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
(I say he--but obviously Mujica did not do this alone, as I clearly outline in the excerpt. He was, however, instrumental.)
While, of course, Harris did not have the opportunity to put the key lesson in this article into practice, it's something the center-left in both the US and UK still desperately need to learn.
May 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
While, of course, Harris did not have the opportunity to put the key lesson in this article into practice, it's something the center-left in both the US and UK still desperately need to learn.