USA leftists in favor of voting for Biden: What other direct action should we do?
USA leftists in favor of voting for Biden: What other direct action should we do?
A few things that are accessible within the USA include:
- Participating in mutual aid programs
- Campaigning on the local level, including for positions like poll watchers
- Making your voice heard in community events in general
- Joining your local DSA, networking
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Fuck Biden, he's a moron. America needs someone who will crack down on monopolies
8 16 ReplyHe appointed Lina Kahn as probably the strongest antitrust chair of the FTC in a long time.
Sure, he could do more than just wag the finger at shrinkflation, but Khan stopped a lot of mergers already.
29 2 ReplyThanks for pointing this out. Didnt know before.
16 0 ReplyThere's been a very deliberate effort to downplay Khan's success from those with a vested interest in her failure. She had a few very prominent "failures" (which really just means she pushed back against a merger but the merger went through, which IMO isn't really a failure but just the system doing what it should do) and those have been pushed to the fore of public discourse very deliberately by the media and Republicans.
13 0 ReplyExactly. You can't lose if you don't fight. Khan fights.. and sometimes loses
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Yeah I'm kind of surprised this is the complaint because the Biden admin has been particularly strong on workers rights issues
13 0 ReplyYeah, on that front he is surprisingly good and it shouldn't be minimized. But even on workers rights he's not perfect. Who is though?
5 0 ReplyIt was my understanding as well but I‘m not directly involved so I try to keep to the sidelines.
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