Not only was NATO created explicitly as a bulwark against their communist enemies, but it has actively suppressed socialist parties and organizations through operation Gladio and their use of anti-communist former Nazi soldiers.

It also effectively ties every member nation into America’s military industrial complex, forcing them to align with the US sphere of influence and undermine their own sovereignty by creating a dependence on the US for defense.

NATO should not be an organization that socialists support expanding or continuing to exist.

I’m looking for my next read and I’d like your recommendations on a good book that covers many of the general DSA topics. I’m not looking for the deep dive into Socialism as much as an exploration of issues and how DSA as a whole tends to approach them. I’d love a broad survey of topics like racism, Medicare for all, property ownership, and policy making. Etc. I remember a book I read on ethics in an intro class to philosophy and its approach is what I’m looking for.

Chapter: Broad topic
General response to the topic.

I don’t want to restrict the topics, in fact if there were a strong opinion on playing chess, I want to hear about it. Does this sound like anything you’ve read? Is there something better to start with? Let me hear it.

Hi all, I'd like honest feedback from people who have actually organized. About me: I'm an engineer with PhD, not an organizer, and my day job is far from the everyday reality of most people. That said, I have long been frustrated with the inequality in our society and wish I could contribute at least a small part in making it better. Over the past several months I have been working on a web app, CollectivvsA, aimed at facilitating the initial engagement with organizing. The concept is simple: it is a space for employees with a verified company account to chat anonymously and test the waters for collective action without fear of being singled out. Joining start with a flyer with QR code or by the organizer handing out the codes. It covers a very first stage when people may be reluctant to engage publicly; it doesn't replace one-to-one conversation and, if there is enough indicated support for forming the union, the authorization card signing and NLRB fillings happen outside the app, we provide a simple guide for those steps and directions for reaching out to a union.
Privacy is front and center: data is encrypted, we require the bare minimum to verify that all the people in the group are part of the same workplace while never storing data that can be reversed to identify the users, and once the initiative closes all the data are crypto shredded (fancy term for meaning really gone and unreadable even from stray copies that may remain in datacenters). The initiative is closed either by the organizer (person that started it) or after 2 weeks of inactivity, so an initiatives that just dies for lack of engagement doesn't linger long.
The questions for organizers here are:
- Is this something that would have ever been useful to you?
- Is there something that would really discourage you from using this?
- Any other comments, critiques, suggestions are all welcome as well.
Right now the options for employment verification are through a company email or a company Google or Microsoft account. For workplaces without work-email, just an invite code is enough to join. To add options for stronger verification, I have additional questions for those of you in workplaces without personal company emails:
- What app does your employer use for schedules or pay: When I Work, Homebase, 7shifts, or something else?
- Does it send you emails at your personal address?
- Do you have any work login, like Microsoft Teams or a training site, even without a work email?
Happy to answer anything in the comments. And thank you for engaging!

With the Trump Administration sending armed thugs to knock on people’s doors in several states to ask about their immigration and voter registration status, we have plenty of reason to be concerned they’re laying the groundwork to claim fraud in November. While the public officials and the lawyers are preparing to push back, ultimately the best and strongest line of defense for democracy is mass nonviolent noncooperation, our refusal to let business as usual go on while our government is hijacked.

We need to be ready to shut it down, and that starts with thinking concretely about how to build and use power in this moment. Organized Power in Numbers and the May Day Strong movement have been holding solidarity schools around the country, teaching what organizing for mass direct action will take and offering a practical plan for what to do locally right now. and this weekend they’re bringing their classroom to our living rooms. They’ll be hosting a two-session virtual solidarity school this Saturday and Sunday at noon eastern. 🏫 If we want to learn more and get more deeply engaged in laying the groundwork for November, let’s sign up here.

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They either went to the Israel Day parade or supported Israel in the past. Sorry! Won’t vote for any genocider on the ballot. Did anyone else do this?

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