• 🦊 OneRedFox 🦊@beehaw.orgOPM
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      8 days ago

      She’s a DSA member and is endorsed by Detroit’s DSA chapter, which only endorses candidates that support:

      • A “Green New Deal,” e.g., rapid decarbonization of the economy, a federal jobs guarantee, a just transition;
      • Increased Income and Wealth Taxes on the Ultra Wealthy;
      • Healthcare as a Right ( i.e. , Medicare for All or state-level single payer proposal);
      • Reproductive Rights;
      • Enhancing Labor Rights ($15/Hour Minimum Wage, Card Check, Ending Right to Work, etc.);
      • Education as a Right ( e.g, , strengthening public schools, pulling the plug on charter school proliferation, free or public colleges);
      • Suitable Housing as a Right;
      • Clean Water as a Right ( e.g. , ending municipal water shut offs, ending privatization of fresh water);
      • Student Debt Relief/Forgiveness;
      • Comprehensive Immigration Reform, e.g. , a path to citizenship for all, abolishment of ICE;
      • Abolishment of the Death Penalty;
      • Abolishment of Private Prisons and an end to mass incarceration;
      • Rejection of Corporate Donations/Super PAC Money;
      • Ending Wars, U.S. Military Intervention, and Nation-Building;
      • Paid Vacation Time, Sick Time, Family Leave, and Childcare;
      • No Selling Arms to Human-Rights Violators;
      • Extensive Police Reforms ( e.g. , special prosecutors to hold police accountable);
      • End the War on Drugs ( e.g. , amnesty for prisoners held on possession charges);
      • Justice and national freedom for Palestinians.