The U.S. military has, since 9/11, engaged in a largely covert effort to extend its footprint across the continent with a network of mostly small and mostly low-profile camps. Some serve as staging areas for quick-reaction forces or bare-boned outposts where special ops teams can advise local proxies; some can accommodate large cargo planes, others only small surveillance aircraft. All have one mission in common: to eradicate what the military calls the “tyranny of distance.” These facilities allow U.S. forces to surveil and operate on larger and larger swaths of the continent — and, increasingly, to strike targets with drones and manned aircraft.
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"From Mamdani’s success, we can learn valuable lessons about what it means to have a “class-struggle” electoral approach, how that looks in action, and why socialists should be waging similar campaigns across the country."
1. Drawing a Clear Class Line
2. Building Multiracial Working-Class Solidarity
3. Non-Electoral Organizing Tactics (Mutual Aid, food distribution, etc)
4. Bold, Openly Socialist Platforms
"The three central tenets of our campaign were: housing, justice, and energy for all. Originally it was: decommodify, decarcerate, and decarbonize, but then we understood the need to use clear and direct language."
5. Developing Relationships With Constituents
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/zohran-mamdani-dsa-new-york-socialism/
1. Drawing a Clear Class Line
2. Building Multiracial Working-Class Solidarity
3. Non-Electoral Organizing Tactics (Mutual Aid, food distribution, etc)
4. Bold, Openly Socialist Platforms
"The three central tenets of our campaign were: housing, justice, and energy for all. Originally it was: decommodify, decarcerate, and decarbonize, but then we understood the need to use clear and direct language."
5. Developing Relationships With Constituents
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/zohran-mamdani-dsa-new-york-socialism/
Jacobinmag
Zohran Mamdani’s New York State Assembly Victory Shows What Winning Socialist Campaigns Can Look Like
Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialists of America–backed candidate for New York’s state assembly, has officially won his race. His campaign shows us what a serious socialist electoral bid looks like: class-conscious politics, an uncompromising program, and…
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https://legalform.blog/2020/03/25/neoliberalism-law-and-its-discontents-three-recent-interventions-ravi-malhotra/
https://legalform.blog/2020/03/25/neoliberalism-law-and-its-discontents-three-recent-interventions-ravi-malhotra/
Legal Form
Neoliberalism, Law, and Its Discontents: Three Recent Interventions — Ravi Malhotra
Ravi Malhotra reviews three new books on neoliberalism and law–Honor Brabazon (ed), Neoliberal Legality; Katharina Pistor, The Code of Capital; and Astra Taylor, Democracy May Not Exist.