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We need a real democracy. That means a new Constitution. jacobin.com/2025/07/inde...
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250 years since the Declaration was written, we still lack a constitution based on universal suffrage, equal representation, and enforceable social rights such as affordable health care, equal pay for equal work, and self-determination for indigenous peoples.
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"How did I wind up talking trash about the Constitution in print?"
My thanks to Luke Pickrell (@demconblog.bsky.social) for a conversation about how we got here and the *opportunities* in this moment to rethink our political institutions: democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/stephen-pi...
Say it loud and say it proud: We want a democracy!
It's never been clearer that the principles of universal and equal rights proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence can’t be fulfilled under the current Constitution.
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#supremecourt #SCOTUS #Trump
"It’s the same story year after year: Democrats force a smile and critique just enough of the Republican agenda to get elected, and then bring out the shiv to work everyone over."
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We need the power that can only come through a new constitution built around a unicameral legislature elected through universal and equal suffrage.
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#nokings #losangeles
"Consider carrying a sign that points to the need for a democratic constitution. We must do our best to reframe the conversation around the need for a new democratic founding."
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#nokings #indivisible #5051movement #trump
We talked with Greg Grandin on the latest episode of the Democratic Constitution Podcast.
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"The central organs of the Democratic Party can’t be changed. But the rank and file can be reached through appeals to democracy on the one hand, and consistent exposure of the Party elite as oppositional to democracy on the other."
#democracy
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"More than just a means to get to socialism, for activists and workers, freedom and equal rights constituted what they needed to be fully human."
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Luke I spoke with Sami and Alfredo for a second time about the June 1 judicial elections in Mexico. They give a good rundown of successes, challenges, and hopes. democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com/p/the-democr...
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"The Supreme Court has ruled multiple times that searches and seizures without a warrant or probable cause are permitted within 100 miles of any U.S. border, which covers over two-thirds of the U.S. population."
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#Trump #democracy
Concrete demands should be coupled simultaneously with criticisms of our undemocratic political system to explain the lack of legislative progress & the necessity of democracy. Reforms, yes. Socialism, yes. But to win either, we need democracy
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Luke talks with Mariano Guevara about Mexico’s first-ever popular election for federal judicial positions.
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"But the fact remains: the democratic constitution movement needs propaganda outlets and reliable theoretical leaders. So far, Levitsky, Ziblatt, and Chemerinsky have fallen short."
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#constitution #democracy
"...Paine developed a political philosophy where equality is the basis for any government & if there's not complete equality in rights, then there's no democracy. That right away eliminates America from being a democracy..."
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“And so we’re back at square one. The problems escalate, the constitutional vise tightens, and the release lever remains glued shut. Goldsmith dares to mention the need for change — but not the kind that matters.“
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Luke's article for @jacobinmag.bsky.social about Trump's term and the need for a democratic constitution.
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The struggle for democracy and equality for all continues. By Gil Schaeffer
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"We want a democracy that has never truly existed — one grounded in the explicit right to universal and equal suffrage, safeguarded by accountable, elected representatives."
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#constitution #democracy #voting
Samuel Moyn on Misplaced Faith in the Courts
#supremecourt #donaldtrump #constitution
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#supremecourt #donaldtrump
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"[S]ocialists call for a democratic constitution with universal and equal suffrage, which means the abolition of the Senate, ending the Supreme Court’s right of judicial review, enacting proportional representation..."
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Steven Raney returns to the podcast to discuss where things stand in DSA and YDSA around fighting the Constitution and demanding a democratic republic.
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Sanders might be taking a hard look at American life, but his gaze has a continent-sized constitutional blind spot.
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“The Times statement is a manifestation of this denial—a refusal to recognize that there’s no constitutional path out of this crisis; that clinging to the existing, decayed system and hoping a few unelected judges will save us is a non-starter”
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Rana is the author of two books — The Two Faces of American Freedom and The Constitutional Bind — and several articles, including “Democracy Was a Decolonial Project.”
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