Another World Is Possible
1. AN UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITY I had not planned to run for Congress at all, certainly not against Barbara Lee, arguably one of the most progressive longterm members of Congress. However, when we realized she would be unopposed on the primary ballot, we saw an opportunity we needed to seize: we could have a one-on-one contest […]
DISTRICT 13’s WISH LIST FOR CONGRESS WHAT WE WANT: OUR DEMOCRACY IS IN PERIL Corporate money out of campaigning Endorsements of candidates Improve democracy and elections THE VERY BASICS WE NEED Improved and expanded Medicare For All Public banking – not bank bailouts Prop 13 reform – crucial for California FOREIGN POLICY AND WAR Palestine-Israel
I received many different reactions from people when they first heard I had won the June primary write-in campaign and would be facing Barbara Lee in November. As you can imagine, some people were shocked that anyone would challenge the most progressive congressperson in Washington. Others, however, immediately started sharing with me their everyday struggles and challenges […]
A platform of integrated policies Why was there a New Deal in the Great Depression of the 1930s and none in the Great Recession that started in 2008, the year Obama was elected president? In the 1930s there were huge organizations that were on the side of regular people. They applied pressure on Franklin Roosevelt […]
Serve the People Not Corporations How do you get the government to serve people and not corporations? One way is to change the laws. Grassroots organizations “left and right” have been working for years to get money out of politics by changing laws. Another way is for voters and candidates to to take it on ourselves […]
System Change Not Climate Change On a personal level, it seems I have always been reluctant to characterize myself as anything ending in “ist”. In my twenties, I’m sure everyone could tell I was a feminist; I always believed that girls and women were not valued equally, and we should be. But I didn’t call […]
Tax the Rich and End the Wars There are solutions to the problems we face, and they often cost money. Right up front, however, we need to say real solutions donotalways cost more. Look at how utterly ineffective the war on drugs has been, with expensive militarization and excessive incarceration. Also look at the cost […]
When it comes to Congress, polls show an odd fact: Congress as a whole has a very low approval rating, and yet people in congressional districts across the country approve of their own representative. This creates a huge incumbent advantage. In Congressperson Barbara Lee’s district, no one else even tried. Her name will be the […]