The special congressional election in GA got most of the publicity but this also happened. Will there be more electoral successes for socialists? If so how will our economy change? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...4b05b9d613f086d?3ar&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009 POLITICS 04/19/2017 04:32 pm ET Sanders-Backing Socialist Wins Big In Georgia City Council Race Khalid Kamau is a Black Lives Matter activist and democratic socialist. By Daniel Marans A leading Black Lives Matter activist and self-identified democratic socialist named khalid kamau won a city council seat on Tuesday in South Fulton, Georgia, a newly incorporated municipality outside Atlanta. (Following the Yoruban African tradition, kamau prefers the lower-case spelling of his name, according to the biography on his campaign website.) The attorney and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Atlanta was also a former national convention delegate for the campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and defeated Council District 6 opponent Charlean Parks, 67 to 33 percent. Grassroots left-wing organizations had followed kamau’s race closely, considering it a chance to elect one of their own to office. He enjoyed the endorsements of Our Revolution, the nonprofit successor to the Sanders campaign; the People for Bernie Sanders; and the Democratic Socialists of America, which counts kamau as a member and has grown exponentially since the election. “Far too many elected officials start their day thinking of your boss instead of you — but the working people of South Fulton will have a City Council member on their side: khalid kamau,” Maria Svart, Democratic Socialists of America’s national director, said in a statement. “khalid’s win today is a tremendous victory for his community and a shot across the bow for politics as usual nationwide.” Another DSA member, Dylan Parker, was elected to the city council of Rock Island, Illinois earlier this month. There are 14 DSA members in elected office across the country, according to the DSA. KHALID KAMAU Khalid Kamau, a leading Black Lives Matter activist and democratic socialist, won his city council race in South Fulton, Georgia. Winnie Wong, a co-founder of the People for Bernie Sanders, hailed kamau’s victory as “not just a win for people power, but a win for our democracy.” “He won by a landslide because people came together and did the work. Bernie should be proud and the Democrats should be paying close attention to what we are doing here,” she said. During the Great Recession, kamau worked several blue-collar jobs, including as a bus driver for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. He became involved in labor and political organizing through his work combating the outsourcing of MARTA jobs, according to his campaign bio. He has worked as an organizer in Atlanta’s “Fight for $15,” the labor union-backed minimum wage campaign, as well as for the Georgia state House Democratic Caucus. As a city council candidate, kamau campaigned on a platform of helping families earn a living wage and obtain affordable housing. He went to great lengths to canvass for his constituents’ votes, going so far as to help mow someone’s lawn to get her to put up one of his yard signs.
I could care less about a Georgia city council - but if it upsets the GOP and/or Trump, that makes me happy.
Yes things will be changing with the shift in demographics , it will be changing America for the better
LOL, a loon winning a city council seat in a tiny city in an ultra-liberal minority suburb of Atlanta and you think that's a national issue?
I will take a democractic socialist over a plutocratic socialist like Commie Donnie Trump....the American-hating bigot who received the endorsement for presidency last year from the KKK.
Since so many Democrats deny being socialists, I will sit back and watch them condemn this win, since it doesn't advance their agenda at all.
I couldn't have one, I don't believe in supply-side economics, but I do believe in workers' rights. However, those are two things most con artists would agree with their commie comrades on.
I think workers should have reasonable safety standards. Some jobs are just more dangerous. I'm you're not man enough, don't do them. I'm also for abolishing the Minimum Wage Act. It is obsolete. Let the market dictate the pay. Besides ObamaCare, the EEOC, Labor Relations Board and most other business regulations can go in the dumpster.
Yes, a councilman from the city of South Fulton Ga. shall lead you. Why, he's got almost as much power to change your life as the president, by Jiminy. This is it. The political victory the Dims have been dreaming about.
Well, it is sad, as it points out the ignorance of the harm that "democratic socialism" would do to the country if universally adopted.
Well, Democratic political victories are pretty thin at the moment, what with the Presidency, both Houses of Congress, SCOTUS, 306 EV, 2/3rds of state legislatures, 3/5ths of state offices, and a majority of state governors in GOP hands. So take what you can and run with it.
