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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.bsky.social · 5h

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.bsky.social · 11h

I appreciate your kindness in sharing this sentiment. Thank you! 🙏

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.bsky.social · 12h

Healthcare, childcare, care for elders and disabled people. Guaranteed jobs, incomes, homes. Mass transit. Green energy.

We were taught we can't afford to provide these to everyone. But somehow we've known that's false.

Let us now unlearn the old neoliberal ways by learning how to provide for all.

Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 13h

"If money is the ongoing process of issuing and deleting credits, it cannot be solely understood as an inert quantity that reflects past accomplishments. Money cannot be something we need to hoard to create a livable future. And it certainly cannot be scarce unless we make it so."

Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City

Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …

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Will Beaman @greenbackbetter.bsky.social · 15h

Read @moneyontheleft.bsky.social's "applied primer" to heterodox economics as a flexible policy framework!

We are used to hearing about Modern Monetary Theory as an inert list of axioms about federal finance, with limited relevance to anything else.

This document pushes further.

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 20h

"Mamdani has already displayed unparalleled political expertise in debunking myths about public spending. We build on this expertise, equipping the mayoralty with tools to openly and comprehensively challenge what we call Neoliberal Public Finance."

Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City

Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …

moneyontheleft.org

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AFSCME @afscme.bsky.social · 15h

HAPPENING NOW: 31,000 UNAC/UHCP registered nurses and frontline health care professionals are going on the largest strike in UNAC/UHCP’s 50-year history! #TogetherWeRise

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Maria Kaufer @kaufermaria.bsky.social · 1d

What an honor, joy, & privilege to sit on the stage as the @nywfp.bsky.social Queens rep at tonight's #OurTimeHasCome Rally for our endorsed candidate for NYC Mayor--the Democratic Nominee, @zohrankmamdani 🤩😍

Let's finish strong! Sign up for a canvassing shift at zohranfornyc.com/volunteer/even… ✊🏼🗳

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

We’re live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PP8...

A gorgeous packed theater shot from the stage.

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videotroph @videotroph.bsky.social · 1d

Another tour-de-force piece by our own @greenbackbetter.bsky.social. Come for what Will calls the "paradox of political thrift" & the "new finance franchise." Stay for the incisive historical analysis of the past 20 years of U.S. political campaigns.

Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 1d

✨New Essay!✨

In this wide-ranging piece, @greenbackbetter.bsky.social reads “political capital” as coordinative credit, rather than backward-looking debt. From here, he outlines a new “finance franchise” in which publics extend polyvocal capacities to political leaders.

Please read👩‍💻 & share! 🙌

The Paradox of Political Thrift

By Will BeamanDemocratic endorsement politics around Zohran Mamdani continue to bend in ways that feel at once familiar and strange. A spokesman for House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries brushed off Senato…

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Union of Southern Service Workers @raiseupthesouth.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Waffle House workers in Orangeburg, SC are ON STRIKE.

We're demanding:
⚖️ No more favoritism
💰 Fair pay
🦺 Safe working conditions
🍽️ An end to unfair meal deductions

When workers stand up, we all rise.
#UnionsForAll #OrganizeTheSouth

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SURJ NYC @surjnyc.bsky.social · 1d

What motivates SURJ NYC members to canvass for Zohran Mamdani?
“[It’s] good to connect with a pocket of NYC I don't know and work toward keeping the city workable
for the people who live here.” - SURJ NYC canvasser
Show up for Zohran: canvasses every Saturday!
Link: www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...

Showing Up for Zohran: Canvass with SURJ NYC! · Showing Up for Racial Justice

Join SURJ NYC to speak with white working class voters the Zohran campaign is not reaching! The Mamdani campaign is running an incredible canvassing operation, but there are parts of the city it is n...

www.mobilize.us

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.bsky.social · 1d

www.youtube.com/live/2PP82Rd...

OUR TIME HAS COME: RALLY LIVESTREAM

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

TONIGHT @ 7:00pm:

Our Time Has Come
Rally Livestream on IG + YouTube

Feat.
Attorney General Tish James
Rep. Nydia Velázquez
Rep. Adriano Espaillat
CM Chi Ossé
@kristengonzalez.bsky.social
Lina Khan
Natasha Cloud
The Kid Mero

MC'd by @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social

Big colorful graphic of Zohran smiling that says, "Our Time Has Come: Rally Tonight" and a list of speakers.

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 1d

This #IndigenousPeoplesDay, the call from 2020 still stands. As Nick Tilsen and Krystal Two Bulls wrote, celebration means nothing without repair—and repair begins with #LANDBACK.

Unmet responsibility. Ongoing struggle. Future in our hands.

inthesetimes.com/article/indi...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

Had an absolutely spectacular time tabling at the #NYCC this year - thanks SO MUCH to everyone who came to the table or to my panels/signings! Incredibly good vibes - both comics and politics related - and I love y'all. Some highlights to follow...

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

cosplaying today as a dude who's voting for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #NYCC

selfie of greg pak at the new york comic con wearing a mask and a zohran for mayor t-shirt

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msafri.bsky.social @msafri.bsky.social · Mar 22

We produced our book #Solidaritycities. Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation, by @uminnpress.bsky.social to be open access, but not easy to see that link, so voila.
If you want hard copy (w pretty maps!) get 40% OFF W CODE MN92000 thru 12/31/2025 @ www.upress.umn.edu/978151791602...

Solidarity Cities | Manifold @uminnpress

*Solidarity Cities* analyzes the deeply entrenched racial and economic divides from which cooperative networks emerge as they work to provide unmet basic needs. The authors show how these initiatives ...

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UNITEHERE Local 8 @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social · 1d

Lavish Roots dining workers held an informational picket at Meta's Bellevue campus ✊🪧When workers' rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back! Sign our petition to Lavish Roots: local8.org/tell-lavish

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NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO @nyclabor.bsky.social · 1d

UnLocal United, the newest chapter of ALAA – UAW 2325, is seeking immediate support.

Read: nycclc.org/news/take-ac...

Take Action: Workers at Manhattan Immigration Legal Services Provider Demand Voluntary Recognition

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.bsky.social · 1d

How does capitalism ensure plenty of funds for AI but not enough for good wages, affordable housing, or childcare?

One way: let most new money be created by private banks—which, of course, lend only for profit.

@moneyontheleft.bsky.social invites us to contest this element and its entire paradigm.

Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 2d

"[Democratic Public Finance] builds on MMT’s insights but pushes further: it sees money not just as a federal tool but as a design system embedded in law and governance at every level."

Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City

Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …

moneyontheleft.org

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Get Free @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social · 1d

Repair means respecting and restoring Indigenous sovereignty.

This Indigenous Peoples Day, take action in solidarity with the Tonawanda Seneca Nation to defeat a corporate plot to pollute Native lands for profit.

act.nyrenews.org/isc-state-en...

ISC State Energy Plan Tool for Get Free - NY Renews

act.nyrenews.org

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

all of the most important questions for me begin with "how"

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.bsky.social · 2d

These words are such a lovely act of generosity! Thank you for sharing them with me—that means a lot. And I know what you mean: the potential of electoral engagement to discourage, debilitate, and dehumanize is so real. I'm glad we have each other to lean on. 🙏

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.bsky.social · 2d

🙏 By the way, I love the updates on your campaign blog. As someone subscribed to >100 newsletters from various electeds in the state, I can say that your updates address governance matters in educational and accountable ways. They set a standard that's currently the exception but should be the norm.

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 2d

I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th!

If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.

drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...

Hand holding a black and white illustrated zine of two people holding signs that say “we marched! Now what?”

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.bsky.social · 2d

In New York, 2026 will be a year in which cities lead the way.

The new mayors of NYC, Albany, and Syracuse will wield their governing power to fight fascism at the federal level and neoliberal austerity at the state.

Zohran will do this in NYC. In Syracuse, it will be Sharon Owens.

Maurice Mo Brown @mobreezy213.bsky.social · 2d

Your support matters. Volunteer, share her vision, and donate if you can. Syracuse deserves a mayor who listens and leads.
Get involved here: www.electmauricebrow...
#GetInvolved #OwensForMayor

Sharon Owens for Mayor | Leadership Rooted in Community — Elect Maurice Brown

Meet Sharon Owens, candidate for Mayor of Syracuse. A proven public servant with decades of experience building stronger neighborhoods and accountable leadership.

www.electmauricebrown.com

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Hazel Newlevant @newlevant.bsky.social · 2d

I made these simple “respirators required” signs for a friend. Anyone can download the PDF:
drive.proton.me/urls/5Y68VXK...

Two signs taped to a door, with a zip lock bag full of Blox respirators hanging between them. The signs read:

DEAR VISITORS

The resident of this apartment is highly medically vulnerable.

Airborne diseases including COVID-19 can spread and linger like smoke.

Such diseases are often spread by individuals before they show symptoms.

Therefore, visitors are required to wear a well-fitting respirator mask at all times while in the apartment.

[Sign 2, starts with a graphic of an N95 with a check mark, and a surgical mask with a red X]

Surgical masks are not sufficient to prevent airborne infection transmission.

Please take and wear a respirator mask if you do not have one already.

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