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Stephan Kimmerle
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socialist, educator, organizer, journalist
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Convention of @demsocialists.bsky.social 2025: Will the New NPC Turn Toward Socialist Mass Work? - Read my report either discussion.dsausa.org/t/convention... or tinyurl.com/dsa-conventi... . We've also sold our new book there, A User's Guide to DSA - check it out at labor-power.org !
Rashida Tlaib speaking at the DSA Convention 2025, receiving huge applause
August 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Too much for Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post!
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Cartoon criticizing billionaires and media chief executives who have, in the words of the cartoonist, "been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump", including Mark Zuckerberg/Facebook & Meta founder and CEO, Sam Altman/AI CEO, Patrick Soon-Shiong/LA Times publisher, the Walt Disney Company/ABC News, and Jeff Bezos/Washington Post owner.
January 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Privatization of Medicare ("Medicare Advantage") example:
UnitedHealth increased Medicare payments by billions
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Capitalism 101: the "efficiency of the markets" to make the super-wealthy even richer
Chart illustrates the average sickness scores of Medicare recipients. It highlights the differences between UnitedHealth doctors and other doctors. UnitedHealth Plans: The gap between UnitedHealth doctors and other doctors is worth an estimated $4.6 billion. Other Medicare Advantage Plans: The gap is worth an estimated $2.7 billion. Traditional Medicare: the gap is minimal as additional diagnoses in this category do not result in higher payments to insurers.
December 30, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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Homelessness in the US increased over 2 years by 33%, numbers from Jan 2024. Capitalism 101: Your home? Their real estate.
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Annual homelessness report: 39% increase for families, 150,000 children, record number of unaccompanied youths in shelters
December 30, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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December 7, 2024 at 2:48 AM