Xavi Smith

Experienced Professional | Transitioning from Tech to Education

Tag: Democratic Party

  • It Wasn’t 2020, It Was The Ruling Class Trying to Kill You

    What needed to happen here in the US was the immediate implementation of a system of national healthcare, a campaign to guarantee widely accessible and free testing, and the deployment of a trained army of contact tracers tracking infections and helping people into paid, catered quarantines. There should have educational campaigns – not just television ads and official announcements but brigades of doctors, nurses, and medical students going door to door nation-wide, explaining the basics of the situation in language the people could understand just as Cuba was able to do. There should have been rent and bill freezes, massive free food distributions, and recurring monthly survival payments. There should have been a comprehensive long term plan to control the spread and make sure that people could stay home and social distance without bringing down economic and emotional devastation upon themselves and their loved ones. That is, of course, not what happened.

    Basically every other country has the pandemic under control. We’ve had a whole year of our lives stolen, and yet there’s no end in sight. Will Democrats pass the bold type of legislation needed to get out of the hellhole we’re in? I’m not particularly hopeful. It’s more important than ever to organize and participate in direct action.

  • Leaving The Democratic Party and Registering with the People’s Party

    With news that the People’s Party is officially registered in California, I went ahead and changed my party preference to People’s Party.

    Let’s face it, the corporate duopoly gave people the choice between a blue racist rapist asshole, and a red racist rapist asshole in 2020. I’m incredibly happy to have voted for neither, and instead voted Green.

    If we are to have better choices in leadership, we need to build political power away from institutions that are bought and owned by corporations. As Margaret Kimberley’s column that I linked to yesterday put it:

    The government does the bidding of the billionaire donor class

    I know electoral politics aren’t the end-all solution to all the issues we have, but I’m optimistic of what a political party without corporate links and a progressive agenda can do.

    Ultimately, I dream of a day when we aren’t slaves to capitalism, our planet isn’t on fire, and where all people can live a life of dignity and happiness. My hope is that building a third party of the people is a step in that direction.

    Update on 02/06/2021: The People’s Party posted a tweet that disturbs me greatly. I’ll be monitoring this closely to see if I need to change my party preference yet again.