The Democratic National Committee on Tuesday voted down a resolution calling for a suspension of military aid to Israel in the midst of a famine in Gaza that is a direct result of Israel’s near-total blockade on humanitarian aid.
Margaret DeReus, the executive director of IMEU Policy Project, was scathing in her denunciation of the DNC for voting down the resolution and directly called out the influence of pro-Israel groups that have spent millions to defeat progressives like former Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), one of the first Democratic lawmakers to demand a ceasefire after Israel began its assault on Gaza in 2023.
Organizer Asra Nizami noted that “members acknowledged getting hundreds of calls and emails” about supporting the resolution, but voted it down nonetheless.
“This party keeps digging its own grave. And it’s owned by AIPAC,” said Nizami, referring to the pro-Israel American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which donated more than $24 million to Democratic candidates in 2024.
I mean, if I have to choose between a genocidal neoliberal and a genocidal fascist, I’ll take the neoliberal.
What I really want to know is why can’t we have a party with popular, mainstream, progressive policies? Just sitting here hoping that Mamdani can hammer some sense into those morons.
Because you keep critically supporting neoliberals in place of the left.
The turds already inside the DNC forcefully eject anyone with a chance of being liberal. By the time I have a voice my choices are curated into irrelevancy.
So, the same reason I have a dog and not a unicorn.
no, its the reason that dog hates you and gives you that disappointed look that lets you know that he thinks you’re an idiot.
Populism isn’t electable.
Obviously, this was a fluke. It’s just a Dem primary so it doesn’t count. NYC is different, you don’t understand. Iran rigged the election. <insert even crazier statement here>.