Kat Abughazaleh’s punk-rock House bid
19thnews.org
The 26-year-old Chicagoan is betting that empathy and righteous anger can remake Democratic politics.
  • zbyte64@awful.systems
    11·
    2 days ago

    What I like about her campaign is the fundraising spends the money on things that matter to people: mutual aide. Many of us saw recording breaking fundraising followed by a loss and asked, what if we spent that money on things we wouldn’t regret? And Kat answered.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    416·
    2 days ago

    I wish her the best of luck, but seriously, I’m to the point now where I sincerely think a clean break from the DNC and the creation of a new party is going to be a better move. Get all the progressives to do that, and you’ve got the nascent core of a new party that actually aligns with the interests of the vast majority of citizens.

    • Hegar@fedia.io
      501·
      2 days ago

      The fascists proved that it’s easier to appropriate an existing tool than build a new one from scratch.

    • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldOP
      24·
      2 days ago

      I think I disagree because there are just so many ridiculous roadblocks to ballot access for third parties in different states, plus even if you can overcome that and win you’ll run into a bunch of institutional roadblocks if you don’t caucus with a “major” party (e.g. if you want a seat on one of those bipartisan committees that hash out 90% of the discussion on a lot of boring-but-important stuff before it even gets to the legislature), but I can definitely see where you’re coming from

    • klemptor@startrek.website
      151·
      2 days ago

      It’s a nice thought but personally I think it would split the vote and nobody but Republicans will be able to win for a long time.

      • ClassStruggle@lemmy.mlEnglish
        73·
        2 days ago

        Democrats have done nothing to earn our vote, their entire policy for years has been ‘we are not Trump’ despite being exactly like him. At this point they can’t be trusted to represent our needs in government because they are owned by the same bankers and corporations that own Republicans. If people support 3rd parties and the DNC suffer losses because of it that’s their creation.

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      2 days ago

      Better for building a principled platform, sure, but way worse if we actually want that platform to win. Basically every new successful party in this country emerged when one of the existing parties completely dominated the other.

      If we want a progressive party, step one is to keep the Republicans from winning anywhere. Destroy the Republicans, and you give politically savvy progressives the confidence to vote progressive without risking abject fascism.

      • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
        4·
        2 days ago

        Revolutionaries (with active parts in the revolution) should never hang around after the revolution.

        Not many self-ban from public offices on regime changes tho, so you kinda just hope they die/get killed before the revolutionary ideas in the masses do (like France).

  • AmidFuror@fedia.io
    125·
    2 days ago

    Did anyone else watch Kat’s video of being “thrown” to the ground and think it was more like a push followed by loss of balance? To me, “thrown to the ground” means you give them more downward force than just gravity.

    • Juice@midwest.social
      2·
      1 day ago

      I just watched the video, and yep, the officer didn’t literally grab her by the ankles and spin around about 8 times before shouting, “for Israel!” Which is what he was trained to do by the IDF, finally letting her go, grinning maniacally, Kat spinning wildly through the air for at least 8 feet (an 8 foot clearing distance is one of the minimum qualifications to be considered a “throw” according to the Police Pitching a Protestor Pamphlet published by Potty Person Press). Kat did not say “you threw me” confirming the action and the cop didn’t do the required post-throw dance ritual followed by saying “oh yeah!” Like the koolaid man.

      So it definitely doesn’t meet the qualifications according to the most standard definitions. I’ve never seen more corruption in the media than willfully misrepresenting the brave officer’s actions here. You’re right to hold your ground on this issue, keep fighting the good fight, comrade

      • AmidFuror@fedia.io
        14·
        2 days ago

        The clip you showed there was what I was thinking of. I saw it as part of a much larger video posted by Kat, and I wasn’t sure that was the “throw” everyone else was referencing. It’s definitely that officer’s fault she went to the ground. He threw her laterally, causing her to fall backwards.

          • AmidFuror@fedia.io
            16·
            2 days ago

            “thrown to the ground” vs. thrown (really, pushed) laterally. Yep.

            It may seem minor. If someone said they were punched, and you watched their video and they were slapped hard, you’d wonder why they were sloppy in the characterization. It doesn’t make slapping good.

    • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      That’s your gripe? That’s what you’re splitting hairs on? The angle of force delineating “shove” vs. “push”? What a weak-as-fuck whinge.

      One would think most people possess a cognitive filter to keep that level of stupid from escaping the bounds of their internal monologue. Well, maybe a decade ago, one would… 🤔

      • AmidFuror@fedia.io
        15·
        2 days ago

        No, I share the main gripe as everyone else. It’s also important to me that my “side” be as accurate as possible. I am raising a side issue.

        I’m sure you and others have the capacity to discuss more than one thing at once.