Tag Archives: democratic socialism

A Roof and A Doctor

A Roof and A Doctor A roof and a doctor, Things we all need. Those without them, Society takes no heed. Health and housing, These are rights. Health and housing, It is for these I fight. Soldiers marching, Here my call. Workers marching, Will never fall. In these times, We must never lie down. ForContinue reading “A Roof and A Doctor”

The Professional Protester #39 Why I Will Still Write About Politics in 2021 | James J Jackson on Patreon

A new public (free) post explaining why I write about left politics even though I hate online grifters, insist we need to log off more, and have no interest in being a pundit. Spoiler: It’s because I want to write poetry but I can’t just give my patrons nothing when they give me something, andContinue reading “The Professional Protester #39 Why I Will Still Write About Politics in 2021 | James J Jackson on Patreon”

The Professional Protester #24 Does Bigger than Bernie Hold Up? | The Professional Protester on Patreon

Official Post from The Professional Protester : Bigger Than Bernie is a book published by Jacobin, the officially unofficial magazine of DSA and it was written by Megan Day and Micah Uetrich, two of my favorite Jacobin writers. It was written and published during the primary and was written when Bernie’s campaign was on theContinue reading “The Professional Protester #24 Does Bigger than Bernie Hold Up? | The Professional Protester on Patreon”

Your House, My Home (A poem about eviction) | The Professional Protester on Patreon

Official Post from The Professional Protester : Your house is my home, Mr. and Mrs. Landlord.You have the deed,but I have the memories.It might be your property, but it is my life.The living room that you want to sell,That is where I saw our children play,Where I did puzzles with grandma,Where my siblings and I playedContinue reading “Your House, My Home (A poem about eviction) | The Professional Protester on Patreon”

Announcement: I no longer endorse Shahid Buttar

Today, someone came forward with allegations of sexual harassment against Shahid Buttar, someone I had endorsed on this blog. Shahid and his campaign had the chance to approach this from a place of restorative justice, but instead they chose to perpetuate the misogyny that socialists have a duty to always stand against. You can seeContinue reading “Announcement: I no longer endorse Shahid Buttar”

The Professional Protester #20 Why Organizing Will Become Harder If Biden Wins | The Professional Protester on Patreon

Official Post from The Professional Protester : The complacency of liberals is always at its worst when they win, when democrats win or are in the lead they get lazy.  It is going to take intense amounts of public pressure, more than we ever put on Bush, Obama, and Trump, to make things happen underContinue reading “The Professional Protester #20 Why Organizing Will Become Harder If Biden Wins | The Professional Protester on Patreon”

Update: Patreon Posts are free until end of Quarantine

Hello Dear Readers! First of all: Thank you for following and bring me past the 250 follower threshold! Hopefully that will be up to 300 soon! 😉 Anyway, as we are all looking for ways to fill our time and distract ourselves from the collapsing world around us, I decided all my patreon posts willContinue reading “Update: Patreon Posts are free until end of Quarantine”