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In reply to the discussion: Incredible moment. Perez moves for Ellison as Deputy Chair [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)The only reason anyone should have voted for whoever they wanted as chair was the belief that person was the best for the job-not to STOP anyone else or put any other wing of the party in its place. It should only have been positive.
I respect Tom for moving that Keith be made vice-chair.
The next thing he should do is to clearly declare that there IS no conflict between the goals of social justice and economic justice, and that virtually everyone who centers one of the justice struggles is also passionately committee to the other.
The notion that anyone in or near this party, in this day and age, ever wanted the fight against institutional bigotry to be put on the back burner, or wanted the left to privilege the needs of white men above everyone else, needs to be put to rest.
Yes, some people need to express themselves better(much better, in some cases), some need to listen more, but we are on the same side on justice issues. And we all have been for decades now.
Everyone on the Left is committed to BOTH forms of justice. And both forms of justice are linked and intersectional.
And we need to be working as a party for both forms, because neither can be won without, at the very least, massive gains from the other.