Curt Ries
@curtries.bsky.social
Democratic socialist, organizer, writer, husband, father. Marin DSA Co-Chair and SEIU 1021 shop steward.
I wrote this article reflecting on this summer's DSA's National Convention. I argue that if we're serious about the democratic road to socialism and the dirty break strategy, then we need to be prioritizing growth over discipline.
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Discipline vs. Growth and the Contradictions of Party-Building - The Call
This summer’s DSA National Convention showed consensus around past major issues within the organization. But new divisions will likely continue to emerge.
socialistcall.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I wrote this article reflecting on this summer's DSA's National Convention. I argue that if we're serious about the democratic road to socialism and the dirty break strategy, then we need to be prioritizing growth over discipline.
socialistcall.com/2025/10/16/d...
socialistcall.com/2025/10/16/d...
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A new national poll shows democratic socialism has made enormous strides over the last decade.
But to grow beyond blue strongholds, its champions will need to continue to anchor campaigns in bread-and-butter economics.
But to grow beyond blue strongholds, its champions will need to continue to anchor campaigns in bread-and-butter economics.
What Americans Think of Democratic Socialism
A new national poll shows democratic socialism has made enormous strides over the last decade. But to grow beyond blue strongholds, its champions will need to continue to anchor campaigns in bread-and-butter economics.
jacobin.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A new national poll shows democratic socialism has made enormous strides over the last decade.
But to grow beyond blue strongholds, its champions will need to continue to anchor campaigns in bread-and-butter economics.
But to grow beyond blue strongholds, its champions will need to continue to anchor campaigns in bread-and-butter economics.
Tell Kaiser Executives: Patients and Nurses Deserve Safe Staffing Instead of Nurse Layoffs! act.medicare4all.org/sign/kp-san-...
Tell Kaiser Executives: Patients and Nurses Deserve Safe Staffing Instead of Nurse Layoffs!
Kaiser San Rafael has announced plans to lay off desperately needed nurses at a time when patients are already having to delay care waiting months for appointments. Both nurses and patients deserve sa...
act.medicare4all.org
September 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Tell Kaiser Executives: Patients and Nurses Deserve Safe Staffing Instead of Nurse Layoffs! act.medicare4all.org/sign/kp-san-...
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"Instead of trying to persuade the hundreds of millions of Americans to our right, left-wing activists sometimes seem to be competing to prove our radical bona fides to each other. That’s not politics — it’s just wasting precious time."
My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social:
My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social:
The Point of Politics Is to Convince People, Not Grandstand
Instead of trying to persuade the hundreds of millions of Americans to our right, left-wing activists sometimes seem to be competing to prove our radical bona fides to each other. That’s not politics ...
jacobin.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"Instead of trying to persuade the hundreds of millions of Americans to our right, left-wing activists sometimes seem to be competing to prove our radical bona fides to each other. That’s not politics — it’s just wasting precious time."
My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social:
My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social:
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Elon Musk's net worth dropped by approximately $34 billion yesterday amid his feud with Donald Trump.
June 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Elon Musk's net worth dropped by approximately $34 billion yesterday amid his feud with Donald Trump.
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With local and national elites indifferent to working-class struggles over the costs of housing, childcare, groceries, and more, socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is finding success by putting affordability at the heart of his campaign.
Zohran Mamdani Is Laser-Focused on an Affordable New York
With local and national elites indifferent to working-class struggles over the costs of housing, childcare, groceries, and more, socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is finding success by putting affordability at the heart of his campaign.
jacobin.com
May 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
With local and national elites indifferent to working-class struggles over the costs of housing, childcare, groceries, and more, socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is finding success by putting affordability at the heart of his campaign.
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The response to this piece on end times fascism co-authored with @naomiaklein.bsky.social has been pretty astounding. I'm reposting in case you missed it.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. We must build a movement strong enough to stop them.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. We must build a movement strong enough to stop them.
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The response to this piece on end times fascism co-authored with @naomiaklein.bsky.social has been pretty astounding. I'm reposting in case you missed it.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. We must build a movement strong enough to stop them.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. We must build a movement strong enough to stop them.
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🚨NEW | Israel Approves Plan to ‘Capture’ and Occupy All of Gaza and Control Humanitarian Aid
Israel has approved a sweeping plan to seize all of Gaza, to occupy it indefinitely, and displace its people south—advancing what rights groups warn is a military-engineered campaign of ethnic cleansing. 🧵
Israel has approved a sweeping plan to seize all of Gaza, to occupy it indefinitely, and displace its people south—advancing what rights groups warn is a military-engineered campaign of ethnic cleansing. 🧵
May 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🚨NEW | Israel Approves Plan to ‘Capture’ and Occupy All of Gaza and Control Humanitarian Aid
Israel has approved a sweeping plan to seize all of Gaza, to occupy it indefinitely, and displace its people south—advancing what rights groups warn is a military-engineered campaign of ethnic cleansing. 🧵
Israel has approved a sweeping plan to seize all of Gaza, to occupy it indefinitely, and displace its people south—advancing what rights groups warn is a military-engineered campaign of ethnic cleansing. 🧵
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"End Times Fascism": Naomi Klein on How Trump, Musk, Far Right "Don't Believe in the Future"
“End Times Fascism”: Naomi Klein on How Trump, Musk, Far Right “Don’t Believe in the Future”
An alliance between the far right and Silicon Valley oligarchs has given rise to a form of “end times fascism,” says journalist Naomi Klein, who details in a recent essay co-authored with Astra Taylor...
www.democracynow.org
May 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"End Times Fascism": Naomi Klein on How Trump, Musk, Far Right "Don't Believe in the Future"
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64 days with no aid reaching Gaza. No food, water or medicine. Children are starving.
Netanyahu’s extremist government now says it will occupy Gaza & put mercenaries in charge of distributing aid, instead of the UN and other aid groups.
Despicable. No more US support for Netanyahu’s war machine.
Netanyahu’s extremist government now says it will occupy Gaza & put mercenaries in charge of distributing aid, instead of the UN and other aid groups.
Despicable. No more US support for Netanyahu’s war machine.
May 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
64 days with no aid reaching Gaza. No food, water or medicine. Children are starving.
Netanyahu’s extremist government now says it will occupy Gaza & put mercenaries in charge of distributing aid, instead of the UN and other aid groups.
Despicable. No more US support for Netanyahu’s war machine.
Netanyahu’s extremist government now says it will occupy Gaza & put mercenaries in charge of distributing aid, instead of the UN and other aid groups.
Despicable. No more US support for Netanyahu’s war machine.
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LISTEN @thedigradio.bsky.social 3-part series w Aziz Rana on history of American project and its legitimation through popular Constitution worship. Ep 2 from World War I First Red Scare through Cold War when American liberalism, anti-communism, and empire triumphed. thedigradio.com/podcast/libe...
Liberal Hegemon w/ Aziz Rana
Featuring Aziz Rana on the making of the American project and its legitimation through popular worship of the US Constitution. This episode, the second in a three-part series, takes the story from Wor...
thedigradio.com
April 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
LISTEN @thedigradio.bsky.social 3-part series w Aziz Rana on history of American project and its legitimation through popular Constitution worship. Ep 2 from World War I First Red Scare through Cold War when American liberalism, anti-communism, and empire triumphed. thedigradio.com/podcast/libe...
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Settlements in the Bezos and Gates divorces amounted to around $60 billion.
To put into perspective how much wealth the ultrarich are hoarding, that’s more than the budgets of Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, and Seattle combined.
To put into perspective how much wealth the ultrarich are hoarding, that’s more than the budgets of Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, and Seattle combined.
April 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Settlements in the Bezos and Gates divorces amounted to around $60 billion.
To put into perspective how much wealth the ultrarich are hoarding, that’s more than the budgets of Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, and Seattle combined.
To put into perspective how much wealth the ultrarich are hoarding, that’s more than the budgets of Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, and Seattle combined.
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Excited to be discussing the present & future of worker-to-worker organizing with @jazbrisack.bsky.social & Jane Slaughter
Tonight April 21, 8:30 PM ET/5:30 PT, RSVP at: tinyurl.com/UnionsIn2025
Tonight April 21, 8:30 PM ET/5:30 PT, RSVP at: tinyurl.com/UnionsIn2025
April 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Excited to be discussing the present & future of worker-to-worker organizing with @jazbrisack.bsky.social & Jane Slaughter
Tonight April 21, 8:30 PM ET/5:30 PT, RSVP at: tinyurl.com/UnionsIn2025
Tonight April 21, 8:30 PM ET/5:30 PT, RSVP at: tinyurl.com/UnionsIn2025
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Seems like we're way past due for widespread non-violent disruptive civil disobedience against Trumpism
April 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Seems like we're way past due for widespread non-violent disruptive civil disobedience against Trumpism
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🧵 I just want to clear up some misconceptions about what Social Security actually is and how it works.
You, as an individual, do not have an "account" with SSA where your FICA contributions have been saved for when you retire. It's not at all comparable to an investment account.
You, as an individual, do not have an "account" with SSA where your FICA contributions have been saved for when you retire. It's not at all comparable to an investment account.
April 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🧵 I just want to clear up some misconceptions about what Social Security actually is and how it works.
You, as an individual, do not have an "account" with SSA where your FICA contributions have been saved for when you retire. It's not at all comparable to an investment account.
You, as an individual, do not have an "account" with SSA where your FICA contributions have been saved for when you retire. It's not at all comparable to an investment account.
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This piece is a bit bleak, but it's a banger.
If we are to meet our critical moment in history, we need to reckon with the reality that we are not up against adversaries we have seen before. We are up against end times fascism. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
If we are to meet our critical moment in history, we need to reckon with the reality that we are not up against adversaries we have seen before. We are up against end times fascism. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This piece is a bit bleak, but it's a banger.
If we are to meet our critical moment in history, we need to reckon with the reality that we are not up against adversaries we have seen before. We are up against end times fascism. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
If we are to meet our critical moment in history, we need to reckon with the reality that we are not up against adversaries we have seen before. We are up against end times fascism. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.