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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 9h

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Robin Wonsley is a Minnesota politician and DSA member who has been on the Minneapolis City Council since 2021. Wonsley was born in Chicago and grew up on the South Side. She attended Carleton College and graduated with a B.A. in Women’s and Gender Studies.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 9h

In 2021, she became the first Black Democratic Socialist to win a seat on the Minneapolis City Council after she defeated 14 year incumbent Cam Gordon, a member of the MN Green Party. The election also became the first time Minneapolis elected a majority of people of color to the city council.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 9h

She joined the Twin Cities chapter of DSA in March 2020. In the summer of 2020, she participated in the George Floyd protests. She also became an organizer in the defund the police movement, an effort to reallocate some community resources towards crime prevention services and programs.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 9h

After the 2015 killing of Jamar Clark by police officers in Minneapolis, she became politically active over the next several years, including in the Black Lives Matter movement and Fight for $15 organizing efforts to raise the minimum wage in the city.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 9h

Wonsley moved to Minneapolis in 2014 and became the program coordinator for the UofM Women's Center and a board member for Restorative Justice Community Action. She completed a MBA in Nonprofit Management from the University of St. Thomas and began a Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota in 2018.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 9h

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Robin Wonsley is a Minnesota politician and DSA member who has been on the Minneapolis City Council since 2021. Wonsley was born in Chicago and grew up on the South Side. She attended Carleton College and graduated with a B.A. in Women’s and Gender Studies.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 1d

He completed the primary level of the Montessori Teacher Certification Program in 1983 and the Prekindergarten Teaching Licensure Program in 1986. He taught at Child Garden Montessori School from 1980 to 1984.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 1d

Gordon was born in Minneapolis, MN in 1955. He graduated from West High School in 1973. He earned a BS in secondary education from the University of Minnesota College of Education. He then attended the College of St. Catherine, focusing on Montessori education and early childhood development.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 1d

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Cam Gordon is a Minnesota politician who served on Minneapolis City Council from 2006-22. He was a co-founder of the Green Party of Minnesota and has been called "the most prominent Green elected official in the US." He is also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 2d

Sipress is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin- Superior. He has taught at the university since 1994 with a focus on the United States and Latin America.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 2d

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Joel Sipress is a Minnesota politician who served on the Duluth City Council from 2014-2022. He was the Council president since 2017. Sipress is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 2d

Technically Hoan wasn’t either, though Emil Seidel’s tenure in Milwaukee was much shorter but enough recognition to make him Debs’ VP candidate in 1912.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 3d

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Mike McDermott is a Michigan politician currently serving on the Westland City Council as its President. He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and has served since 2019. In office, he has pushed for a civilian review board for the city’s police department.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 3d

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Mike McDermott is a Michigan politician currently serving on the Westland City Council as its President. He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and has served since 2019. In office, he has pushed for a civilian review board for the city’s police department.

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 4d

Check out my latest, this time for Time magazine’s Made By History series:

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CBS Has Been in Conservative Sights for Decades

It was once deemed the "Communist Broadcasting System" by conservative activists.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 4d

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Kristin LaLonde is a Michigan politician who currently serves on the Mount Pleasant City Council. She is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and has served in her capacity since 2018.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 5d

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Brandon Betz is a Michigan politician who served on the Lansing City Council. Betz is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America as well as the Democratic Party. Betz assumed office in 2020 and left office on January 7, 2022.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 5d

In response to his duel membership in DSA and Democratic Party, Betz remarked, “The Left is much more complicated than being a ‘democratic socialist’ or any other label you can think of.”

Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 5d

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Brandon Betz is a Michigan politician who served on the Lansing City Council. Betz is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America as well as the Democratic Party. Betz assumed office in 2020 and left office on January 7, 2022.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 6d

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Ben Ewen-Campen is a Massachusetts politician currently serving on the Somerville City Council. Scott won election to the Council in 2018 alongside fellow DSA member Jefferson Thomas Scott. He is a Molecular Biologist at the Harvard Medical School.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 6d

He currently chairs the Land Use Committee and is the Vice-chair of Housing and Community Development Committee. One of his main focuses in office has been to increase community land use and begin rent stabilization across Somerville.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 6d

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Ben Ewen-Campen is a Massachusetts politician currently serving on the Somerville City Council. Scott won election to the Council in 2018 alongside fellow DSA member Jefferson Thomas Scott. He is a Molecular Biologist at the Harvard Medical School.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 7d

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Jefferson Thomas Scott is a Massachusetts politician who currently serves on the Somerville City Council. Scott won election to the Council in 2018 alongside fellow DSA member Bew Ewen-Campen. He previously chaired the Finance Committee.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 8d

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Zac Bears is a Massachusetts politician serving as the Medford City Council President. He also works as Dir. of Operations of MA Jobs with Justice, an organization that pushes for workers and immigrant rights. Bears is a member of DSA and has served on the council since 2020.

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Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social · 8d

🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Zac Bears is a Massachusetts politician serving as the Medford City Council President. He also works as Dir. of Operations of MA Jobs with Justice, an organization that pushes for workers and immigrant rights. Bears is a member of DSA and has served on the council since 2020.

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