Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹

Democratic Socialists of Alberta. Putting people before profits.
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[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

Yes.

[Kayle Clark 🇨🇦 @kaclk]

Is ... is this actually serious?

Public rail between towns? Is it the Gilded Age? Hell, we don’t even have rail between most towns anymore, the rails were torn up and the ROW already repurposed.

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

Alberta is not a “climate leader” if we continue to do the bidding of oil companies at every turn #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

When some people say they can’t walk or take a bus or train to get around, especially in rural areas, we should take on the challenges their points pose.

We must build public rail between towns, expand rural transit, not punish people for the actions of corporations. #ableg

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

If the left chalks up losing to “populism”, we are damned to irrelevance (at best) and destruction (at worst).

Populism doesn’t need to mean brutality to the most vulnerable. It can and should mean power to the people to achieve democratic eco-socialism in our lifetimes #ableb

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

It doesn’t have to be this way. We can put people in power who are not beholden to corporate interests, while also not caving to cruelty towards minorities. #ableg

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

When the NDP, Alberta Party, and UCP all agree on a oilsands policy almost copied verbatim from the mouth of fossil fuel CEOs, while the rest of us are stuck with the consequences of climate disaster, it’s clear *all* our major parties work for business above all #ableg

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

Market based solutions to climate change, rubber stamped by oil companies, will only punish the workers, while corporations make untold billions and get away scot-free. We need to dismantle the death grip of the fossil fuel industry without delay. #ableg #abpoli

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

Mental health care, dental care, pharmacare are not “nice-to-haves”, they are essential to making Alberta healthy for everyone. Universal access to all of these must be implemented immediately #ableg #abpoli

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

The basic human rights of the LGBTQ community can never be up for debate. All Albertans deserve to be treated with love, respect, and fairness, regardless of who they love or how they express their identity. #ableg #abpoli

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

To fund a much expanded social safety net that ensures everyone can live a life of dignity, we must institute a maximum wage, at a ratio of 15:1 to a living wage (approx. $495k), along with a more aggressive progressive tax system up to that point #ableg #abpoli

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

We must build a 21st century economy and society that works for everyone. With the connected crisis of climate change and inequality, we must look to put our economy back in the hands of workers, and ensure a strong social safety net for those who may not be able to work #ableg

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

The carbon tax isn’t a climate change strategy: it’s deflection keeping us from going after those responsible for our climate crisis.

The wealthy few keep raking in profits while the rest of us pay. We must dismantle the power of the fossil fuel industry, not befriend it #ableg

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

The carbon tax isn’t a climate change strategy: it’s deflection keeping us from going after those responsible for our climate crisis.

The wealthy few keep raking in profits while the rest of us pay. We must dismantle the power of the fossil fuel industry, not befriend it #ableg

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

@BertaAdvantage We could wait no longer.

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

We can and must learn from the centralized and bureaucratic failures of 20th century state ownership, and put control of our economy in the workers rather than the select few.

We can do this through encouraging local public ownership, and fostering worker co-operatives #ableg

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

When our economy tanked, putting tens of thousands out of work, the oil corporations made record profits.

That’s not an economy that works in the interests of Albertans, since it’s not an economy owned by Albertans. #ableg #abpoli #canlab

[Democratic Socialists of Alberta 🌹 @DemSocialistsAB]

We shouldn’t let CEOs, VPs, and Chambers of Commerce control our economy.

We need to give power back to Albertans through unions, worker co-operatives, and other forms of worker control of the workplace. #ableg #abpoli #canlab