Luke Pickrell

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[DSA Political Education @DSAPolEd]

NEW CLASS POD: "For Peace, Democracy, and Socialism" Mass Call with @richiejfloyd, @OliverALarkin and Aziz Rana, recorded 05/20/26
Listen, like, subscribe and join @DsaElectoral🌹🗳️💪
https://t.co/aDoe7RHVXj

[Marxist Unity Group @MarxistUnityDSA]

"As all three presenters were quick to emphasize, the denial of universal and equal suffrage and the impediments to majority rule in Florida mirror what is happening at the national level." Check out Comrade @LukePickrell's article about the event:
https://t.co/9QkRZbKS5o

[Luke Pickrell @LukePickrell]

"Comical levels of inequality ensued. A town in Vermont with 38 residents had the same legislative power as the state capital, Burlington, with a population of 33,000. Senate districts in Georgia ranged from 13,000 to 560,000 people."
https://t.co/h2v28w0zMD

[Luke Pickrell @LukePickrell]

Our current Constitution denies universal and equal suffrage through the Supreme Court, the Senate, and the president. It is a flagrant danger to our inherent rights. We have to rescue our rights from the Constitution
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https://t.co/zUQWkfHELI

[Luke Pickrell @LukePickrell]

“People have been fighting for democracy for a long time... if you don’t have an equal vote, you are a political slave—you are under the domination of a minority. You don’t have equal freedom. That was a powerful idea, and it’s still a powerful idea.”
https://t.co/xgFn134rPo

[Luke Pickrell @LukePickrell]

Gerrymandering shows the need for proportional representation. Yet, the undemocratic Constitution stands in the way. I present the problem in this Jacobin article 👇
https://t.co/Qjz95uTI4F

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

Gerrymandering — it’s the process of redrawing political voting lines to benefit the party in power.

It's named after Founding Father Elbridge Gerry, who created a district resembling a salamander. Thus, the “Gerry-mander.” https://t.co/hfX4z3TE0C

[Luke Pickrell @LukePickrell]

It's remarkable that some socialists played into the gerrymandering game. It's also remarkable that many of those socialists who didn't want to play into the gerrymandering game couldn't talk about the need for a democratic constitution.
https://t.co/zdXLe3zDPh

[Luke Pickrell @LukePickrell]

Allowing the unelected Supreme Court to survive was a mistake, along with the undemocratic Constitution that adds the malapportioned Senate and imperial presidency for good measure. We need a democratic constitution.

https://t.co/U1mpwifK77

[Austin MacNamara @gremloe]

Allowing the confederates and their lineage to survive was a mistake

[Luke Pickrell @LukePickrell]

Today, everyone who is continuing the struggle for political and social emancipation and universal and equal rights can learn from Reconstruction's history of victories and defeats.

Join East Bay DSA for this hybrid conversation.

Register here 👇
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[Luke Pickrell @LukePickrell]

This ruling shows why we need a democratic constitution based on legislative supremacy and a unicameral legislature elected by universal, equal, and proportional representation.

https://t.co/U1mpwifK77

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

The recent Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais effectively killed the last remaining provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

And it represents the life's work of Chief Justice John Roberts.

Here's how Roberts has been steadily working for more than 40 years to destroy the country's most important civil rights law:

[Marxist Unity Group @MarxistUnityDSA]

On May Day, we are happy to republish perennial MUG favorite V.I. Lenin, on the need for bold and democratic demands to unite the whole of the advanced

[Marxist Unity Group @MarxistUnityDSA]

@wellstonism @richiejfloyd @OliverALarkin To learn more about Rana's work, check out MUG comrade @LukePickrell's Book Review in @DemLeftMag on the his must-read book: The Constitutional Bind! https://t.co/xu68VaF4xK

[Marxist Unity Group @MarxistUnityDSA]

@wellstonism @richiejfloyd @OliverALarkin Aziz Rana's work unearths the often-buried revolutionary history of organizers critiquing the anti-democratic and racist nature of the US constitution--from the Socialist Party of America to the Black Panthers' Revolutionary Peoples' Convention. We must revive this tradition!

[Marxist Unity Group @MarxistUnityDSA]

Join us for a @wellstonism-facilitated discussion with Aziz Rana and Florida DSAers @richiejfloyd and @OliverALarkin leading the fight against anti-democratic, racist apartheid rule. The mandate for socialists is clear: we must finish Reconstruction and demand a new constitution!

[Marxist Unity Group @MarxistUnityDSA]

Below is an article by MUG member Luke P. regarding the recent Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act and the need for a Democratic Constitution

[Jacobin @jacobin]

The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais last week dealt a major blow to the Voting Rights Act.

The ruling underscores the many antidemocratic features of our political system and the need for a new, actually democratic constitution. https://t.co/cdQSp3kDnM

[Marxist Unity Group @MarxistUnityDSA]

Marxist Unity Group reading group applications close today at midnight! https://t.co/r9wOZh4nC2

[Marxist Unity Group @MarxistUnityDSA]

MUG's Statement on Trump's genocidal threats, ongoing US imperial aggression, and the duty of all socialists to fight for an end to empire:

[Marxist Unity Group @MarxistUnityDSA]

MUG applications are open to April 5th!
https://t.co/r9wOZh4nC2

[Luke Pickrell @LukePickrell]

Corey Brooks on the antecedents of the abolitionist third-party movement & what led to the conclusion that abolition couldn’t be realized through the Whig Party and Democratic Party duopoly. Abolitionists used politics to better publicize their demands.
https://t.co/7vvxqsLlHL