Todd Wolfson
@ProfTWolf
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Prof @RutgersU. President @aaup. Pres. @ruaaup. Co-director @mic_center. Co-founder Movement Alliance Project. Author “Digital Rebellion,” "The Great Refusal.”
Philadelphia and New Brunswick
Joined August 2008
I want to remind my beautiful Jewish brothers and sisters: When we emigrated to the USA we brought our European experiences of socialism due to our oppression. We then became the cornerstone of the labor and socialist experiments of the US in the 20th century. That's our history!
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More than $8 million from Mike Bloomberg. $3 million from Airbnb's co-founder. $3 million from the Estée Lauder family. $2 million from @BillAckman. $1 million from DoorDash. $200K from Walmart's heiress. Zohran didn't just beat Andrew Cuomo. He beat the elite.
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Congratulations to @ZohranKMamdani! You ignited a grassroots campaign, built on the radical idea that everyone deserves to live in dignity. This is a seismic victory — not only for the people of New York, but for all those who believe that humanity & hope can prevail.
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The lesson isn’t that every city is New York or every state is Virginia or New Jersey it’s that when voters say the economy sucks, you can’t gaslight them with ads insisting it’s not that bad. You have to show them how you’ll make life more affordable. In some states, that means
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.
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Democrat Zohran Mamdani becomes the city’s first Muslim mayor and its youngest in generations. The 34-year-old state lawmaker harnessed enthusiasm and social media savvy to become a rising star in...
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Mamdani's victory -- and the proof of concept that a democratic socialist platform can be a winning formula -- is the best political news in a very, very long time.
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One of the happiest votes I ever cast! What a beautiful day for NYC!☀️ @ZohranKMamdani @HotGirls4Zohran
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GETTTTTTTTTTT FUCKED MAGA!!!!!
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Final shift of door knocking complete for @ZohranKMamdani polls close at 9 PM so if you are in line by nine, you can vote!
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Mamdani’s campaign feels like a modern echo of New York’s old ethnic and generational coalitions. A century ago, Irish, Italian, and Jewish Democrats broke the grip of Protestant patricians. Mamdani’s version is a city and party again remade and expanded from the margins in.
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When I first spoke with Zohran Mamdani about his mayoral run, he feared that young voters, Arabs, Muslims, taxi drivers, and DSA volunteers were so disaffected from the Democratic Party that there wouldn’t be a progressive, ranked choice coalition big enough to defeat Cuomo and
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🚨 BREAKING: Mikie Sherrill (D) has defeated Jack Ciattarelli (R) in the New Jersey governor’s race, Decision Desk projects This was Jersey’s chance to rebuild, but they decided to dig their hole even deeper. Such a shame.
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Congratulations @SpanbergerForVA! She focused on public schools, jobs and affordability. A stark contrast to the chaos in Washington. Voters sent a clear message today.
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.@ProfTWolf: “(...) #Trump’s higher education policies have been catastrophic for our communities and our democracy.” https://t.co/jB6krU9tOC
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Progressive organizers and labor unions aim "to disrupt business as usual and force our schools and our political system to finally work for us," with protests at over 100 US campuses on November 7.
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This is awesome and @ScottJenningsKY is a awful human being. “Islamo Marxist money”. Take off the Rolex, Scott, before you talk about affordability
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Whatever happens tomorrow, never forget that this doggedly positive and hopeful campaign—in every way a fight for basic dignity and joyful celebration of democratic pluralism—was relentlessly denounced by political and media elites as something sinister, dangerous, and violent.
"Without the night shift, there is no morning." Late Thursday night, I canvassed the taxi line at LaGuardia — and caught up with some old friends from @NYTWA.
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“We are unapologetically Jewish, unapologetically left, & unapologetically proud to be part of this movement to win the NY of our dreams.“ We were proud to stand alongside our organizational partners yesterday in Sunset Park at the #PeoplesMajority Rally for @ZohranKMamdani
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