Michael Whitesides
@sidesmichaelw
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Jewish Lefty. Previously comms for @zellnor4ny, @phara4assembly, @nycdsa, and @shahanafrombk. Now Deputy Comms for @localprogress
Brooklyn, NY
Joined December 2023
I'm 🏃 for reelection as Co-Chair of @nycDSA's Electoral Working Group! Watch 👇 to hear more about what I did this past year as EWG Co-Chair, as well as my plans for 2026 if reelected.
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I will be @nycdsa's new candidate recruitment co-chair (running uncontested). Ballots are out to eligible @nycdsa members here is a slate of terrific organizers well worth your consideration and vote!
Electing Zohran was just the beginning—vote for the SMC slate for @nycDSA Electoral Working Group Organizing Committee! SMC will put mass politics to practice in the fight for a more powerful and popular socialist movement in NYC, the US, and the world🌹
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I'm running for @nycDSA EWG Co-Chair again! Zohran's victory was an incredible moment for the Left, but we must build on that success to pass his agenda. Proud to be running with a slate of @DSASocMaj comrades who I know can help deliver real electoral wins for our movement.
Electing Zohran was just the beginning—vote for the SMC slate for @nycDSA Electoral Working Group Organizing Committee! SMC will put mass politics to practice in the fight for a more powerful and popular socialist movement in NYC, the US, and the world🌹
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2025 has been a tough year. From budget cuts to threats of arrest, the work of local officials has never been more challenging. At our National Convening, LP Staffer @sidesmichaelw spoke with a few members to hear firsthand about the impacts of this year. https://t.co/juMP9e2BDm
inthesetimes.com
Elected leaders with Local Progress discuss how they are moving progressive policy forward while defending against the assaults of the Trump administration.
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💥New | NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani explains why he didn’t back Councilmember Chi Ossé’s primary challenge to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. He said the question wasn’t “who you would rather vote for,” but “how you want to spend the next year.” Mamdani said he told
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Without hyperbole - Zohran Mamdani is the first Democratic politician to ever effectively stand up to Donald Trump. That’s the @nycDSA difference.
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now? TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
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Comparing the history of the British Labour Party's rise to our own political situation in the present-day US, Michael Whitesides argues that a break from the Democratic Party is a mistake. Instead, we should seek to make the party into our image. https://t.co/zEOFjpaUOb
socialistmajority.com
Comparing the history of the British Labour Party's rise from an independent third-party to near-hegemonic status in Britain to our own political situation in the present-day US, Michael Whitesides...
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Some people enter local politics because of their passion for policy, and some because their community calls them to serve. With over 1500 members in our network, there's a unique story for each one on how they ended up as a local representative. Hear a few of them 👇
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Medicare For All. Stop Funding Genocide. Abolish ICE. #YesWeCam Donate & Support: https://t.co/yEvYlxnNjE
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NYC - Net-Favorables: Democratic Socialists Of America: +9% Andrew Cuomo: -2% Zenith Research / Oct 20, 2025
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Some personal news: I’m preparing to run for Zohran’s Assembly seat. As a Queens mom, an immigrant organizer, and a democratic socialist, I’m ready to fight for the working people of Queens! LET’S WIN THIS!🔥 https://t.co/5ZHIUd0C92
cityandstateny.com
She is one of three DSA members currently planning to run for the seat.
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NYC MAYORAL POLL 🟦 Zohran Mandani: 50% [+7] 🟨 Andrew Cuomo: 25% [-3] 🟥 Curtis Sliwa: 21% [+11] [+/- shift vs 9/7-8] Emerson (A) | 10/25-27 | 640 LV
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Big question for all the speaker candidates is how they'll handle labor relations with member staffers:
Reorganization is not an excuse for retaliation!
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If Zohran had cancelled on a synagogue town hall like this, there would be a NYT story about his disrespect of the Jewish people. One candidate has spent the last mamy months talking to Jewish NYers-listening and learning-even when it's hard. And it's not Andrew Cuomo
🚨 Andrew Cuomo canceled in last minute a planned appearance at Cong. Beth Elohim in Brooklyn. The rabbi told me 210 people RSVP’d and offered to host him anytime until Election Day. Cuomo camp said he had scheduling conflict that they couldn’t avoid and is looking to reschedule
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RT if you’re 12 out of 12 for @ZohranKMamdani
“12 out of 12 baby, send me away!!!” Love that this starts out as keen political analysis about young voters and ends with one of the funniest bits I’ve seen in a WHILE. New York, elect this man!🗽
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I'm so proud to have organized, fought and won alongside my friends and fellow elected officials in @nycDSA.
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The most significant impact of the second Trump administration hasn't been lowering costs, but instead its barbaric immigration enforcement. Across our network, our members have seen families ripped apart to meet the racist demands of this administration. Hear their stories 👇
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