The Ybor City Stogie

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Words For Florida Activist

The truth is: last Tuesday wasn’t just a victory for me. It was a victory for all of us. From the very beginning, we had a vision to build a broad-based coalition of organizers to educate and expand the electorate — and that’s
exactly what we did.

This is victory for the movement for economic, social, and racial justice for working-class people.

We didn’t buy this victory, and it was not luck. Thousands of people worked for it. It was built by those who volunteered, donated, and fought to bring our vision to Congress. Together, we showed the world that a progressive grassroots campaign can go toe-to-toe with the most powerful, established forces in America
and win." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Florida Democratic Party Continues to Alienate Progressives

The Florida Democratic Party is going all in on its marginalization of its progressive wing.

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Progressives are roiling in several counties including Broward, Duval, Orange, and Hillsborough. All are populous, all have significant communities of progressive Democrats
and left-leaning NPAs.

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In Hillsborough and statewide, there is are racist overtones in the Democratic schism. Democratic National Committee member Alan Clendenin has attacked the party’s only black gubernatorial candidate, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum and the PAC of black businesspeople
that support him.

Clendenin called The Collective Super PAC as a “Republican front,” a patent falsehood that was interpreted to mean that black candidates and contributors cannot function within the same parameters as white
Democratic candidates.

By Jim Bleyer

Monday, July 2, 2018

Ybor Paparazzi

Michayla

The Millennial Socialists Are Coming

In May, three young progressive women running for the state Legislature in Pennsylvania, each endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, won decisive primary victories over men heavily favored by the political establishment.

Michelle Goldberg

Ybor City Walking Tour

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Right Wing In Macclenny, Florida

At the ICE detention center protest in Macclenny, FL, one of our fellow activists was arrested and charged with “criminal mischief”. She was released today with charges dropped and her immigration status unaffected. But there’s more to the story...

At the conclusion of the protest, as we were walking to our cars, a woman who had been with the deputies in the Sheriff’s Office with the deputies, got in her car, drove up behind our group (about 50 people walking across the parking lot) and actually drove her car into the group, striking several people. No one was injured, but her car was surrounded and she was called to account for herself. Deputies came out of the building and with no investigation, arrested one of our people.

The Sheriff’s Office told the press that we had “attacked” her and “jumped on her car” as she was arriving. Bullshit. I was less than 20 feet away and NO ONE jumped on her car. Also, she was leaving, not arriving. They knew this because she had been inside with them until just before she drove into us.

Looks to me like it was a set up by the Baker County Sheriff’s Office in order to make an arrest and
“teach us a lesson”.

Welcome to Trump’s Amerikkka...here’s a video of the driver, along with a little extra information
...let’s make her “famous” Gene Anderson