by Liano Sharon | May 25, 2021 | Blog, Editorial, Featured, Michigan Politics, Newest 4 Posts, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
Full Disclosure: I am an elected DNC delegate and a founding member of MISolidarity. MDP leadership, particularly Chair Barnes and Appeals Committee Chair Tim Hughes, are actively undermining our election system – both internal Party elections and state primary...
by Liano Sharon | Apr 23, 2021 | Blog, Featured, MDP SCC, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
Updated 4/24/2021 @ 12:20am, added details, additional Robert’s Rules violations, and list of rules violated. Full disclosure: I am a founding member of the MISolidarty team and a DNC Delegate (MI).MISolidarity is a grassroots organization working for...
by Letters to the Editor | Feb 15, 2021 | Featured, Michigan Politics, Party Politics, Progressive Movement
By Kyle Jurek The Michigan Democratic Party is about to kick off its spring convention this week, including the election of the State Central Committee. For those unfamiliar, it’s like the congress of the MDP. Historically, most people are picked in a closed-door,...
by Liano Sharon | Feb 10, 2021 | Blog, Featured, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, Newest 4 Posts, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
Full disclosure: I am a founding member of the MISolidarity team. Monday night at 10pm, a new era began for the Michigan Democratic Party. For the first time ever, the people will choose their candidates for the MDP State Central Committee. Every two years the...
by Liano Sharon | Dec 23, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, Newest 4 Posts, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
A few weeks ago, the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) State Central Committee (SCC) approved a very unconventional Call to Convention for the February 20th, 2021 State Convention. It specifically and explicitly contradicts at least one Party rule and implicitly several...
by Liano Sharon | Dec 5, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, National Politics, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
I joined the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) exactly four years ago, December 5th, 2016, specifically because I wanted to move the Party left – universal single-payer, criminal justice reform, abolishing the electoral college, immigration reform, money out of...
