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...
by Liano Sharon | Aug 28, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
This year, the MDP platform deserves progressive votes. Voting is open to members of the Michigan Democratic Party, who have been Party members for 30 days, from now until Saturday evening at 8:00 pm. Click here if you need instructions on how to get credentialed and...
by Liano Sharon | Jul 1, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, National Politics, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, State of the Revolution, The Party Line
Editors Note: This is a story that is repeating itself many times across the country as many progressives exit the Democratic Party, specifically citing the Party’s constant violations of its own rules. Regular readers will remember Nicole Reid from this...
by Liano Sharon | Jun 13, 2020 | Blog, Featured, MDP SCC, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, National Politics, Newest 4 Posts, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
Today the Michigan Democratic State Central Committee will meet to elect delegates to the Democratic National Convention. I’m a delegate to the State Central Committee from CD12. We’re not actually electing anyone. We’re just performing the voting...
by Liano Sharon | May 6, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, State of the Revolution, The Party Line
UPDATE: The MDP now says you must return your slates by 4:00pm tomorrow (7 May 2020). Yesterday I reported that the MDP was not prepared to run elections for national delegates according to the rules. Specifically, they were not prepared to run a proportional voting...
