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Debate Over How to Organize Ahead of US Midterm Elections

Original: Worthwhile read on organizing around the upcoming # uspol midterm # election "There are extremes of fetishization around

A widely shared essay on left-leaning circles argues that liberals and leftists hold extremes of fetishization around voting, with some treating it as the end-all of civic duty. The piece urges readers to think beyond Election Day about organizing around the upcoming US midterm elections, and is drawing discussion about what meaningful political engagement should look like.

Why now: US midterm elections are approaching and activists are debating whether voting alone is enough political action.

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• Worthwhile read on organizing around the upcoming # uspol midterm # election "There are extremes of fetishization around voting that I see among liberals and leftists. You see some liberals for whom it is the end all be all... It is all they really think they owe the world… · inquiline@assemblag.es · 29

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