The World Is Waiting for Us to Step Up!
Last week, I must have upset quite a few people. After calling for drying up the funding well, my personal accounts were disabled for bogus reasons following a wave of complaints.
As the leader of the Social Democrats of America, I have consistently invited everyone to join us in drafting AOC within the Democratic Party.
Unfortunately, some groups continue to refuse — because they currently have AOC's attention, and she mistakenly believes they represent the American Left.
We need every leftist activist to register at https://aoc2028.us!
Everything labeled "Labor" in this thread is a reflection of the SDA and what should have been the DSA: https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/1935463475267948943.
The only way AOC succeeds is by proving that those organizing inside the Democratic Party are more powerful than those organizing outside. The ultra-left has adopted toxic behavior — as documented in Ryan Grim’s book The Squad, particularly in Chapter 14 titled “Marcusean Meltdown”:
It is not disagreement; it is not conflict; it is not opposition. These are perfectly ordinary phenomena that, when engaged in mutually, honestly, and not excessively, are necessary to keep an organism or organization healthy and active. Trashing is a particularly vicious form of character assassination, one that amounts to psychological rape. It is manipulative, dishonest, and excessive. It is occasionally disguised by the rhetoric of honest conflict, or covered up by denying that any disapproval exists. But it is not used to expose disagreements or resolve differences. It is used to disparage and destroy.
The same dynamic is found in Europe with the Melenchonists, as documented in La Meute ("The Pack"): destroy anything that touches the Democratic Party.
Not much has happened this week in the Draft AOC space — aside from AOC announcing her list of preferred mayoral candidates. I could analyze her choices in detail, but the pattern is clear: these are the picks of a socialist novice.
AOC’s choices for NYC mayor are telling.
According to this NYT article, she placed Brad Lander third — someone with policies often further left than Adrienne Adams, who, whether as councilwoman or speaker, has been a liberal at best.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/nyregion/aoc-endorse-mamdani-mayor.html
Let’s be honest: most NYC politicians are political weather vanes. Nothing illustrates that more than Jessica Ramos going from “Never Cuomo” to endorsing Cuomo — clearly angling for a role in a future Cuomo administration.
Everyone speaks of left unity — yet everyone demands unity around themselves. That includes us at SDA. The difference is: the SDA model has existed for 146 years.
We have governed — and are currently governing — in Spain, Australia, England, Romania, and we are part of the coalition in Germany.
We are ready to govern the United States. As Paperboy Love Prince explains, the only thing we lack is money. But we are part of an international movement.
Here’s a revealing moment:
The leader of the Kings County Democratic Party refused to take a photo with Paperboy on January 20, 2020 — but had no issue posing with Palestine-denier Councilman Kalman Yeger.
This same Haitian-American elected official refuses to use her power to meet with Haitian political leaders — including the leader of Haiti's Social Democrats, Senator Edmonde Supplice Beauzile.
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In France, the 81st Socialist Party Congress ended with some ambiguity, but it closed with comrades singing The Internationale.
My dream is that one day we sing it at the Democratic National Convention — when AOC accepts the nomination. But to get there, we need to recruit activists across the USA.
I recently met with comrades from Germany’s SPD, Greece’s PASOK, Switzerland’s Socialist Party, and others. We are all French, yes — but also members of our respective countries' parties.
Democrats Abroad also organized the global No Kings protest.The world is waiting for us.
The world is waiting for us. But it can’t act on our behalf — we must act.
Meanwhile, the U.S. initially denied a visa to Pouria Amirshahi — an elected Member of Parliament for the Paris district and member of the French Green Party. Only after pressure from many did the Trump administration reverse course.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/world/europe/france-lawmaker-denied-visa-us-trump-amirshahi.html
Amirshahi was elected in 2012 for the French Socialist Party and later joined the Greens. We plan to organize one or more meetings with him in the context of La Digue — and we’ll invite Americans from across the spectrum, from MAGA to anarchists, so they can understand our philosophy and see that not all MAGA supporters are fascists. Some simply want what AOC embodied when she first won.
As of now, Team AOC has not responded to any of our invitations. These meetings will not be about platforming one sectarian group, but about revealing each group’s authenticity. Participation will be selective. If you wish to be considered, please email me:theo@draftaoc.us.
If you’re not interested, don’t come. I’ve met just about everyone in NYC — no need for explanations.
This week, DNC Vice Chair Ken Martin publicly lamented the party’s cash shortage and drying mega-donor support — and that’s a good thing. The party must return to relying on activist effort, not consultant bloat.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/us/politics/dnc-ken-martin.html
Team AOC’s inner circle has created a violent and toxic bubble around her. They dismiss us as clowns — but remember, clowning is serious business.
So again:
Get your friends and comrades to register at https://aoc2028.us.
— Theo Chino
Social Democrats of America