Victories for the Left (Not Just Zohran)
And please search for the email with the following subject line for instructions on how we are going to beat the oligarchs without money: "[AOC 2028] Daily check for the Xth email for"
Dear Friends,
I will not discuss Zohran’s victory here, as it has already been widely covered. Instead, I want to highlight a smaller victory that no one will mention elsewhere.
A Communist Victory
Ithaca has just elected its first Communist Councilwoman, Hannah Shvets. She won with 243 votes (64%) against 134 (34%), showing the importance of running seriously in every race.
She will most likely be in opposition and will have to fight to have her ideas heard — but it can be done. I remember in 2005, when I served on my Community Board, as a Socialist, I had to fight twice as hard to get ideas accepted. It’s possible to achieve progress without selling out.
The Daily Email
RThe Draft AOC 2028 campaign is about recruiting 9,000 leaders across the United States. The Rep My Block tool helps these leaders organize a winning United Left Front for 2028.
Draft AOC 2028’s goal is to identify local leaders who will lead small teams to victory by responding to daily emails about where to meet once a month in each county — from now until November 2027.
Being part of Draft AOC 2028 doesn’t require much, just the willingness to work together toward a shared goal.
How It Works
I’ve started sending a personalized daily email where each recipient clicks one of four buttons to indicate where the message landed: “Spam,” “Inbox,” “Security Warning,” or “Other.”
We also ask each participant to write a short, original message that will be randomly shared with others on the list. It’s a personal way to mobilize many volunteers and create a hierarchical network of organizers capable of going head-to-head against corporate money.
The process may seem convoluted, but it’s the only way to communicate for $5 a month.
I’ve built a system proving that winning elections doesn’t require money — only real social networking, face-to-face conversations, and knocking on neighbors’ doors. It’s not about Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok; it’s about building genuine human connections.
Every leftist group — DSA, CPUSA, Greens, Socialists, and Anarchists — organizes locally in its own way. Each day at 9 a.m. Eastern Time (and eventually at 9 a.m. in each local time zone), you’ll receive an email asking where it landed.
From time to time, there will also be specific instructions for actions to take in your county or municipality.
In solidarity,
Theo