u/Sad_Suggestion78

We are living in cronyism and oligarchic capitalism, governed by the billionaire class. We need to turn off their news, their media, and take a break from their technology.

The principles of May Day is no school, no work, and no shopping. We were raised with big corporations, big media, big oil, and big tech, to be consumers. If the billionaires in our government don't care or think about American's financial situations, that is cronyism.

Power-hungry for more wealth and control, everyone knows that. This is proof that they have intentionally created the affordability crisis, and can care less about affordability.

How can we digital detox from their technology that controls what we see? Donating to unions such as Amazon and Starbucks is important these days.

And uninstalling their apps, even trillion dollar companies like Meta or Wal-Mart will push the worker-led movement. And data centers, and business conservatives trying to profit off the natural environment is another form of wealth, and greed that is power-hungry.

Support your local business, stores and restaurants, not the big corporations that raised us. PLEASE support the mom-and-pop shops in your local area. Donate to labor unions and PACs that help those unions. Not trying to scare people, but these kind of things are a major concern. The billionaires and moguls need to lower the damn prices, people are struggling out there. They're obviously putting their wealth and belongings first. Utter shame dude.

No one should be a billionaire, how did we went from kings and queens to Congress to presidents to billionaires. Not the banking families from old world Europe. Who've been controlling money and wars for centuries like the Rothschild, while fabricating history. How many billionaires are connected to the president? They built a government of big oil, of big tech, big media, big food, etc. Billionaires dealing with BlackRock and big tech companies, and surveilling us with Oracle and Palantir, and what Snowden, Mark Klein, and Vault 7 had revealed. The billionaires are treating the White House like a resort, which I think is kind of disrespectful. Trump's first term, in February of 2017, Larry Fink, BlackRock CEO, met with Trump and the Walmart CEO. In July 2025, Zuckerberg was reportedly asked to leave an Oval Office meeting. And in September is when the tech industry leaders gathered around at the newly renovated rose garden for the AI Action Plan. And we know about cronies and moguls like Gates, Peter Thiel, Rupert Murdoch, Steve Bannon, Howard Lutnick, David Rubenstein, Larry Ellison, Fink, etc., who are closely associated with Trump. My theory, either that Trump and the higher execs lets the billionaires roam free in the White House and other meeting areas. Or that could be the other way around. And then the ballroom, council of foreign relations, Soros, the board of peace, bilderberg group, BlackRock summits, and the David Rubenstein show, and Davos; possibly are some meetings all for those billionaires and profiteers who are worth over 10 billion. Are the billionaires taking advantage of everything we own and use, while using the White House as a resort and hotel? Because they already did.

There are many working groups, committees and campaigns within DSA. International solidarity working group, democracy working group, agitation propaganda and safety marshal de-escalation training are important.

Canvassing, flyering, and phonebanking are also important. Discussing the general strike at labor branch meetings and what that actually is helps the worker-led movement.

I've joined the membership orientation, the general chapter meeting, and many, countless of committees, electoral, and working group meetings since September of last year. Working groups such as international solidarity working group and democracy working group, along with many others to name.

Around October and November, we first read and review the chapter's re-establishment of the logistics planning and organizing committee. After canvassing and flyering for the DSA and to tax corporations, I went to the Starbucks Workers United fundraiser. And around that time, I've done flyering for the Starbucks union.

I've also went to the Red Rabbits, a rapid response meeting about safety de-escalation training, on front/lead center and back marshalling. And the Red Rabbits InfoSec team exists, which is necessary.

During that time I also was phonebanking on my phone to ask people to join the DSA, many comrades did so already. And during the labor branch meetings, we discussed the general strike and the history on that.

After that on December 10 and December 30/31 I went on the picket line for SEIU and Workers United, several picket lines at different Starbucks, it was bitter cold. It was bitter cold in December 10, going picket to picket. At that Starbucks protest I met Kat Abughazaleh, a progressive who ran for congress. Me and others helped her campaign later on around March.

On February 15, DSA endorsed candidate Byron Sigchio-Lopez gave a speech to Socialists Alternative and other class-conscious people. The extended rapid response network of anti-ice activists were present at that meeting.

Now, I've collected many written papers from the DSA meetings I've been to,and it's all in a folder. These papers are stacked with about 10-20 documents of DSA lore. Because of all the DSA meetings I participated in, I'm securing those documents for myself.

Although I would love to share my DSA papers with others, especially at the chapter's office where we always meet up and nearby.

I wish every chapter good luck for the May Day and workers over billionaires movement, and the Labor Solidarity Strike Fund. The labor branch meetings always appoint new solidarity captains.

For the worker led movement of one big movement for all and workers over billionaires, happy May Day to all workers. As workers we work for money because of capitalism. Joining the DSA taught me to be a canvasser, a political and labor activist, and at the picket line. Information security and safety marshal de-escalation training are important for protests. So are canvassing, flyering and phonebanking, which I've did with many comrades. That is why there is the logistics, planning and organizing committee. This will be a fulfilling movement led by workers. Happy May Day to you all. We continue to work for money, especially under big corporations and crony capitalism. No one should be a billionaire, no one should own us. Good thing there are fundraisers for unions and the DSA. Every chapter must have a labor branch to discuss striking workers.