What's so sad is many US "democratic socialists," who (rightfully) talk so much about Medicare for All, fell for the propaganda demonizing Nicaragua. Ortega (and Maduro) is the only global leader I've seen use the pandemic as an opportunity to call for more socialized healthcarehttps://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1250593035966128130 …
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Nicaragua's actually existing Democratic Socialist president, Daniel Ortega, just gave a 30-minute speech condemning war and capitalism, calling for putting the money wasted on bombs into universal healthcare instead I'm sorry, but Bernie never came closehttps://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1250582749582438407 …
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Ben NortonVerified account @BenjaminNortonPresident Daniel Ortega emphasized that the US is the most powerful military and economic power in history, but it can't even meet the basic health needs of its own citizens during this pandemic He stressed that Black Americans are suffering disproportionately, because of racismShow this thread15 replies 64 retweets 201 likesShow this thread -
Even worse, DSA and Jacobin helped fuel the US-backed rightwing coup attempt against Nicaragua's actually existing Democratic Socialist govt They demonize an elected president who gives free healthcare to poor people and wants other countries to do it toohttps://thegrayzone.com/2019/07/06/dsa-jacobin-iso-socialism-conference-us-funded-regime-change/ …
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It's their signature.
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