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The Abandon Harris movement that sprouted late last year out of the widespread outrage over the Biden-Harris administration’s support for the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza has officially endorsed the Green Party’s Jill Stein for US president.

The endorsement is the first of its kind for Stein and the Green Party, with the Abandon Harris campaign being the first major Muslim-led political group to endorse her campaign this election cycle. Last month, a smaller group, the Muslim American Public Affairs Council NC, also endorsed Stein.

“We are not choosing between a greater evil and a lesser evil. We are confronting two destructive forces: one currently overseeing a genocide and another equally committed to continuing it. Both are determined to see it through,” the Abandon Harris campaign said in a statement released on Monday.

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[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 8 points 3 weeks ago

Voting for Stein in a FPTP voting system doesn't solve the problem that's been turned into a one issue campaign slogan. Even if she was the perfect candidate. The only realistic option is to try and change the stance of one of the two that can win the election, and out of those two choices, suddenly who to vote for is obvious. If it wasn't already.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

The only realistic option (IMO) is to push for state level electoral reform in your respective state. I admit it's probably to late to get such changes through before the current election without a general strike.

What are your plans to influence the democratic party?

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

Vote first of course. Repeatedly remind my various reps that RCV is important for the future and to support current bills or get new ones started. Election reform during off years is probably more important since that's when no one is thinking about it and yet it's when changing it will affect the next term.

Wish me luck, my state is NC. Just getting enough democrat reps is difficult enough.

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