Every step of real movement is more important than a dozen programmes. Karl Marx
The Old Moor isn’t always the best guide to current events but…
The success of Massachusetts’ ballot initiative amounts to a “real movement” forward. It took years of organizing (with failures along the way) to pass a constitutional amendment enabling the people of the commonwealth to enact a graduated income tax. That achievement isn’t more important than the Dems beating back election-deniers and putting Trumpists on their heels, but it’s a victory that might become a model for other states looking to tax the rich.
Listen below to a good crisp discussion of the organizing campaign driven by the labor movement that led Massachusetts to enact a millionaires tax that will create a 4% tax on annual income above $1 million, on top of the current 5% flat income tax.