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'''Jeffrey Mackler''' is an American activist from [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. Mackler is the national secretary of [[Socialist Action (United States)|Socialist Action]], a [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] political party.<ref name="Delgado">{{cite news|url=http://leftvoice.org/The-Class-Line-in-Elections-Is-the-Principled-Issue|title=The Class Line in Elections Is the Principled Issue|last=Delgado|first=Moisés|work=LeftVoice.org|accessdate=27 March 2017}}</ref> He was the nominee of Socialist Action for [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] from [[California]] in [[2006 United States Senate election in California|2006]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://socialistaction.org/2006/09/24/news-from-the-jeff-mackler-for-u-s-senate-campaign/|title=News From the Jeff Mackler for U.S. Senate Campaign|website=SocialistAction.org|last1=Grant|first1=Amy|date=September 24, 2006|accessdate=January 16, 2020}}</ref> and [[President of the United States]] in [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nowtoronto.com/events/rally-for-the-socialist-candidate-for-us-president/|title=Rally For The Socialist Candidate For United States President, Jeff Mackler|website=[[Now (newspaper)|Now Toronto]]|date=October 21, 2019|accessdate=January 16, 2020}}</ref> His candidacy was endorsed by the [[Freedom Socialist Party]].<ref name="Cornish">{{cite news|url=http://www.socialism.com/drupal-6.8/articles/america-first-revival-fascist-ideology|title=America First: Revival of a fascist ideology|last=Cornish|first=Megan|date=October 2016|publisher=socialism.com|accessdate=27 March 2017}}</ref> In both cases, Mackler was a write-in candidate.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://socialistaction.org/2016/06/26/interview-with-socialist-presidential-candidate-jeff-mackler/|title=Interview with Socialist Action's presidential candidate, Jeff Mackler|website=SocialistAction.org|last=Baker|first=Nick|date=June 26, 2016|accessdate=27 March 2017}}</ref> In 2019, Jeff Mackler was declared the presidential nominee for Socialist Action in the [[2020_United_States_presidential_election|2020 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://socialistaction.org/2019/05/11/socialist-action-launches-2020-presidential-campaign/|title=Socialist Action launches 2020 presidential campaign|website=SocialistAction.org|last=Baker|first=Nick|date=May 11, 2019|accessdate=20 May 2019}}</ref>
'''Jeffrey Mackler''' is an American activist from [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. Mackler is the national secretary of [[Socialist Action (United States)|Socialist Action]], a [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] political party.<ref name="Delgado">{{cite news|url=http://leftvoice.org/The-Class-Line-in-Elections-Is-the-Principled-Issue|title=The Class Line in Elections Is the Principled Issue|last=Delgado|first=Moisés|work=LeftVoice.org|access-date=27 March 2017}}</ref> He was the nominee of Socialist Action for [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] from [[California]] in [[2006 United States Senate election in California|2006]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://socialistaction.org/2006/09/24/news-from-the-jeff-mackler-for-u-s-senate-campaign/|title=News From the Jeff Mackler for U.S. Senate Campaign|website=SocialistAction.org|last1=Grant|first1=Amy|date=September 24, 2006|access-date=January 16, 2020}}</ref> and [[President of the United States]] in [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nowtoronto.com/events/rally-for-the-socialist-candidate-for-us-president/|title=Rally For The Socialist Candidate For United States President, Jeff Mackler|website=[[Now (newspaper)|Now Toronto]]|date=October 21, 2019|access-date=January 16, 2020}}</ref> His candidacy was endorsed by the [[Freedom Socialist Party]].<ref name="Cornish">{{cite news|url=http://www.socialism.com/drupal-6.8/articles/america-first-revival-fascist-ideology|title=America First: Revival of a fascist ideology|last=Cornish|first=Megan|date=October 2016|publisher=socialism.com|access-date=27 March 2017}}</ref> In both cases, Mackler was a write-in candidate.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://socialistaction.org/2016/06/26/interview-with-socialist-presidential-candidate-jeff-mackler/|title=Interview with Socialist Action's presidential candidate, Jeff Mackler|website=SocialistAction.org|last=Baker|first=Nick|date=June 26, 2016|access-date=27 March 2017}}</ref> In 2019, Jeff Mackler was declared the presidential nominee for Socialist Action in the [[2020_United_States_presidential_election|2020 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://socialistaction.org/2019/05/11/socialist-action-launches-2020-presidential-campaign/|title=Socialist Action launches 2020 presidential campaign|website=SocialistAction.org|last=Baker|first=Nick|date=May 11, 2019|access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref>


Mackler founded Northern California Climate Mobilization, is a longtime teacher and union activist with the [[American Federation of Teachers]] in [[Hayward, California]] and is director of the Mobilization to Free [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]].<ref name=Action2016/> He is an [[alum|alumnus]] of [[Antioch College]].
Mackler founded Northern California Climate Mobilization, is a longtime teacher and union activist with the [[American Federation of Teachers]] in [[Hayward, California]] and is director of the Mobilization to Free [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]].<ref name=Action2016/> He is an [[alum|alumnus]] of [[Antioch College]].
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===Environment===
===Environment===
Mackler supports a transition to power the United States with [[100% renewable energy]], and "guaranteed jobs at top union wages" for all people who would lose jobs as a part of a theoretical transition.<ref name=Action2016>{{cite web|url=https://socialistaction.org/2016/06/23/vote-socialist-action-in-2016-jeff-mackler-for-u-s-president/|title=Vote Socialist Action in 2016! Jeff Mackler for U.S. President!|date=June 23, 2016|website=SocialistAction.org|accessdate=27 March 2017}}</ref>
Mackler supports a transition to power the United States with [[100% renewable energy]], and "guaranteed jobs at top union wages" for all people who would lose jobs as a part of a theoretical transition.<ref name=Action2016>{{cite web|url=https://socialistaction.org/2016/06/23/vote-socialist-action-in-2016-jeff-mackler-for-u-s-president/|title=Vote Socialist Action in 2016! Jeff Mackler for U.S. President!|date=June 23, 2016|website=SocialistAction.org|access-date=27 March 2017}}</ref>


===Military===
===Military===
Mackler is in favor of a total elimination of the United States military.<ref name=MacklerAtlantic>{{cite web|date=August 29, 2019|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/real-socialists-left-bernie/596890/|title=The Real Socialists to the Left of Bernie Sanders|website=[[The Atlantic]]|last1=Lowrey|first1=Annie|accessdate=November 9, 2019}}</ref>
Mackler is in favor of a total elimination of the United States military.<ref name=MacklerAtlantic>{{cite web|date=August 29, 2019|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/real-socialists-left-bernie/596890/|title=The Real Socialists to the Left of Bernie Sanders|website=[[The Atlantic]]|last1=Lowrey|first1=Annie|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref>


===Health Care and Education===
===Health Care and Education===
Mackler has expressed support for the American government to provide free public health care and education, including the abolition of private insurance. He has expressed a belief that [[Medicare for all]] in his view does not go far enough.<ref name=Interview>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43k4p9/who-is-to-bernies-socialist-left|title=A Long, Weird Convo with the Hardline Trotskyist Running a 2020 Campaign That Makes Bernie Look Centrist|website=[[Vice Media|Vice]]|last1=Strachan|first1=Maxwell|date=September 27, 2019|accessdate=January 16, 2020}}</ref>
Mackler has expressed support for the American government to provide free public health care and education, including the abolition of private insurance. He has expressed a belief that [[Medicare for all]] in his view does not go far enough.<ref name=Interview>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43k4p9/who-is-to-bernies-socialist-left|title=A Long, Weird Convo with the Hardline Trotskyist Running a 2020 Campaign That Makes Bernie Look Centrist|website=[[Vice Media|Vice]]|last1=Strachan|first1=Maxwell|date=September 27, 2019|access-date=January 16, 2020}}</ref>


===Immigration===
===Immigration===

Revision as of 09:52, 12 January 2021

Jeff Mackler
NationalityUnited States
OccupationWriter
Known forNational secretary of Socialist Action

Jeffrey Mackler is an American activist from San Francisco, California. Mackler is the national secretary of Socialist Action, a Trotskyist political party.[1] He was the nominee of Socialist Action for U.S. Senate from California in 2006,[2] and President of the United States in 2016.[3] His candidacy was endorsed by the Freedom Socialist Party.[4] In both cases, Mackler was a write-in candidate.[5] In 2019, Jeff Mackler was declared the presidential nominee for Socialist Action in the 2020 presidential election.[6]

Mackler founded Northern California Climate Mobilization, is a longtime teacher and union activist with the American Federation of Teachers in Hayward, California and is director of the Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal.[7] He is an alumnus of Antioch College.

Political positions

Economy

Mackler supports the abolition of capitalism and has at various times supported a 100% tax rate on all incomes above either $150,000 or $200,000.[8][9] He supports temporary rise to a $15 minimum wage and a massively expanded role for unions.[citation needed]

Environment

Mackler supports a transition to power the United States with 100% renewable energy, and "guaranteed jobs at top union wages" for all people who would lose jobs as a part of a theoretical transition.[7]

Military

Mackler is in favor of a total elimination of the United States military.[9]

Health Care and Education

Mackler has expressed support for the American government to provide free public health care and education, including the abolition of private insurance. He has expressed a belief that Medicare for all in his view does not go far enough.[8]

Immigration

Mackler supports abolition of borders and "amnesty, legalisation and equal rights for all immigrants".[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Delgado, Moisés. "The Class Line in Elections Is the Principled Issue". LeftVoice.org. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  2. ^ Grant, Amy (September 24, 2006). "News From the Jeff Mackler for U.S. Senate Campaign". SocialistAction.org. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Rally For The Socialist Candidate For United States President, Jeff Mackler". Now Toronto. October 21, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  4. ^ Cornish, Megan (October 2016). "America First: Revival of a fascist ideology". socialism.com. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  5. ^ Baker, Nick (June 26, 2016). "Interview with Socialist Action's presidential candidate, Jeff Mackler". SocialistAction.org. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  6. ^ Baker, Nick (May 11, 2019). "Socialist Action launches 2020 presidential campaign". SocialistAction.org. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Vote Socialist Action in 2016! Jeff Mackler for U.S. President!". SocialistAction.org. June 23, 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  8. ^ a b Strachan, Maxwell (September 27, 2019). "A Long, Weird Convo with the Hardline Trotskyist Running a 2020 Campaign That Makes Bernie Look Centrist". Vice. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Lowrey, Annie (August 29, 2019). "The Real Socialists to the Left of Bernie Sanders". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 9, 2019.

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