Friend,

For well over a year, the overwhelming majority of Americans have said they did not want Joe Biden to be the Democratic nominee for president.

As of today, he won’t be.

We could all see the writing on the wall, but today’s developments are nonetheless shocking.

The entire Democratic party infrastructure organized to conceal the truth about the president’s capacity to serve another four years. They aggressively rigged the primary to ensure he had no credible challengers – just as they fixed the game in 2020 and in 2016.

Now the Democrats are descending into ever greater dysfunction. Despite the president’s immediate endorsement of his running mate, Vice President Harris, to take his place on the ticket, multiple Democratic leaders are pulling levers and calling in favors to produce a contested convention in just a few weeks’ time.

This is an unprecedented political moment to reset and fundamentally re-order our entire political system.

We are calling on voters everywhere to rally behind the only pro-worker, anti-genocide, climate emergency campaign on the ballot for the majority of voters this November. This is our chance to truly challenge empire, end genocide, shut down Trump, and halt the rise of American fascism presided over by both corporate parties.

Speaking to this transformational moment and the yearning for deep change, I am proud to share that we have just received the endorsement of Workers Strike Back – the working class movement founded by the revolutionary Kshama Sawant – with a resounding 99% vote of support at their inaugural convention today.

Through their arrogance and their lust for power, Democratic leaders ignored the will of voters again and again. Because of their dysfunction and failure to lead, voters are now being told to choose between a ticket led by a racist demagogue – and a ticket with no candidate at all.

Increasingly, voters are choosing a different path – one centered on people, planet, and peace. We welcome all who join our movement today.

In solidarity and gratitude,

Jill