As Trump looks set to be defeated and we get ready to breathe a sigh of relief, the fight continues. While Trump’s defeat will be a win for socialists and the working class, Biden as president will not be. Biden’s pro-corporate, pro-war, neoliberal agenda will favor billionaire profits over the health, safety, and well-being of the multi-racial working class and the planet, and we must be prepared to fight back at every turn. Our work to protect every person continues, as we fight to defund the police, abolish the electoral college, and fight for Medicare for All and a Green New Deal.
Tomorrow, we march and rally to show that the fight continues and that Black Lives Matter. We stand together as a coalition of organizations including Seattle DSA, 350 Seattle, Working Washington, Indivisible Seattle, MLK Labor Council, CAIR Washington, SEIU 775, Engage, Morning March, EDM, Black Action Coalition, and Socialist Alternative. Our own DSA member Zubin will be speaking about holding our elected officials accountable, Defund SPD, and direct action. Join us!
Saturday, November 7th at 12PM
Westlake Center
Find out more here
Trump continues to spread misinformation about the election results and stoke racist backlash among his right-wing, vigilante base. We’re coming together this Saturday to demand that every vote is counted, to demand that Trump leave office if he loses, and to continue the fight against racist voter suppression everywhere.
Despite the Democratic establishment’s insistence that it was “socialism” and progressive policies that led to a tight presidential race and losses for the House, the Senate, and State Legislatures, we know that a socialist platform wins. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib all won re-election, and Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman won their elections to join the squad in the US House of Representatives. An amendment in Florida to raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour passed handily—in a state that went to Trump. DSA-backed ballot initiatives across the country won, including a ballot initiative in Portland, OR for free, universal preschool paid for by taxing the rich.
Join us on Tuesday, November 10th from 7 - 9PM to discuss the election results and what’s next for the socialist movement.
If he wins, Biden will want us to go back to “normal". Biden’s “normal” means growing inequality, tax breaks for the wealthy, US imperialism, police violence against BIPOC communities. We refuse. Instead, we’re building movements in the streets, in our workplaces, and in our communities. We’re building the socialist movement to fight for what we need: defunding the police, free childcare, Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and ultimately a socialist transformation of society.
Join DSA and help build a socialist future with us.
In solidarity,
Seattle DSA
