Since the November 3rd election, Trump has made baseless claims about the integrity of the 2020 election, even taking litigation against four states, including Michigan for the TCF Center incident where right-wing agitators aggressively attempted to stop ballot counting. The day after the election, Detroit DSA joined with several organizations and hundreds of people at the Detroit Department of Elections to make sure every vote was counted long after election day. But the fight to ensure our democracy continues.

Recently, after voting to certify election results, Republicans on the Wayne County Election Board rescinded their votes claiming "they had been bullied." When in reality they were called out for their racism. At the certification meeting, State Representative Elect Abraham Aiyash said it best, "your actions today made it clear that you are okay with silencing the votes of an 80% African American city...what that tells us [is you] are deciding to enable and perpetuate the racist history of this country." 

This is just one of many attempts made by the Right to steal the election and dismantle American democracy. We MUST continue fighting for each and every vote to be counted accurately. We will also continue to fight to expand democratic rights to all.

While it may feel like a relief that Trump will be out of office come January, we still have work to do to win Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, or real racial justice under the Biden administration.

Establishment Democrats like Biden and Harris have a long history of destructive policies against Black and Brown communities, like Biden's 1994 Crime bill and Harris' record on police killings, prisons and sex work. While the media paints them as socialists, they are right of center at best. This means if we aren't collectively fighting for the rights of our comrades, we likely won't see this administration take up defunding the police or implementing single-payer healthcare, policies the American working class desperately need, especially here in Detroit.

Detroit DSA isn't going anywhere. We will continue to organize for power here in Metro Detroit and mobilize against capitalism. There's lots of actions and campaign work coming down the pipeline soon, so keep an eye out for future emails inviting you to join the fight!