Friend,
Yesterday, an organized and violent
right-wing mob forcefully entered and occupied the Capitol Building in
Washington D.C. as Congress prepared to certify the 2020 presidential
election results. These Trump supporters, emboldened by Republican
Party members, proudly carried symbols of white supremacy, bigotry,
and nationalism. Their violence resulted in four deaths.
East Bay DSA condemns these events and demands that no
quarter be given for fascist and white supremacist political
organizations in the U.S. or abroad. These attacks represent a basic affront to democracy, and we
condemn Trump and the Republican Party, who have spent months
attempting to delegitimize the election while stoking white
supremacist violence and organization.
We also applaud DSA member and
Representative Cori Bush’s (MO-01) Resolution Condemning Republican Efforts to
Overturn Election, which
calls for Congress to formally condemn all attempts to disenfranchise
Black, Brown, and Indigenous voters in the 2020 elections. It also
calls upon the House Committee on Ethics to investigate members of
Congress who sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election, with
the possibility of sanction and removal from office. Far-right, white
supremacists and those who embolden them should have no place in power
— we have to force them out.
See
East Bay DSA’s full statement on yesterday’s right-wing violence and
Representative Bush’s resolution here.
East Bay DSA also calls upon our
local Representatives Mike Thompson (CA-05), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11),
Barbara Lee (CA-13), Eric Swalwell (CA-15), and Ro Khanna (CA-17) to
co-sponsor Representative Bush’s resolution and stand against these
attacks on democracy. We encourage our members and
supporters to contact their Representatives to urge them to join
Representative Bush in this effort.
Our main hope in the face of
injustice and violence is organization. To that end, we invite all
members and supporters to join our General Meeting this Sunday and our next Direct Action Working Group training on
January 16th-17th. Our
power lies in numbers, and in building a mass movement able and
willing to organize and fight for the lives, dignity and safety of the
many—especially the most marginalized—over the profits of a
few.
In solidarity,
The East Bay DSA Steering
Committee
