SEATTLE DSA STATEMENT ON THE NOV. 5 GENERAL ELECTION
Last night, Donald Trump was elected President of the United States for a second time. If you’re feeling angry, scared, or disillusioned with politics in the United States, you are not alone.
Dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party has never been clearer: the millions who voted against Trump in 2016 and 2020 did not show up after years of broken promises and half-measures, and the Republicans won the popular vote for the first time in 20 years.
Seattle DSA reaffirms our stance against Trump and the racism, white supremacy, misogyny, transphobia, ableism, islamophobia, Zionism, anti-semitism and capitalist interests he represents.
As socialists, we will always fight to oppose fascism regardless of the party that supports it.
For the last four years we’ve fought against the policies of a floundering Democratic party as it failed to defend bodily autonomy, armed and abetted a genocide, did nothing as the cost of living spiraled out of control, and left entire swaths of the country devastated by climate catastrophe.
At the same time, our efforts to build local power to fight back against the right wing have never been stronger.
Last night, in a landslide victory, we sent Shaun Scott to the Washington State legislature with over 67% of the vote by running on a socialist platform to tax the ultra rich, fund social housing, and prevent school closures.
To the north, our comrades in Everett won a historic raise in the minimum wage, a priority the Democratic Party has largely abandoned, and to the south, Portland DSA members elected both of their candidates for city council, running on our democratic socialist platform.
We are here for anyone who wants to fight for a better world post election; we have a lot of work to be done together. Seattle DSA is also fighting beyond electoral work. We are fighting to boycott Israeli apartheid, fund social housing by taxing massive corporations, organize our workplaces as we radicalize our unions, and we are planning what else we need to accomplish together in the coming years.
Join us to build a movement which can resist and beat Trump, and win real, material gains for workers in Washington and across the country. We aspire to be the instrument of our collective liberation, the hammer workers need and deserve to smash fascism and bring forth a new society founded on justice, dignity, and freedom.
Our Upcoming Events:
- Our post-election planning social this Saturday, 11 am at Cafe Red. We’ll talk about what we can do going forward to build power together in Seattle. https://actionnetwork.org/events/seattle-dsa-post-election-social/
- And for new or prospective members, join our new member orientation call on Zoom, this Sunday at 2 pm: https://actionnetwork.org/events/seattle-dsa-new-member-orientation
- You can see our full calendar of events on our website: seattledsa.org/calendar
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