The Democratic Party has once again proven unable to do what is necessary to protect the nation from descending further into fascism. They have shown that they are unwavering in their support for genocide and all manner of humanitarian crimes against Palestinians. They have shown that they are more than willing to race the Republican Party to the right on immigration and social issues. They have shown that they are entirely unwilling to give up their unpopular neoliberal policy which continues to deteriorate the material conditions for working people in America. They will blame their loss on the Left and on the working class that they claim to represent, as they always do, despite their loss being entirely of their own doing. The Democratic Party no more represents the interests of the working class than does the Republican Party. Both represent the interests of Capital and when given the chance, American Liberalism, like Liberal ideologies before it, will choose fascism over freedom and democracy.
As it stands now, the working class is staring down the quad barrels of a second Trump presidency, a Republican House and Senate, and a Conservative majority Supreme Court. Everything necessary to carry out Agenda 47, Project 2025, and more in the next four years and beyond. The rights and safety of women, trans people, immigrants, people of color, indigenous people, and all those who organize on the left are in very real and imminent danger. The gutting of reproductive rights, massive and bloody programs of deportation, widespread repression of trans people, and the purging of political dissidents loom large just over the horizon. We cannot mince words, in a few months fascism will be in full swing on American soil.
However tempting it may be we must not despair, the past cannot be changed but the future is not yet set. Political action cannot and must not stop at the ballot box. Now is the time to organize. Now is the time to organize mutual aid, and direct action, and agitate the working class to act for our collective liberation. Now is the time to join together with your fellow workers and get ready to fight like hell for our common future and for the future of the planet. We have nothing to lose but our chains and we have a world to gain!
Keweenaw Socialists Administrative Council