A second Trump presidency will be disastrous for all working, marginalized, and oppressed peoples. The right wing agenda laid out in Project 2025 and supported by Trump and his allies seeks to strip away human rights from millions of Americans by banning abortion, criminalizing gender affirming healthcare, and deporting millions of immigrants.
Trump has also made clear he will govern for the benefit of his fellow billionaires, such as Elon Musk, who seek to abolish the National Labor Relations Board, which protects the right to unionize and holds employers accountable for workplace abuse and exploitation. Trump’s win is a victory for racism, sexism, transphobia, nativism, and the ruling class which profits while the rest of the world burns.
The blame for Trump’s win lies squarely with the increasingly centrist Democrats. As vile as Trump and his movement are, they could not have achieved their goals without the complacency and accommodation of Democrats and other “opposition” figures. The far right attack on trans rights accelerated under the Biden administration, and both Biden and Harris campaigned on immigration policies that would restrict refugees, increase deportations, and militarize the border beyond anything done by the Trump administration.
The Democrats’ obsequience to corporate donors and ruling-class interests demobilized the multi-racial working-class base that has always led the fight against Trumpism. Similarly, the Democrats’ active choice to be complicit in Israel’s genocide of Palestine disillusioned many otherwise anti-Trump voters. By abandoning the working class in favor of millionaire donors, the Democratic Party lost an election that should have been a clear refutation of the dangerous and unpopular far-right.
Boston DSA will continue to work towards a party of and for the working class, one that is independent from the capitalist ruling class and establishment parties they control. As socialists, we know that no president – Democrat or Republican – is going to protect us or our communities. As democratic socialists, we know that workers deserve more – and it’s up to us to fight for it and win, no matter who’s in office.
That’s why Boston DSA has spent the last four years standing in solidarity with the entire working class – from Teamsters, to the UAW, to the BTU. It’s why we’ve helped flood the streets for Palestine, knocked on doors for socialist electeds, and helped tenants organize and fight back against landlords. We know electing Democrats or Republicans won’t get us trans rights, free abortion on demand, a Green New Deal, or Medicare for All – only mass movements of the working class, organized in our jobs, our streets, and our schools, can do that.
Despair is not a luxury we can afford.
If you’re ready to fight for a better world, join us.
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