Socialist Roundtable: From the Polls to the Streets

Voters handed Donald Trump and the Republican Party a crushing defeat on Nov. 3. Democrats took both houses of Congress, flipping Senate seats in Kansas, Iowa, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. Across the board, tens of millions went to the polls to politically punish Trump, and they succeeded. But they were also dreaming of peace, justice and good jobs — a dream that the capitalist system will not deliver. With the Democratic Party claiming victory, workers are left to wonder how we can win the promises made and the rights we deserve. Enter the PSL candidates, who ran across the country, from the Bronx, to Massachusetts, to Ohio, and South San Francisco, who made significant inroads in the working-class with mass grassroots campaigns to transform people's consciousness. Greg Levy, Joe Tache, and Andre Easton are clear: while we have a tough road ahead, the gap between what the majority wants and what this system will allow is exactly where the socialist movement can grow. Election Day was never the finish line– we need to take the fight from the polls to the streets! Join us in building a working class movement that spans beyond the ballot box: pslweb.org/action