Mid-Missouri DSA joins the rest of the Democratic Socialists of America in condemning President Trump’s immediate assault on immigrants, trans people, and workers through his recent slew of executive orders. These orders will not only make life worse for workers across the nation, but they also further highlight the undemocratic nature of our system of government investing such powerful authority in its executive and judiciary to carry out these attacks while obstructing and limiting the people’s representation in the legislature.
Furthermore, we condemn the recent Office of Management and Budget order freeing all federal funds. This illegal order has resulted in disruptions in numerous government programs such as Medicaid and WIC that tens of millions of working people rely on. This is a blatant assault on the working class that has threatened the lives and livelihoods of millions of people, leading to fear and confusion at a time when working people are already struggling to make ends meet.
As socialists, we are not surprised that right-wing Republicans are joining their pro-capitalist, anti-worker economic policies with hateful culture-war rhetoric, which always go hand-in-hand. Nor are we surprised that Democrats, equally committed to the status quo, have failed to put up any meaningful resistance to these efforts, with many falling directly in line. Despite these conditions, DSA will continue fighting for its program and loudly proclaiming that Workers Deserve More! While we prepare to defend each other, we will never stop demanding universal healthcare, a shorter work week, an end to the US war machine, a free Palestine, and an economy that works for all of us, not just a handful of billionaires.
It is our belief that only the organized power of the working class, whether at the ballot box or in our workplaces, can prevent Trump’s agenda from coming to pass. It is our mission to do everything we can over the next four years to build that power. To join us in resisting these attacks on working people and to build a socialist alternative to the two-party system, join DSA at https://dsausa.org.
In Solidarity,
Mid-Missouri DSA Steering Committee