Vote Blue unapologetically!!! And urge others to do the same! Will be canvassing this weekend.

No matter what happens on election day, the further building of the anti-MAGA, anti-Republican Party coalition – including the Democratic Party – outward and downward will remain a strategic political objective of the first order. It is only on this ground – and no other ground – that a decisive victory over the MAGA bloc comes within our grasp and a durable, muscular, and non-sectarian left makes its appearence.

How else but through the vector of sustantive and robust democracy in the workplace and far beyond can working people and their allies leave their stamp on socialist society? Or, to frame it differently, how can a society evolve into a socialist direction in more than name without a many sided, real, and vibrant democracy – not simply formal and declarative – in which the formerly left out and underrepresented exercise an overarching influence in every area of life?

People lament the political polarization in our country. Fair enough, but the only way to end it is by crushing the Republican Party – the party of polarization – at the ballot box. Analyses that blame both parties for the present polarization in our politics are misguided and sow confusion. They construct a false equivalency between the two parities where there is none.

The slogan, “Strengthen the Left and Defeat Trump and the Right” may sound right, but it’s strategically one sided and thus problematic. At the core of any strategic approach of the left (and progressives and other democratic actors for that matter) should be the following: To join with, unite, and assist in the mobilization and strengthening of the diverse currents that make up the broad democratic, anti-Trump, anti-MAGA coalition, including the Democratic Party. The failure to mention, let alone shine a light on this overarching task in the slogan above, doesn’t surprise me, even at this crucial moment. Old habits and modes of thinking are stubborn things.

Nevertheless, that is the principal task of this moment and going forward. And no matter what happens on election day, the further building of the anti-MAGA, anti-Republican Party coalition outward and downward will remain a strategic political objective of the first order. It is only on this ground – and no other ground – that a decisive victory over the MAGA bloc comes within our grasp and a durable, muscular, and non-sectarian left stands a chance of emerging.