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What Next?
Harry Targ
From my point of view
we need to begin to discuss a
fundamental question: “What Next?” “what next” if either presidential ticket wins, both short term
(such as defending the outcome) and longer term.
1.If
the Harris/Walz ticket wins, (and down-ballot races for Congress and
Statehouses), we will need to figure out ways to defend that victory from those
who will claim the election was “stolen.”
2.If
the Harris/Walz ticket wins we will need to immediately expand our movements
for peace and justice. I would prioritize demanding a ceasefire in the Middle
East, an end to arms transfers to Israel, demanding negotiations, perhaps
through the UN, to end the war in Ukraine, and ending arms transfers to
Ukraine. For the long run, we need to demand nuclear disarmament, an end to the
New Cold War, and working with rather than against the rising of the Global
South.
3.If
the Harris/Walz ticket wins we need to demand immediate reestablishment
legislatively and/or judicially the reinstitution of Roe V. Wade, immediate and
serious work on the environmental crisis, healthcare for all, and legislation to institutionalize a living wage.
4.If
the Trump/Vance ticket wins (including
down ballot races) we need to bury our differences on the left and rebuild the
Progressive Majority, a majority that we know exists on most issues of public
policy.
5.We
need to build our organizations to defend democracy, in our communities and at
the state and national levels including progressive gains won over several
decades.
IN GENERAL WE NEED TO REBUILD OUR LEFT: PEACE ACTIVISTS,
FEMINISTS, WORKERS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, AND ALL HUMANISTS WHO UNDERSTAND THAT. (HOWEVER
WEAK) US DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS ARE UNDER ATTACK AND THE VERY PEACE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION OF THE WORLD ARE UNDER ATTACK.
