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After the attempt to assassinate Donald Trump, amidst the GOP Convention and ongoing demonstrations of Biden’s perceived unfitness, Philip Locker and Ty Moore assess the political landscape. 1) The Trump assassination attempt has shifted the US to the right. 2) The supposed unity against political violence is hypocritical; the left should not participate in it. 3) To address Trump and the Democratic Party’s failures, we need to build mass movements and a mass working-class party.
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To read more on the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Trump, see A Strengthened Trump Must Be Fought with Working-Class Movements and Independent Politics
Philip Locker
Philip Locker, he/him, recently was co-chair of Seattle DSA and was a candidate for DSA’s NPC. He was the Political Director of Kshama Sawant’s 2013 and 2015 independent Seattle City Council campaigns and the spokesperson for 15 Now, which played a leading role in making Seattle the first major city to adopt a $15 minimum wage.
Ty Moore
Ty Moore is on the Steering Committee of Tacoma DSA, and is a leader in Tacoma’s housing justice movement. He has previously worked as a union organizer and was National Director for 15 Now, among other organizing projects. He now works for Seattle DSA.
