This presentation was explicitly racialist, as the preacher spoke of breaking through the "iron curtains of white nationalism" and claimed the motivation for the attacks on immigrants was that "The false god of whiteness is threatened." There were no protests from the platform against this type of language, nor any attempt to assert the unity of white, black and other minority working people in a common struggle.
While the speakers in Washington and in other major cities covered up the role of the Obama administration and sought to turn the defense of immigrants into an electoral campaign for the Democrats, those attending the rallies were extremely receptive to a socialist alternative.
Supporters and members of the Socialist Equality Party intervened at many of the rallies around the country and found enormous support for the SEP's call to unite the working class against all the politicians of the capitalist class, whether Trump and the Republicans or the Democrats, who serve as the second line of attack against immigrants.
SEP supporters distributed thousands of copies of the statement addressed by the party to the rallies, under the headline, "Mobilize the working class against the bipartisan attack on immigrants!"
At some of the smaller rallies, where the platform was less strictly controlled by groups affiliated with the Democratic Party, SEP members were able to speak and declare the party's support for open borders, the freedom of all workers to live and work where they choose, and against the subordination of the working class to big-business politicians and parties.
In those cases there was a warm response to the policies advocated by the SEP and clear indications that working people are increasingly interested in a socialist perspective and eager to discuss it.
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
1
1
1
