Solidarity with all our friends and comrades in the US, and to everyone else who will feel the consequences of the US election. There were, as is usual, no good outcomes to be expected, but still, arguably, the worse option prevailed. The choice was between an enthusiastically genocidal and neoliberal status-quo cop, and a fascist-populist self-centered billionaire.
The latter winning will mean more strain on and repression against marginalized groups and communities, such as migrants, LGBTQIA+ folks, women, black folks and POC, refugees, as well as repression against those anti-fascists and working class people on the ground that already organize to actually change things in their communities or at work.
We all have to take care of each other going forward, and take comfort in the fact that elections were never going to emancipate us from this hellhole capitalist society anyway. It is up to us, and each and every one of us can contribute to that effort in some capacity. In doing so, in any way, we are already making a greater difference for ourselves and those around us than any vote ever could. And where there's enough of us, we can push the powers that be, and start forcing them into concessions.
To those out there, already fighting: We love you, keep creating that better world in the shell of the old. For those not currently organized: Don't let feelings of hopelessness overtake you, channel sadness, frustration and anger in organizing with people around you. There are countless ways to make a difference, from workplace and community organizing, to anti-fascism, international solidarity work, environmental activism, collective self-education, collective self-care and all the way to revolutionary working class organizations that theorize our present situation and develop ideas for how we can fight better.
There are many ways in which the future can unfold. There are countless battles yet to fight. There are no guarantees, and there's bound to be further setbacks. But there are always new potential beginnings, chances at a first step towards creating something else. Something that no parties or regimes, no states or capitalists can give us - because that thing is a world without them, a world for us. Let's take that step together. Here, now, everywhere, all the time.
