Keweenaw Socialists Bulletin

Statement on the Results of the 2024 General Election

The Democratic Party has once again proven unable to do what is necessary to protect the nation from descending further into fascism. They have shown that they are unwavering in their support for genocide and all manner of humanitarian crimes against Palestinians. They have shown that they are more than willing to race the Republican Party to the right on immigration and social issues. They have shown that they are entirely unwilling to give up their unpopular neoliberal policy which continues to deteriorate the material conditions for working people in America. They will blame their loss on the Left and on the working class that they claim to represent, as they always do, despite their loss being entirely of their own doing. The Democratic Party no more represents the interests of the working class than does the Republican Party. Both represent the interests of Capital and when given the chance, American Liberalism, like Liberal ideologies before it, will choose fascism over freedom and democracy.

As it stands now, the working class is staring down the quad barrels of a second Trump presidency, a Republican House and Senate, and a Conservative majority Supreme Court. Everything necessary to carry out Agenda 47, Project 2025, and more in the next four years and beyond. The rights and safety of women, trans people, immigrants, people of color, indigenous people, and all those who organize on the left are in very real and imminent danger. The gutting of reproductive rights, massive and bloody programs of deportation, widespread repression of trans people, and the purging of political dissidents loom large just over the horizon. We cannot mince words, in a few months fascism will be in full swing on American soil.

However tempting it may be we must not despair, the past cannot be changed but the future is not yet set. Political action cannot and must not stop at the ballot box. Now is the time to organize. Now is the time to organize mutual aid, and direct action, and agitate the working class to act for our collective liberation. Now is the time to join together with your fellow workers and get ready to fight like hell for our common future and for the future of the planet. We have nothing to lose but our chains and we have a world to gain!

Statement on War with Iran

The Keweenaw Socialists strongly oppose any escalation on the part of the United States of the conflict in and around occupied Palestine. Direct or proxy war with Iran is absolutely unacceptable. We stand in solidarity with Palestinian resistance and all other forces which are struggling against the ongoing genocide of Palestinians.

We continue to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the cessation of all military aid to Israel, and the resumption of all humanitarian aid to Palestinians. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

Statement Retraction

The Keweenaw Socialists have chosen to retract a public statement we made on October 8, 2023. We stand by the sentiment of the statement, that Palestinian armed resistance is justified in the face of Israeli armed oppression. At the same time, we condemn Hamas’ targeting of civilians, just as we condemn Israel’s targeting of civilians on an even larger scale. Furthermore, we refuse to equivocate between the two; Palestinian and Israeli blood alike is on the hands of the state of Israel, the cruel result of its cruel occupation of Palestine. This statement was made before the full scope of either the Hamas offensive or the Israeli counteroffensive was public, and our goal in retracting it is merely to avoid misinterpretation of our position, given the quickly-changing facts on the ground. For our position on the conflict as it stands, please refer to our most recent statement, released October 17, 2023. We remain committed to the cause of Palestinian liberation, and opposed to the imperial forces which hold Palestinians hostage in their own land and abroad.

Palestine Solidarity Statement

The Keweenaw Socialists continue to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine. We mourn the thousands of Palestinian and Israeli lives lost in the last week’s violence, the tragic result of decades of Israeli occupation and apartheid. We unequivocally condemn Israel’s disproportionate, genocidal siege and bombing of Gaza, which has already killed thousands of civilians. We also condemn the US and other governments which have allowed Israel to pursue this mass murder unchecked, and call on them to immediately pursue a ceasefire. But while a ceasefire would mitigate the worst of the current crisis, true liberation is not possible except by dismantling the systems which oppress the Palestinian people. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!