"Elections are a means of checking the worst excesses of the politicians. Just like the right to freedom of speech or free assembly, elections are a vital part of democratic rule by the capitalist class vs. rule by outright dictatorship (Bonapartism). Trump’s attack on elections goes hand in hand with mass deportations, war, unchecked war crimes, increased racism and attacks on the rights of women and LGBTQ people, and personal corruption at an unprecedented level. It’s a major step in the direction of one person dictatorship – Bonapartism, in other words. In Trump’s case, his rule is also linked with outright fascists. Anybody who thinks elections in the form they have traditionally been held doesn’t matter should take a look at Hungary under Orban, or Russia under Putin, or any of the Gulf states.
"That is why we should be concerned that the Trump administration is moving ahead with its plan to steal the upcoming elections. They are doing so by planning to sabotage mail-in voting. Here is what is happening: "The Trump-controlled United States Postal Service (USPS) initiated a program through which it would check the voter registration status of everybody who is set to receive a mail-in ballot...." Democrats rely on SCOTUS, which has become little but another wing of the Trump administration. Union leaders are silent as usual. DSA, which is the only socialist group that matters, doesn't even discuss this crisis. https://oaklandsocialist.com/2026/09/02/looming-election-crisis-edges-closer/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#43261): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/43261 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/121053097/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
