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On Trump’s Birthday, Socialist Presidential Campaign Denounces Right-wing Racism, Islamophobia and Anti-LGBTQ Bigotry
Activists announce the kick-off of the Monica Moorehead for president and Lamont Lilly for vice president campaign by Workers World Party, a revolutionary socialist party, as part of nationally coordinated events on June 14-15.
June 14 is Donald Trump’s 70th birthday. Just days after the horrific Orlando anti-LGBTQ massacre, these activists will send a message to racist billionaire Trump.
Monica Moorehead, Workers World Party’s Presidential candidate said in a statement:
“Trump, who does not care about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and mostly Latino/a victims of the Orlando massacre, is already trying to use this terrible tragedy to whip up racism against Muslims. As the people’s movement embraces the LGBTQ community at this difficult time of mourning and healing, we will also strengthen our solidarity with our Arab, Asian, African, Latino/a and Muslim sisters and brothers. We will not allow either Trump or Hillary Clinton to use Orlando to generate bigotry and war fever. Nor will we allow the government to use Orlando as an excuse to intensify police surveillance and repression against Muslims.”
“You will not crush working class unity – workers of the world are going to unite!” and “Trump does not speak for white workers. Billionaire Trump hates all workers!” “Smash capitalism, racism, Islamophobia and anti-LGBTQ bigotry.”
“Donald Trump’s rise reflects a desperate and dangerous effort to destroy working-class unity by trying to turn the anger of white workers away from billionaires like himself and turn it toward our immigrant, Mexican, Arab, Muslim, African, Asian sisters and brothers in this country and across the world” said Moorehead. In California, Moorehead is vying for the nomination of the Peace and Freedom Party, which will make the selection during their August convention. In Wisconsin July 7, Workers World Party Vice Presidential candidate Lamont Lilly will lead a community conversation about “Building People’s Power:” http://bit.ly/1Yph80w
“As a Mexican lesbian, my heart is heavy today for my sisters and brothers and all my LGBTQ family gunned down on Latino Party Night at Pulse Night Club. But I blame the system, not the shooter, for this tragedy. It is Trump’s racist rhetoric that is to blame. It is President Barack Obama’s mass deportations, [presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary] Clinton’s war machine that is to blame. Mexicans and others have shown in California, New Mexico and Illinois the answer: Fight back, shut it down. We will not go back. Let us dedicate Pride this month to the Pulse martyrs,” said National Campaign Manager Teresa Gutierrez.
Workers World Party’s campaign will be announcing protests at the RNC in Cleveland as well as protests against Hillary Clinton and the DNC in Philadelphia. As Moorehead noted: “Clinton is not really going to fight for working and poor women. Clinton and the Democratic Party establishment’s allegiance are to the 1%. Mass struggle, not elections, is the way forward.’
In order to promote this message, the campaign will be reaching out across the country. Voters in 45 states will be able to either vote or write in for revolutionary socialism with a vote for Moorehead-Lilly in November.
Additionally, the campaign has announced that anyone can cast a vote for revolutionary socialism online, even if they are disenfranchised by election laws – whether they are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated, undocumented, under the age of 18, etc. – go to workersworldparty.org to cast your vote for revolutionary change.
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