so now the bigot-in-chief claims a mandate
after seizing the presidency based on an archaic constitution designed to defend human bondage
and some of our leading liberal lights now counsel patience
besieged but highly paid labor leaders pledge to work with the billionaire maverick on trade
but it is too late for soothing words
neonazi forces are confident and are taking aim at the most vulnerable among us
emboldened by calls to build a wall on our southern border
an arbitrary line established by theft of mexican land
by derision of immigrant workers as rapists and criminals
undocumented and unafraid–thousands have come forward to proclaim their right to migrate
to defend human rights conferred by divine karmic right
the sexism and misogyny of the man who will never be my president have been gut-wrenching
and now he stands poised to appoint justices who could enshrine the right of rich white men to play god with the lives of black, brown, and poor women
as trump and putin conspire to partition the middle east, we must build a global anti-imperial resistance
we must stand strong for black, brown, trans, and queer lives
we must defend the right to abortion–and challenge corporate power root and branch
prefiguring our future while building class power in the present
the stakes are too high for a peaceful transition
we will disrupt trump’s coronation
we will grind his parade to a halt
demanding education not incarceration
demanding money for universal health care instead of war
and we will deepen the bonds of solidarity and mutual aid
the sustaining roots our communities will need to survive
trump represents class war on an epic scale
and a regurgitation of the worst of our world’s most satanic ideological sewage
no peaceful transition
we will build resistance
no peaceful transition
we will transform this sick social system
–BYPO PHOENIX c)2016
