cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19767554

Brothers and sisters, we're at the crossroads of history, just as the Black Panthers did in the 1970s, when they rose with courage and defiance to face the brutal forces of capitalism and white supremacy head-on.

They understood that power never concedes willingly, and neither will the capitalist oppressors who thrive on the exploitation of the working class. We must be as fearless as they were, unflinching in our demand for justice, equality, and true liberation.

The status quo is not some immovable force of nature—it is a system built on the backs of workers, upheld by greed and violence, and it can be torn down with the strength of a united, class-conscious movement.

But we cannot afford the luxury of fear or hesitation.

Our oppressors, the corporate elite and their political puppets, profit from our divisions, keeping us shackled in wage slavery while they hoard wealth we’ve earned with our sweat and blood. Like the Panthers before us, we must organize, resist, and fight back.

This system will not crumble on its own; it will only be dismantled by the hands of the people. Let their fear of our power be our fuel.

We rise for our rights, for the rights of our comrades, and for the generations yet to come. The time for half-measures is over—revolution is not only necessary, it is inevitable.

Stand firm, friends, because the future belongs to those bold enough to take it.

We’re running this campaign because the people and the planet deserve better than the Democrats and Republicans.

Learn more about our socialist campaign to fight for a future for and by the working class.

On the topic of race: racism is inherently connected to and serves the economic system known as capitalism.

The war on Black America looks like fortifying mass incarceration, increase in policing and surveillance, increase in police terror, voter suppression, exploitation. Both parties have not only supported a war on black and brown communities, they have and continue to profit from it.

"Third party candidates should have the opportunity to debate on screen with Republicans and Democrats."

Tomorrow, the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will take place.

As a third party candidate, we're barred from the debate stage and unable to discuss our platform. That's democracy under capitalism in action!

🚨BREAKING – Socialist Presidential candidate Claudia De la Cruz is officially on the ballot in Virginia!

Rather than be forced to choose between the two war-mongering parties of Corporate America, the people of Virginia will have an option to vote for their needs and well-being this November.

Help us continue to build the socialist movement across Virginia and beyond.