For the GAY TIMES’ justice column, “Let’s Create Some Good In The World”: how to turn your election disappointment into action.
WORDS ELIEL CRUZ The devastating results of the US presidential election, which will bring back the right wing extremist politics of Donald Trump, show us what is true: while voting is important, community organising will be life-saving.
Every four years, many people zero in on the presidential election almost as if it is the pinnacle of political engagement. Voting can seem so important because, for many, it’s the bulk of their political work.
But voting in elections cannot be the end-all of how you partake in politics. Voting is important and helps establish who we organise under, but we must still organise.