In the wake of Tuesday’s national election results, we extend deep love and unwavering solidarity to communities across the city, state, country, and globe that face renewed threats to their own lives and the lives of their loved ones.
The “vision” of right-wing authoritarians is no vision at all—it is old structures, old hatreds with fresher faces. We know that the only way to win our vision of a world for the many, not the few is by building collective power. We will, and must, build that future.
It’s going to take all of us to build a multi-racial, working-class movement that will not only weather this storm, but which reimagines and restructures our world into one rooted in justice, equity, liberation, and abundance. We hold tight to this vision and to each other and rededicate ourselves to making it a reality.
Locally, our movement took steps toward a more just future, with our endorsed federal and state level candidates winning across the board. We celebrate US Rep. Delia Ramirez, State Senator Robert Peters, State Senator-elect Graciela Guzman, Rep. Lilian Jiménez, Rep. Yolonda Morris, Rep. Theresa Mah, Rep. Will Guzzardi, Rep. Norma Hernandez, and Cook County Commissioner Tara Stamps. We look forward to partnering with these leaders as we work together for racial and economic justice in their districts, and to fight Project 2025 and Trumpism at every turn.
These victories demonstrate Chicagoland voters’ clear demands for transformative investment in Black, brown and working class communities, inclusive policies that build up and don’t punish, and a world for the many, not the wealthy few.
Finally, on Tuesday generations of dedicated organizing brought us Chicago’s first-ever school board election—a democratic process long denied to Chicagoans. Our movement achieved a real feat: we expanded democracy during a time of impending fascism. This was the result of a coalition of parents, students and educators believing they had the right to elect their school board members, just as every other city in Illinois. We celebrate the election of UWF-endorsed candidates Ebony DeBerry, Aaron “Jitu Brown”, and Yesenia Lopez—public education champions who will fight for equity and investment for every student in CPS, no matter their zip code.
Locally, an alliance of out-of-town billionaires, right-wing PACS, and privatizers like the Illinois Network for Charter Schools, Paul Vallas, and fraudster Juan Rangel dumped millions into our school board election to grab seats from parents, community organizers and educators who are experts in what our neighborhoods need. INCS, Vallas, Rangel and friends spent a lot of money to win only 3 seats. We will continue battling these forces that threaten equity and our fight for the common good—across our city, state and nation.
Together we are strong, and we are ready. We stand steadfast in our commitment to organizing for a world for the many, not the few.
