US elections. Millions vote early.

Up to 27 million people have voted early in the US elections. Millions of these have lined up for hours. There have been long lines all over the country. Seeing these lines reminds me of the election in South Africa where the ANC won.  The composition of the lines are mainly African American and youth. Along with the hundreds of thousands who have become politically active in the Obama campaign there has been a movement of millions into politics, albeit bourgeois politics.. 

This has been motivated by a hatred of the Bush regime, the financial collapse, the fall in living standards, the wars abroad, the excitement of possibly having the first African American president and and from this combination a powerful desire for change. 

It would not be right to say there has been a movement of the working class as a class in spite of the unions mostly supporting Obama. But there has been a movement of mainly working class and youth into political activity. This is significant and presents new opportunities for activists. The form these opportunities will take will depend on the result of the election. But one focus Facts For Working People have and which we do not see changing is building Hands Of Our Homes committees in the neighborhoods to fight foreclosures and evictions through direct action. There have been 42,000 foreclosures this year so far in Chicago alone. This is more than 100,000 people put out of their homes. 

Sean.