Yesterday could well become a day that we and others after us look back at in awe. It wasn’t a turning point, but it was a popular explosion of mass energy — organized and spontaneous.And it leaves behind much that can be built on.

What we are seeing now is the state apparatus, particularly its repressive instruments, being deployed not only to crush any perceived “enemies,” but also to intimidate and paralyze the entire democratic, anti-MAGA coalition. To say this is exceedingly dangerous and anti-democratic is to state the obvious.

It’s worrisome, to say the least, to hear Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett dismiss the danger of a constitutional crisis, while adding that “the Constitution is alive and well.” The truth is, notwithstanding Barrett’s assertion, the Constitution isn’t “alive and well” and Trump and the MAGA majority on the Court, which includes Barrett, are facilitating its weakening. So far they haven’t shredded the Constitution completely.

That fact though should bring no comfort to the anti-MAGA majority. The wrecking of democractic rights and structures in the eyes of Trump and the Court’s majority, is seen as a step by step process. Not done all at once, but over time with the aim of leaving behind an empty constitutional shell.

Given these circumstances, the formation of an engaged, united, and far flung anti-MAGA majority – including, not least the Democratic Party – is the order of the day. Only such a formation has the political wherewithal (muscle) to prevent such a turn of events. Anything narrower is nothing but a self inflicted wound and recipe for defeat. And who needs that? We should think and act broadly and boldly.This is a class (or working class) approach to fighting an emerging fascist state.