The lack of a mass working class party in the US is the key to the crisis workers are facing. If and when that starts to build, that will transform US and world politics. One way that such a party could start is through individual working class fighters running for office on a program that calls for such a party. Belden “Noonie Man” Batiste is running for congress in Louisiana’s second district. He could be one such candidate. Here, he presents his thoughts: