WDA of California

The WDA - CA is a collaboration of writers, readers, editors, and booksellers,

standing together to champion democracy everywhere.

We defend civil liberties: the right to vote and have our votes counted,

to gather and protest, to write and to read, and to access learning

that informs and enriches the lives of citizens.

We battle censorship in all its guises, and reject the politics of hate.

A nation can only be strong if it invites a multitude of perspectives

into its decision-making process,

educates its citizens, and treats all as equal in value to the most powerful.

We believe that a strong nation is diverse, equitable, and inclusive.

Mission

Writers For Democratic Action stands for democracy and freedom for all. With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, American democracy is endangered. The domestic threats are obvious. The peril, especially to those most vulnerable, is everywhere. Our military, created intentionally by our founders to be apolitical, is in danger of being used by Trump to fulfill his agenda and punish his enemies. The role of America in the world as a force for good is being challenged in the most autocratic of ways. Now more than ever, writers resist.

History

Writers Against Trump was formed in August 2020 to oppose Donald Trump’s re-election campaign. The organization began as a small group of poets, fiction writers, and journalists—Paul Auster, Peter Balakian, James Carroll, Carolyn Forché, Todd Gitlin, Siri Hustvedt, and Askold Melnyczuk—who believed Trump’s administration to be uniquely dangerous to our present and future society. With Joe Biden’s election to the U.S. presidency, the organization changed its name to Writers for Democratic Action.

WDA is now an organization of writers worldwide with a membership of more than 3,000. We urge you to join us.

We are a volunteer organization devoted to working for democracy, especially in the U.S. where our democracy is under attack on numerous fronts. We believe that literature is a bedrock of democratic culture, and that literary language is conducive to humanistic inquiry and cultural cohesion.

We continue to use the platform we and our members have built to advocate for justice and equality in the U.S. and across the globe.

Get Involved!

Contact wda.california@gmail.com to learn more or to get involved.

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