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Collective action // field manual

Organize

Community organizing

Individual resistance has its limits. Real change happens when communities organize for collective power. Here's how to build the movement we need.

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Community Organizing Overview

Organizing is how ordinary people build extraordinary power. It's not about charismatic leaders or perfect plans—it's about bringing people together around shared values and taking collective action for change.

Shared commitments

Core organizing principles

The values that keep collective power accountable to the people building it.

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    People Power

    Real change comes from organized communities, not politicians or corporations

  2. 02

    Collective Liberation

    Our liberation is bound together - we fight for all, not just some

  3. 03

    Direct Democracy

    Communities should control the decisions that affect their lives

  4. 04

    Mutual Aid

    We take care of each other as we build the world we want to see

Current conditions

Why organizing matters now

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    Fascist movements are organizing—we must too

  2. 02

    Individual solutions can't address systemic problems

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    Communities have the power to protect themselves

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    Democracy requires active participation

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    Mutual aid builds resilient communities

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    Collective action creates lasting change

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”

— Margaret Mead