CPUSA election plan of action

 
CPUSA election plan of action

 

Our role: Help build the broadest unity to defeat the  fascist danger and organize year round to enlarge the  people’s movement and the Communist Party.

United We Stand to Defeat the MAGA Right: Study the Main Report to the 32nd National Convention paying attention to  the stakes  in this election and our role. Club Study Guide soon to be posted at.

Sign and circulate the CPUSA Pledge to help mobilize  a collective vote against fascism in November and build the  movement for the future.

Develop a campaign hub at cpusa.org geared to mobilization efforts  of clubs and districts.  Show what is being done  across the country and how to get involved including work  with labor and community allies. Highlight local election work, relevant People’s World stories and Good Morning Revolution  podcasts.

Circulate People’s World articles on the struggle for  democracy and the 2024 elections with allies, comrades,  and friends. Help clubs and districts prepare local articles that give  examples.

One page bi-lingual popular fliers: 1) CPUSA Election Program for 2024. 2) Fascism? Yes. It can happen in America! 3) Vote as if your life depends on it – it does (issues comparison sheet on Project 2025) 4) Also utilize Immigration Myths v Facts pamphlet.

Town Hall (virtual) on how to organize against fascism and  for our future at the local level. The issues and how we present  the issues as a major step to get out the vote. How we join with  all organizations fighting for democratic rights.

KEY RACES:
Identify key races at state level and Congress where  an extreme right-wing candidate can be defeated or where  a champion for worker rights can be elected or has to be  protected. Assist districts and clubs in developing a strategic  approach that builds broad unity to mobilize the vote around  issues, working with unions and other people’s organizations.

Possible weekend teams from nearby districts to work with  comrades in a key battleground race, to be planned out with our national organization.

BALLOT INITIATIVES:
Mobilize around ballot initiatives that defend and expand  democratic rights to inspire voter participation and turnout.

CLUBS & DISTRICTS
Provide resources to help clubs build the movement  around issues where they are and connect to the urgency of  this election for self, kids, parents, community and co-workers.  Build a base by going door-to-door to talk issues, register  voters, get out the vote, and build relationships through readers of People’s World.

Participate with unions, community and youth groups in door knocking and mass gatherings to build enthusiasm and  confidence to defend democracy, register voters, and get out  the vote.

Workshops on how to run candidates to assist districts  for possible future candidates for local elected office among  club members and lay the groundwork with all-out organizing  to get out the vote in this election, consulting with state  leadership and the Communist Candidates subcommittee of  Political Action Commission.

 

COALITION RESOURCES

Labor
Get involved in your neighborhood and your union. “Labor Votes. It’s Better In A Union” says “We’re  voting to protect working people.” There is a section to check your  voter registration status and find out where and how to vote in your  state and in your specific voting district.

Each state AFL-CIO is organizing Labor Walks for union  members to visit union members and find out what is on their mind  and how to vote in their own interests. Click here to connect with your state  organization.

Working America:
If you are not a union member, you can  participate in the AFL-CIO Labor Walks as a member of Working  America the AFL-CIO community affiliate. Sign up here to join  Working America.

SEIU:
SEIU will concentrate on U.S. battleground states – MI, WI,  NV, AZ, GA, NC, PA – plus Senate states MT and OH and key House  districts in NY and CA.

Alliance for Retired Americans:
Organizing union retirees to  preserve and expand Social Security and get out the vote in swing  states. Fliers with congressional candidate scorecards and Project 2025 expose.

Poor Peoples Campaign:
Leading a four-month effort to reach  15 million poor and low-wage, infrequent voters ahead of this  year’s elections through intensive organizing around a social justice  agenda that can expand democracy and human rights to all people.  Contact the Poor Peoples Campaign in your state.

Planned Parenthood Votes We decide 2024:
Pledge: When we  vote, we win. By electing reproductive rights champions, helping  others make it to the polls, and speaking out, I can help end this  assault on abortion rights.

Voto Latino:
Registering young Latino voters ahead of critical  deadlines in battleground states like Georgia, Arizona, and  Pennsylvania. Texting and calls from home. Make your vote count:  Why Vote, Issues, How to get involved.

Black Voters Matter:
Voter engagement tours to battleground  states. IL, MI, OH, PA

NAACP Mobilizing to Vote for Democracy:
National battlegrounds: NV, AZ, TX, MN, MI, OH, PA, VA, NC, GA, FL.  Congressional battlegrounds: CA, NE, IL, IN, NY, NJ

StudentVote.Org:
Resource hub for campus organizing to get out  the vote.

GLAAD:
What’s at stake for the LGBTQ community in this election,  expose of Project 2025, and get out the vote information. GLAAD  election hub.

VOTE 411:
Make a Voting Plan Today. Voter information including  registration, what’s on your ballot for every voting district in the  country, contacts for election day problems. League of Women  Voters Education Fund.

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