Centering humanity in organizing.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (aka AOC) November 6, 2024: “Project 2025 is real. It's real. It's not a campaign joke. It's not an attack. The Heritage Foundation is the conservative foundation, the institution and organization that orchestrates Republican governance. They would not put millions of dollars into preparing this plan and it being co-authored by many people in the Trump administration if they were not fully prepared to implement it. This is gonna be a very scary time. And again, I cannot emphasize how important it is that we as an aligned people be very cautious about attacking one another and yeah, about attacking one another. And to me, one of the big organizing lessons that I feel is that when it comes to who you choose to organize with, I think it's really important to understand that, you know, maybe it's not just about fully aligning with someone just because of what they're organizing for, It's really important to pay attention to how they are organizing. And if someone is using a righteous cause as a cover for cruel methods and dehumanizing others, personally, that is not someone that I trust to organize with because our job is to grow. And the reason we are in this position is because we do not have a raw majority of people who are ideologically aligned. And in instances where you do not have an outright majority, we must develop coalitions. And the name of the game in coalitions is that we have to be able to align with people that we are not fully in agreement with in the name of a larger cause. That goes for any movement. And it goes for any cause. And it's really, really, really important because it can undermine that kind of cruelty or side sniping or whatever can undermine genuine momentum. And I think it's important to also understand that these folks, there's a history in this country of powerful people bankrolling disruptors in people's movements. And instead of diminishing what a person is fighting for, I think it's just important that we build together alongside people who are centering humanity in how they are organizing in addition to what they're organizing for.”
