Political Report from BNEC

This issue of the League Organizer contains a political report based on a presentation to the National Council by the Basic Needs Electoral Committee. The assessment of the objective situation by the National Council sets the foundation for local committees to carry out their propaganda and educational responsibilities, as they are able to do so.

The NC has requested political reports that it will issue over the next few months all of which set the basis for discussing what is needed for our convention, tentatively set for August 2026. Information and updates from the last Organizer are also included in this issue. Information about the October 25 RevEdTech Conversation Among Revolutionaries is included — the topic is AI and the Revolutionary Process.

The next issue of the Organizer will have a report from the collective which has organized a school that focuses on understanding the revolutionary process. Thank you all for your continued revolutionary work in the face of this fascist onslaught!

Strategic Response to the Ruling Class Offensive Against Democracy in Our Cities

This political report was developed by the national Basic Needs Electoral Committee and presented to the National Council of the League. The document lists possible activity related to basic needs electoral engagement that may be useful in your work.

Date: 9-11-25

BNEC has prepared the following guide for the use of League Areas and Committees participating in the resistance to the escalating wave of urban occupations by the MAGA fascists. The purpose is not to prescribe a formula for League collectives to follow, but simply to offer suggestions and ideas for planning League basic needs electoral work during the current stage of the fascist offensive.

Alongside the extreme danger of the current situation, we are experiencing the most favorable opportunity in any of our lifetimes for building an organization of conscious revolutionaries inseparably connected to the spontaneous movement.

MISSION: The mission of the League Basic Needs Electoral Committee (BNEC) will be to unite and work out political tactics with the other revolutionaries fighting to resist the fascist Project 2025, especially the attacks on migrants and other vulnerable sections of the working class.

We will expose the role of the billionaire class, including in the battle for power in our local governments, and continue always pointing out that the ultimate solution is a cooperative society that will eliminate the threat of fascism altogether.

CURRENT SITUATION

1. Ruling Class Tactical Offensive

The billionaire oligarchy—comprising financial elites, tech moguls, real estate magnates, and Wall Street interests—is executing a coordinated power grab to dismantle electoral democracy through:

Voter suppression, voter roll purges, elimination of mail-in voting
Gerrymandering to rig 2026 Congressional elections
Militarization of law enforcement vs. migrants, inner city residents, and unhoused people
Destruction of affordable healthcare, housing, food, education, childcare, transportation
Military occupation of cities and voter intimidation.

2. Working Class Response

Organized resistance must focus on:

Voting Rights Protection: community mobilization and legal challenges
Democratic Education : grassroots voter education campaigns
Anti-Occupation Organizing: strategic non-compliance and mass resistance
Basic Needs Campaigns: social housing, fighting hospital closures, defending public schools, etc.
Good governance models that put public resources to public good and safety

3. Challenging Counterproductive Frameworks

Avoid: defensive electoral maneuvering without systemic change organizing; partisan frameworks that obscure class interests; “lesser evil” politics that maintain status quo power structures.

Preferred Approaches: democratic community control and popular sovereignty; centering voices of most affected communities; building temporary coalitions while maintaining independent politics.

REVOLUTIONARY VISION FOR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY

Our long-term goals include:

Participatory Democracy: beyond electoral representation to direct community control
Economic Democracy: addressing root causes of political inequality through cooperative ownership
Community Self-Determination: local control over institutions affecting daily life
Proportional Representation: eliminating gerrymandering through democratic electoral systems.

BNEC IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY

Tactical Unity: support defensive measures while maintaining independent revolutionary politics and exposing system limitations.

Expose the Billionaire Class: use current battles to demonstrate how wealthy interests manipulate “good government” rhetoric for ruling class benefit.

Protect Vulnerable Communities: defend migrants and marginalized populations disenfranchised by military occupation, deportation, incarceration, intimidation, and gerrymandering.

Strategic Evolution: Resistance to Insurgency

Phase 1: Defensive Resistance: protect existing democratic institutions and voting rights; build coalitions around immediate threats.

Phase 2: Offensive Organizing: shift from “reforming democracy” to “building working-class power”; use contradictions in current system to highlight need for alternatives.

Phase 3: Revolutionary Transition : demonstrate cooperative governance principles at local level; build alternative power structures alongside electoral work.

Local Application

To assess readiness and local conditions, chapters should address:

How do federal authoritarian policies manifest in your local area?
What role do DOGE cuts, AI advances, and/or cryptocurrency play in local politics?
Describe the emerging independent political movement in your area.
How familiar are people in your Area with the BNEC mission and planning objectives?
What key local partner organizations are you engaging with?
How are you utilizing League publications and developing local content?

Proposed Next Steps

Immediate Actions (From September to November 4, 2025)

Organize an in-depth strategic discussion session in your collective using this framework
Assess local conditions using some of the questions above
Identify and engage with resistance leaders and organizations around local initiatives addressing basic needs, affordability, and independent class interests
Build unity between unhoused people, tenants, and various strata of workers dispossessed, displaced, and/or most impacted.
Participate in local elections where appropriate and channel the national excitement around elections in New York City, Minneapolis, and Seattle.
When possible generate collective movement-focused Rally articles that share lessons and allow us to build collaborations
Incorporate Rally archives in study action groups
Use & expand Rally articles to lead in mobilizing efforts to defend democracy in the targeted cities.
Use Rally with leaders organizing to defend democracy and break the ruling class narrative justifying fascist occupation
Build local BNECs by using mission driven speakers series
Build local BNECs by crafting local BNEC newsletters

Medium-term Goals (By June 2026))

Identify and join revolutionary primary campaigns for local, state, or national offices
Coordinate electoral work with on the ground non-compliance and resistance campaigns
Participate in voter registration drives targeting younger demographics
Continue to assess, promote, and advance every opportunity to build a real third-party movement
Develop local media strategy and content production

Long-term Goals (By November 2026)

Participate in cooperative governance demonstrations
Continue to carry out education to move workers from social awareness to social consciousness, and from social consciousness to class consciousness

Conclusion

While defending the limited democracy we have left, we also build toward the systemic transformation that addresses the root causes of fascism – the antagonism between digital production and private property. Our work must simultaneously resist fascist attacks while creating alternatives that demonstrate how cooperative, democratic governance principles can create the prosperity we need and deserve.

The ruling class’s inability to govern through traditional means is an important opening for working-class political development. Now is the time to build independent political capacity, at the same time that we protect our most vulnerable community members from immediate harm.