We see popular power as the creative participation by everyone in governing society, which involves:

• Waging an active struggle led by the most oppressed members of society and their allies to uproot colonialism and all other systems of exploitation and violence.

• Recognizing that the existing system of governance in the US does not uphold the needs of the majority of the population and our environment.

• Reclaiming our rights as people to live in peace with one another and to refuse wars overseas and at home in the name of false ‘democracies.’

• Building new forms of grassroots participation and genuine democracy by the people (e.g. community assemblies) throughout society.

• Creating a new economy that prioritizes meeting human needs and ecological balance over maximizing profits and endless growth. This will be an economy run by ordinary people for the benefit of all through the development of worker and consumer cooperatives, strong unions, community land trusts, public ownership of the major resources, and democratic planning.