The Coalition for Change
Not Democratic party insiders or Republican operatives. A coalition that rejects both parties.
The Actual Coalition
Public sector workers are prevented from doing their jobs by consultants and vendors. They see money wasted on contractor grift that could pay for services and better wages. They know they could deliver better results if allowed to work.
Small business owners are crushed by corporate monopolies. They can’t compete against Amazon paying 42% taxes while Amazon pays 15% (or nothing through loopholes). They see procurement going to extractive corporations instead of local businesses. They want to serve their communities but can’t survive corporate predation.
Tenants are gouged by landlord extraction. They pay $2,000 per month for housing that costs $500 to provide. They see luxury development with token “affordable” units. They need public housing but both parties serve developers.
Parents pay $2,000 per month for childcare. They make impossible choices between work and family. They need universal childcare but neither party provides it.
Anyone navigating healthcare bureaucracy experiences the extraction directly. Fighting denials, paying premiums and deductibles, going bankrupt from medical bills. They need single-payer but both parties protect insurance companies.
Tech workers know government IT contracts are scams. They see Deloitte charging $5 million for systems that could be built for $200,000. They could build better systems as cooperatives if given the opportunity.
Trades workers want to build things that matter. They’re tired of contractor grift and want to form cooperatives. They could build public housing, install public broadband, retrofit buildings for efficiency.
Students are buried in debt for pursuing education that society needs. They need debt cancellation and free public education but both parties protect banks.
Workers pay combined 50% or more of income to public taxes and private extraction. They need comprehensive restructuring but both parties serve capital.
This Coalition Exists and Is Large
These people exist in every community. They’re unorganized and have no party representing their interests. Both major parties serve extractors, not this coalition.
Building Power Outside Both Parties
This coalition can’t work within either party. Democrats are captured by consultants, developers, and insurance companies. Republicans are captured by monopolies and deregulation ideology. Both serve the same extractive interests through different mechanisms.
Building power requires new organization outside both parties. Public education comes first. People need to understand that alternatives exist, that comprehensive solutions are viable, that both parties serve capital, and that democratic socialism addresses their actual conditions.
Once understanding builds, organization becomes possible. Not through either existing party, but through new structures that serve this coalition’s interests.
Who Benefits
Everyone in this coalition benefits from democratic socialist reform. Public sector workers can do their jobs without consultant interference. Small business owners compete fairly against monopolies. Tenants get affordable public housing. Parents get universal childcare. Healthcare becomes accessible to all. Tech workers form cooperatives and build systems efficiently. Trades workers build essential infrastructure. Students get education without debt. Workers pay less overall while receiving better services.
This is the majority. We just need organization.
What’s Different About This Moment
Both parties are visibly captured. Democratic consultant grift is obvious. Republican deregulation clearly serves monopolies. Workers are ready for alternatives. Climate crisis demands immediate action. Wealth inequality is at historic highs. Local economies are hollowed out by monopolies. Trust in institutions is at historic lows.
The conditions are right for building something new. Not reforming Democrats from within. Not hoping Republicans change. Building power outside both parties with this coalition.
Where This Leads
Right now, this is public education. We demonstrate that viable alternatives exist. We build understanding of how democratic socialism addresses real conditions. We show the integrated nature of solutions. We prove this isn’t utopian fantasy.
As understanding builds, organization becomes possible. Cooperative formation, labor organizing, community control, electoral challenges in local races, building independent political power, eventually a party that serves this coalition’s interests.
But first, education. People need to understand the alternatives exist before they can organize to build them.