1 of 3
Subversion - the undermining of the power and authority of an established system or institution.
Plans by progressive activists and federal workers to disrupt and destabilize the outcome of Tuesday's presidential election, including plans to "shut down the White House."
Sunrise Election Action Guide
This Moment: What’s at stake?
This year has thrown us monumental challenges. We’ve fought through a global pandemic and shown up for the Black uprisings. Now, leading up to the most important election of our lives, we are forced to defend our democracy in case a losing president attempts to lie and cheat his way into staying in power. We’ve seen his desperate attempts to undermine the credibility of the elections and know that he will likely do anything he can to disrupt the democratic process that will have unseated him—especially trying to claim a win in the days and weeks following the election, before all of the votes have been tallied. We can and we must stop him from cheating his way into four more years in the White House.
We know that Trump has sown lies about the legitimacy of mail-in voting, and that the right wing media is painting the left as instigators of violence. We know that establishment democrats lack the principles to confront the GOP about their dishonest and disruptive tactics. We know that the Green New Deal can’t pass while Trump is in office, and waiting four more years will amount to catastrophic consequences for our communities. But we also know that this will be a narrative battle, rooted in credibility and legitimacy in the public’s eyes. We can take control of the narrative to expose Trump and the Republican party as the liars, cheaters and criminals that they are, and demand a fair election process, where everyone’s voices are heard.
Our movement is working hard across several different lanes to win this election and, in the bigger picture, to defend democracy by ensuring everyone’s vote is counted fairly . We’re doing GOTV work, training massive numbers of new members, and building a coalition that will bring more of the crowd into the movement. If you’re reading this, it’s because you’re here to take action—which is a crucial part of our strategy. Since this is a narrative battle, we need our actions to show up in the public eye as moral and non-violent actions fighting to defend democracy. Actions are how we tell our narrative, grab the attention of the public, and demand they take our side.
This country and its future belong to us. The decade of the Green New Deal will start with Biden’s first days in office, where we will use the power of our movement to demand that he supports Green
New Deal policies. We must ensure he gets there by showing the power that our communities have and defending the democratic process and the will of the people with powerful, strategic actions.