Our Issues

Build & Fight C4 was created to engage in electoral politics from an explicitly transformational perspective, integrate political education into electoral work, and build a cross-sectoral democracy movement:

Democratize our Elections

  1. Publicly Funded Elections
  2. Proportional Representation
  3. Ranked Choice Voting
  4. Felony Re-enfranchisement
  5. Immigrant Voting Rights
  6. Same Day Voter Registration
  7. Election Day Holiday

Democratize the Economy

  1. Public Banking
  2. Participatory Budgeting
  3. Community Land Trusts
  4. Worker-Owned Cooperatives
  5. Municipal Energy
  6. Universal Basic Income

Democratize Society

  1. Abolish Corporate Constitutional Rights
  2. Advance Self-Rule Initiatives
  3. Create Public Advocacy “Sandboxes”
  4. Corporate “Three Strikes” and Charter Revocation
  5. Shareholder Votes for Political Donations

 

Our Work

Non-Reformist Reforms

  • André Gorz, a leading theorist of what was then regularly called the “New Left,” first coined the term “non-reformist reforms” in the 1960s to describe reforms that immediately improve people’s lives and also build power to achieve more systemic change
  • Build & Fight is working to coordinate this strategic framework and refine what this means in 2025
  • Read more about non-reformist reforms here

 

Candidate Questionnaire

  • Though we focus more on supporting ballot initiatives, Build & Fight only endorses candidates that are committed to a left agenda and who pledge to never accept corporate contributions
  • We’re educating candidates, putting politicians on the record, and letting voters know where their elected officials stand on core issues
  • If you’re running for office, download and fill out the questionnaire. If you’re not running for office, ask your representatives to fill out the questionnaire