Inside Sunrise Movement’s Multi‑Phase Plan To ‘Structurally Change’ U.S. Politics — Slides Outline Tactics Through 2032

Newly obtained internal slides from a March 2026 Sunrise Movement membership meeting outline a multi‑phase strategy to reshape American politics and economics, calling for what the materials describe as "eco‑socialism" and a "multi‑racial democracy." The packet, obtained by Defending Education and reported by Fox News Digital, presents a roadmap of actions and scenarios that span 2026 through 2032 and beyond.

What The Slides Say

The presentation frames a "grand objective" that includes promoting Green New Deal–style legislation and challenging what it calls the "billionaire 2 party system." It divides the effort into four phases:

• Phase 1 (2026): Stop what the slides call "Trump's grip on power," build toward "mass noncooperation" around events such as May Day, and use the 2026 midterm elections to "build toward electoral breakthrough — win big."
• Phase 2 (2028): Emphasize mass strikes and drive a "huge historic 2028 turnout for our candidate" to assemble a broad movement against Trump and wealthy opponents.
• Phase 3 (2029–2031): A period labeled explicitly as "political revolution."
• Phase 4 (2032+): Referred to as "The New System," with a lighter note in the slides reading "Happiness (maybe)."

Tactics Targeting Corporations And Campuses

The materials recommend concrete tactics aimed at corporate actors and university relationships. Examples include coordinated consumer pressure on hospitality chains (one slide cites "booking and cancelling reservations at Hilton Hotels") and organizing students to press universities to cut ties with companies the group labels as "ICE enablers." The slides position campus activism as a lever for national change, urging organizers to use vendor contracts and institutional relationships to drive boycotts and broader disruption.

Three Political Scenarios

The packet presents three potential political trajectories:

• Full Dictatorship: The slides describe a worst‑case where former President Trump allegedly "steals" future elections, uses military force against opponents, and suppresses free expression.
• Seesaw Democracy: A middle path in which Democrats win elections but are constrained by institutions and shifting public opinion, enabling a return of authoritarians over time.
• Mass Noncooperation Plus Electoral Turnout: The preferred outcome, combining widespread noncooperation and a large electoral turnout to remove Trump and his allies and build public support for systemic economic and social reforms.

"While calls for a 'political revolution' by left‑wing activist groups are not unique, these coordinated plans to put economic and social pressure on universities to achieve a socialist 'democracy' should raise serious concerns," Rhyen Staley, director of research at Defending Education, told Fox News Digital. "Our academic institutions should be places of higher learning, discovery, and robust debate around ideas and policies, not weaponized or punished to achieve a 'structural change' to the political foundations of this country."

Context And Response

Fox News Digital reports that the Sunrise Movement was contacted for comment. Earlier coverage noted scrutiny of the group's connections to broader left‑wing networks; the story references reporting that links Sunrise to anti‑ICE protests and networks described as associated with Antifa. Organizers tied to or associated with the movement have promoted a nationwide strike on May 1 (May Day), encouraging actions such as work stoppages and economic disruption as a political tactic.

This report compiles the key claims and proposed tactics described in the slides while noting that the materials represent an internal strategy document and that public responses from the Sunrise Movement were not included in the reporting.