{"id":71151,"date":"2026-04-08T05:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/inside-antifa-linked-groups-plan-to-structurally-change-the-us-as-may-day-unrest-approaches\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T05:55:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:55:06","slug":"inside-antifa-linked-groups-plan-to-structurally-change-the-us-as-may-day-unrest-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/inside-antifa-linked-groups-plan-to-structurally-change-the-us-as-may-day-unrest-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Antifa-linked group&#8217;s plan to &#8216;structurally change&#8217; the US as May Day unrest approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FIRST ON FOX:<\/strong> A far-left activist group with ties to anti-ICE protests, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/antifa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antifa<\/a>, and broader left-wing organizing is openly calling for a &#8220;political revolution&#8221; and a sweeping overhaul of the American system that includes pressure on college campuses, according to newly obtained training materials.<\/p>\n<p>Slides from a March 2026 Sunrise Movement membership meeting, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/investigations\/newly-obtained-slides-from-a-sunrise-movement-membership-meeting-calls-for-a-political-revolution-that-includes-the-need-to-structurally-change-the-foundations-of-this-country-to-achieve-eco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><u>obtained by Defending Education<\/u><\/a>, lay out a vision to &#8220;structurally change the foundations of this country&#8221; in pursuit of &#8220;eco-socialism&#8221; and a &#8220;multi-racial democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The internal presentation outlines what the group describes as its &#8220;grand objective,&#8221; including the passage of Green New Deal legislation and dismantling what it calls the &#8220;billionaire 2 party system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a slide called &#8220;On the road to revolution,&#8221; the group outlines the top three goals of &#8220;Phase 1,&#8221; which include: &#8220;\u2018Stop Trump\u2019s grip on power,&#8221; &#8220;build up to mass noncooperation&#8221; with protests like May Day, and &#8220;use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/midterm-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 midterms<\/a> to to build toward electoral breakthrough \u2014 win big.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/scathing-report-reveals-antifa-linked-org-passing-out-material-to-k-12-students-political-revolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCATHING REPORT REVEALS ANTIFA-LINKED ORG PASSING OUT MATERIAL TO K-12 STUDENTS: &#8216;POLITICAL REVOLUTION&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The plan for Phase 2, which takes place in 2028, includes &#8220;MASS strikes,&#8221; &#8220;Huge historic 2028 turnout for our candidate,&#8221; &#8220;biggest tentpole of masses against Trump + his billionaires.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Phase 3 &#8220;political revolution&#8221; is planned for 2029 to 2031, and Phase 4 in 2032 and beyond is titled &#8220;The New System,&#8221; which the presentation says will include: &#8220;Happiness (maybe).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The materials highlight specific actions to target corporations, including hotel chains. One slide outlines tactics such as &#8220;booking and cancelling reservations at Hilton Hotels&#8221; as part of a broader pressure campaign, while another calls on college students to push schools to cut ties with companies labeled as &#8220;ICE enablers like Hilton&#8221; in an effort to &#8220;topple the corporate pillar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The strategy ties campus activism directly to national objectives, encouraging students to use institutional relationships, such as university vendor contracts, to drive corporate boycotts and broader disruption.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/dozens-arrested-protesters-take-over-nyc-hotel-lobby-anti-ice-demonstration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOZENS ARRESTED AFTER PROTESTERS TAKE OVER NYC HOTEL LOBBY DURING ANTI-ICE DEMONSTRATION<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, the presentation lays out three potential political scenarios the group says could unfold in the coming years. One, labeled a &#8220;full dictatorship,&#8221; envisions Trump allegedly &#8220;steal[ing]&#8221; future elections, using the military to suppress opposition, and ending free speech.<\/p>\n<p>A second scenario, described as a &#8220;seesaw democracy,&#8221; predicts Democrats could win elections but be unable to govern effectively due to institutional constraints, leading to shifting public opinion and the eventual return of &#8220;authoritarians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The third and preferred outcome outlined in the slides calls for &#8220;mass noncooperation and huge electoral turnout&#8221; to remove Trump and his allies from power, followed by broad public support to dismantle the current political system and enact sweeping economic and social reforms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While calls for a \u2018political revolution\u2019 by left-wing activist groups are not unique, these coordinated plans to put economic and social pressure on universities to achieve a socialist \u2018democracy\u2019 should raise serious concerns,&#8221; Rhyen Staley, director of research at Defending Education, told Fox News Digital. &#8220;Our academic institutions should be places of higher learning, discovery, and robust debate around ideas and policies, not weaponized or punished to achieve a \u2018structural change\u2019 to the political foundations of this country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital reached out to the Sunrise Movement for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sunrise Movement&#8217;s far-left ties were enough to spark concern from the House Judiciary Committee chairman in November, Fox News Digital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/top-house-committee-demands-records-from-left-wing-advocacy-groups-allegedly-backing-antifa-terror-ties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><u>first reported<\/u><\/a>, particularly its links to Antifa, a movement the Trump administration has labeled a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>Far-left activist groups like the Sunrise Movement have been calling for a nationwide strike on May 1, the traditional May Day holiday that has long been embraced by communist and socialist movements as a day of mass political action.<\/p>\n<p>At a No Kings Rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, in late March, Fox News Digital reported that Ezra Levin, the co-founder of Indivisible, the protest&#8217;s key organizer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DWcZcelkSM3\/?igsh=MjhnbG52YXk3dGpp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><u>joined<\/u><\/a> the communist call for a national strike and urged protesters to prepare for economic disruption on May Day, similar to a shutdown that saw limited success in Minneapolis during protests on Jan. 23 against Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want everyone here to put this on their calendar\u2026 It is a tactical goal, an escalation\u2026 It is an economic show of force, inspired by Minnesota\u2019s own day of truth and action,&#8221; Levin told the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Levin continued, &#8220;On May 1, on May Day, we are saying, \u2018No business as usual.\u2019 No work, no school, no shopping. We\u2019re going to show up and say, &#8216;We\u2019re putting workers over billionaires and kings.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News Digital\u2019s Asra Q. Nomani contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIRST ON FOX: A far-left activist group with ties to anti-ICE protests, Antifa, and broader left-wing organizing is openly calling for a &#8220;political revolution&#8221; and a sweeping overhaul of the American system that includes pressure on college campuses, according to newly obtained training materials. Slides from a March 2026 Sunrise Movement membership meeting, obtained by &#8230; <a title=\"Inside Antifa-linked group&#8217;s plan to &#8216;structurally change&#8217; the US as May Day unrest approaches\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/inside-antifa-linked-groups-plan-to-structurally-change-the-us-as-may-day-unrest-approaches\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Inside Antifa-linked group&#8217;s plan to &#8216;structurally change&#8217; the US as May Day unrest approaches\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}