We live in a difficult time, but it is also a time of opportunities to correct our mistakes and build something better. We must all decide in 2018 how we will answer it

Social transformation occurs through a people-powered movement of movements that arises over decades of struggle and shifts the political reality so that the power holders must respond

We need to take power away from the political whims of appointed commissioners, take democratic control of the Internet and define the Internet we want for our future

The work to protect the Internet does not end if the FCC votes for Pai’s plan. Groups are already organizing challenges in the courts and talking to members of Congress about a legislative solution

It is up to us to end the culture of exploitation

Every attack must be turned into an opportunity for us to build the strength of people power

Every crisis offers an opportunity for radical positive transformation

Every day people are putting in place a new economic democracy that allows people to participate based on economic and racial justice as well as real democracy

By linking hands with our brothers and sisters around the planet and working for peace, we can bring about a multi-polar world in which all people have peace, self-determination and live in dignity

This is the time to be strong and persistent in our demand for an end to NAFTA and a new era of positive trade