Dark money leaders gathered last week to discuss infrastructure enabling left-wing victory and “transformation.”
The Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) held its annual convening in Phoenix from April 15 to 18, with speakers from groups including George Soros’ Open Society Foundations, the Voting Rights Lab, and the Youth Engagement Fund.
Speakers with these groups discussed building an infrastructure to help progressives reach victory and maintain power, even in conservative states.
The elite left-wing influence network Democracy Alliance, an FCCP member, created one of the groups in attendance. It used similar strategies to give Democrats control of Colorado back in 2008, outsmarting Colorado Republicans at the time.
According to supplemental materials from the conference, Democrat groups are still using these tactics to subvert Republican control. Liberal groups spent more than $1.5 billion in 2020, while conservative groups spent $900 million, according to an analysis of the 15 most politically active Democrat-leaning and Republican-leaning nonprofits as reported by The New York Times.
The conference’s webpage features a disclaimer that “as with all FCCP events, the subject matter is strictly limited to non-partisan discussion as outlined in the agenda.” The agenda itself, however, calls this into question.
Building Infrastructure for the Left
Speakers held a session on shaping “state-based infrastructure” to enable “bold power-building work.”
One speaker during this session was Jamila Martin, Michigan state adviser for the Movement Voter Project — a “clearinghouse for Democratic donors” run by “veteran Democratic operatives.”
MVP is aiming to win Michigan for Democrats in 2024
