Good Neighborhoods is a Mass Party pillar focused on building organized, self-governing power at the neighborhood level. It begins with direct engagement and develops into durable, democratic structures capable of sustaining collective struggle.
From the start, this work is oriented toward a shared horizon: coordinated occupation and strike in 2027. Every stage of Good Neighborhoods is designed to prepare people politically, materially, and organizationally for that moment and to engage people locally for the long term.
How Good Neighborhoods Are Built
Canvassing & Council Formation
Good Neighborhoods begin with canvassing. Organizers go door-to-door to listen, identify shared concerns, and talk openly with neighbors about collective action and long-term struggle.
During canvassing, we directly ask residents if they want to be part of their neighborhood’s Good Neighborhood Council. This is not a passive sign-up. It is an invitation to take responsibility for shaping how their neighborhood organizes, responds to local conditions, and contributes to a broader mass movement.
From the beginning, organizers share Mass Party’s vision for coordinated occupation and strike in 2027, grounding that horizon in the lived realities and priorities of the neighborhood.
Mutual Aid Under Good Neighborhoods
Once councils begin to form, mutual aid work is organized under Good Neighborhoods. These efforts address immediate needs while strengthening trust and collective responsibility among neighbors.
Mutual aid functions as both material support and political practice. It demonstrates what organized neighbors can accomplish together and prepares people for larger forms of coordinated action.
Good Neighborhood Councils
Good Neighborhood Councils serve as the organizing core of the neighborhood. Council members help coordinate mutual aid efforts, engage additional neighbors, and prepare for broader democratic participation.
Councils are responsible for maintaining continuity, developing leadership, and ensuring that organizing remains rooted in the needs and perspectives of working people in the neighborhood.
People’s Assemblies & Collective Feedback
Good Neighborhood Councils help convene People’s Assemblies—open, democratic gatherings where neighbors collectively discuss conditions, priorities, and proposals.
People’s Assemblies also serve as a key feedback mechanism. Input gathered during canvassing and assemblies is used to refine organizing strategies, strengthen councils, and sharpen Mass Party’s collective vision—including preparation for occupation and strike in 2027.
These assemblies ensure that strategy is not imposed from above, but shaped through mass participation and collective deliberation.
From Neighborhoods to Mass Power
Good Neighborhoods connects everyday struggles to a long-term revolutionary horizon. By moving from canvassing to councils, from mutual aid to People’s Assemblies, we build the political infrastructure necessary for sustained mass action.
This is how neighborhoods become organized. This is how participation becomes power.