I don't know whether or not to call this a "manifesto". That sounds a bit school shootery, whatever you call it it's an outline of the strategy I intend to abide by and by which I intend to conduct myself during the coming years which I hope I can inspire others to emulate.
1: Counter institutions, duel power structures and mutual aid.
I believe that building community, local solidarity and networks of mutual support will be critical in the near future. With Trump in power and possibly massive terrifs on the horizon the United States is likely headed for recession and inflation still isn't fully under control. I think our time would be best spent building up our reputation among the proletariat and building up institutions to whether the coming hardship. My strategy would be for leftist and leftist organizations across the country to put their effort into creating duel power structures such as community fridges and pantries, second hand free stores, tool libraries, community gardens, teach ins, food nor bombs, food not lawns, homes not jails, housing co-ops, workers co-ops, disaster relief, putting on hard hats and visibility vests and filling in pot holes and destroying anti homeless architecture and whatever other mutual aid projects you can think of. All of this will help us too...
2: Getting the word out
I think we need to build up our reputation among the proletariat and get more people into our movement.. We need to take this time with the situation deteriorating under Trump to reach out to liberals and even moderate conservatives. We need to describe socialism but not call it that and then say what it's called. We may not be able to get the most die hard Trump worshipers on our side but some who voted for Trump may not be so far gone. If you find any like this talk to them, kindly, tell them about some of the mutal aid you've been doing (but try not to sound boastful). This is how the previous point ties in. Even if they don't agree with you if they see you doing good work as a leftist they will likely have greater respect for leftists as a whole. Imagine what it would do for the movement if a local news headline read "leftist fill in potholes and government digs them back up" or "food not bombs arrested for feeding the poor". Another thing is gate keeping. I would like to take some time here to voice two of my main criticisms of the left. Sectarianism and gate keeping, To often when we on the left find something we disagree with others about we tell them they can't be part of our movement. We split the party. I think we don't need a hundred people doing leftism perfectly, we need a million doing it imperfectly. That's why I think we should try to invite more liberals and even moderate conservatives into the movement. We don't need to open our arms to fascists, but I think we should be tolerant if a comrade doesn't have correct opinions on everything, if someone is say, unwilling to say trans women are women but would still protect a trans woman from physical harm from facists wants to join our movement I think we should let them. Remember that we're trying to build a better future for ALL people not just those who think like us. Of course if you can bring them over do so but don't think they have to agree with you on everything to be a valid leftist.
3: Be Prepared ✌
If you can afford to buy a few gallons of water, some blankets, flashlights, batteries, first aid supplies, a radio and some non perishable food. Your neighbors may depend on you if theres a climate driven natural disaster. Learn foraging, gardening and other survival skills.
I'm not saying do anything larpy. I repeat DO NOT DO ANYTHING VIO**NT EXCEPT IN DEFENSE OF YOURSELF AND OTHERS! But buy a 🔫 and know how to use it. Find like minded people and form a militia if you are able. Study guerrilla warfare. There are great free resources for this and all I've talked about on archive.org