Activities of the Center for Political Innovation, 2021-2026
By Caleb Maupin, Founder & Director
The Center for Political Innovation has existed for five years now, and in that time it has far exceeded my expectations. I always intended for the group to be an organization of action, bringing people into the struggle against globalism/imperialism, functioning as a network of activists.
The first in-person gathering was in June 2021 in Saxton, Pennsylvania. We gathered for three days in a rented hunting lodge. The gathering included 42 people in total, from different regions of the United States and different backgrounds. I gave a series of interactive classes we have called “The Saxton Lectures,” laying out an organizational vision and perspective.
Nicaragua Solidarity & Exposing BreadTube
At the time we called ourselves “The City-Building Tendency” and viewed our movement as a form of anti-revisionist Communism. There were many people who joined the group with competing visions.
After the Saxton Lectures we threw ourselves into Nicaragua solidarity, supporting this socialist country in Central America. We defended the foreign minister of Nicaragua when he spoke at church in Manhattan that was besieged by anti-government exiles. We also sent a three-person delegation to Nicaragua to monitor the elections, for which we were highlighted in Business weekly.
Plaza de la Revolucion in Managua on Election Night, 2021.
While in Nicaragua, I got to have a conversation with the son of President Daniel Ortega, Laureano O
