Why We Organize

The Granite State should work for all of us.

Most Granite Staters want safe homes, good schools, healthcare when we need it, fair taxes, equal rights, clean air and water, and a government that works for the people who live here.

But corporations, wealthy interests, and political insiders have shaped too many rules in their favor. RAD NH brings people together to change those rules—and build the power to govern differently.

What people are facing

Granite Staters are working harder and falling further behind.

Across New Hampshire, people are being squeezed by rising costs, underfunded public services, concentrated corporate power, and a political system that too often ignores what our communities need.

01

Basic needs cost too much

Housing, healthcare, utilities, childcare, food, and transportation are taking a larger share of working people’s income.

02

Public services are underfunded

Schools, healthcare, housing, infrastructure, and care systems are asked to do more with fewer public resources.

03

Corporate power shapes the rules

Corporations and wealthy interests have more access, influence, and power than the people most affected by public decisions.

04

Division keeps people apart

Fear, misinformation, and culture-war politics distract us from the shared problems facing working people and our communities.

This is not inevitable

The problems facing our communities are the result of political choices.

Working people are not struggling because we lack resources, effort, or good ideas. We are struggling because too many rules have been written to protect corporate profit, concentrated wealth, and political power.

The current system concentrates power.

Corporations, wealthy donors, lobbyists, and political insiders have more access to decision-makers than the people most affected by public policy.

When those interests shape budgets, taxes, healthcare, housing, education, and elections, public needs are pushed aside.

Division protects the status quo.

  • People are encouraged to blame one another for systemic problems.
  • Culture-war distractions keep attention away from corporate power.
  • Scarcity is used to convince us there is not enough for everyone.
  • Isolation makes people feel powerless and alone.

Different choices are possible—but only when organized people build enough power to change the rules and govern differently.

Our organizing pillars

The Granite State we are fighting for.

Our issues are connected because the systems shaping our lives are connected. Together, these seven pillars describe the future we are organizing to win.

Healthcare for All

Quality healthcare for everyone, organized around human need rather than corporate profit.

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Housing for All

Safe, stable, affordable homes in the communities people call home.

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Education for All

Fully funded, inclusive public education from early childhood through college.

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Fair Taxation

A tax system that lowers the burden on working people and asks more from those with the greatest ability to pay.

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Human Rights

Dignity, safety, freedom, and equal protection for every person.

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Real Democracy

A democracy where people—not corporations or wealthy interests—decide our future.

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Planet Over Profit

A livable future with clean energy, healthy communities, and public accountability.

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How change happens

Organized people can change what is possible.

RAD NH helps people move from frustration and isolation into relationships, shared analysis, collective action, and leadership.

1

Listen

We begin with people’s lived experiences, values, worries, and hopes for their communities.

2

Connect

We connect individual struggles to shared root causes and help people see what we can change together.

3

Act

We develop leaders, build organizing teams, run campaigns, contest elections, and hold decision-makers accountable.

Our goal is not only to win individual policy fights. It is to build lasting governing power for the people and communities most affected by public decisions.

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Power to the people

Power grows when we act together.

No one should have to face the challenges in our communities alone. Join Granite Staters building relationships, developing leaders, and taking action for a future shaped by all of us.