What happens when billionaires and authoritarians set the rules for AI? Disinformation floods our feeds. Voters are tracked without consent. Fear spreads faster than truth.
But that future is not inevitable. In The Forge, re:power leaders Lee Anderson and Oluwakemi Oso drop a vision rooted in Afrofuturism and our collective power. They argue that AI is not just a threat. It is a terrain of power. And if organizers step in with imagination and courage, we can turn it into a tool that strengthens our communities instead of undermining them.
“The concerns are valid. Bias is real, and so are the risks of surveillance and job loss. That is why movements must be at the table to shape guardrails, demand transparency, and push for protections that put people before profit.”
This is not theory. Movements are already experimenting with AI to restore capacity, protect connection, and grow people power. The question is whether we will scale these innovations or cede the ground to those betting on us sitting out.
Read the full op-ed in The Forge and join the conversation about how organizers can shape AI toward liberation, not control.
“AI is not neutral, it is a terrain of power. And organizers need to wield its ability to build people power instead of only panic. Disengagement does not protect us. It just reinforces the systems we are trying to dismantle.”
