Alexander McCoy helps organized people beat organized money.

Political Strategist · Campaign Leader

He builds and runs national campaigns. He has spent over a decade leading field programs of hundreds of organizers, raising millions of dollars for movement organizations, and winning two fights Washington had written off: the first impeachment of Donald Trump and the end of the war in Afghanistan. Since 2023 he has worked on the politics of artificial intelligence.

The Track RecordWork With Me
The Politics
of AIdata centers · labor · big tech money
Progressive
Foreign Policyending the forever wars
National Campaign
Leadershiphundreds of organizers · union workforces
// Now

The politics of AI.

Alexander has spent the past year working full-time on AI politics: as the founding head of the left coalition at Humans First, then helping found its successor organization, Irreplaceable. His focus is where AI meets working people. Hiring and firing by algorithm, surveillance on the job, data centers in the neighborhood, and a tech industry spending hundreds of millions to keep all of it unregulated.

His AI work began in 2023, when he advised New York State Senator Kristen Gonzalez, chair of the Senate Technology Committee, on AI regulation.

"This is not left versus right. It's bottom versus top."
Alexander McCoy speaking at a town hall on AI
Town hall · 2026
// The record

Campaigns that won.

Alexander McCoy with veterans holding End the Forever War signs at the Capitol
End the Forever War · Capitol Hill
Alexander McCoy with fellow veterans and families at a march
Marching with veterans and families

Federal legislation through a gridlocked Congress. The first impeachment of Donald Trump. The end of America's longest war. A national youth-vote operation across eight battleground states. See the full record →

// Press

In the news.

Featured episode
Pantsuit Politics
Guest host · July 14, 2026
The truth is the best talking point.
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“No matter what it is, tell your members of Congress because they need to hear it from you. Because right now they’re only hearing it from a couple corporations that are worth a trillion dollars and can afford a lot of fancy lawyers.”

“I also find his views on AI responsible and insightful, so I wanted to talk with him at length.” Beth Silvers, host, in the episode notes
Wired
September 2026
“It’s yes and. We should address harms like surveillance and Flock cameras, and other important factors. These do not come in any way at the expense of governing frontier AI capabilities.”
The Leftist Split Over AI Doom →
Transformer
April 2026
“If the AI safety community does not take seriously the necessity to engage in capital-P politics, its concerns will be left out.”
The AI safety movement needs normies →
The Atlantic
January 2022
“On April 13, 2021, the day before Biden was to address the country about Afghanistan, a 33-year-old Marine Corps veteran named Alex McCoy received a call from a White House speechwriter…”
George Packer, “The Betrayal” →

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Bylines inThe New York Times · Reuters · Foreign Policy · HuffPost

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Work with Alexander

Campaign strategy for organizations, donor advising for funders, and advisory support for candidates. The specialty is the politics of AI. Consulting →

Writing & press

Bylines, media coverage, the TEDx talk, and a press kit. Writing & Press →