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what can i do? what does it actually mean to organize? (hexbear.net)
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every leftist is constantly saying "organize". i want to do this, but i have no idea how. at one point i joined the Revolutionary Communists of America, and got the sense that all they wanted from me was money, when i signed up they just said they'd send me a newsletter, and that membership requires "dues" which i think is kind of a gross way to phrase it since they're not a union, i left quickly. i have absolutely no money to give, just time, and being functionally rejected from an ostensibly communist organization for being poor left a bad taste in my mouth. rn im looking at CPUSA, i clicked "resist" and every single thing they want me to do is calling my representatives. that's lib slop, right? i'll do it if it's actually gonna change anything but i get the feeling that's barely better than "get out and vote". it's also all about trump, it says right at the top it's about resisting "project 2025", i dont think there was a single thing on that page that kamala wouldn't fw. what organization can i engage with, or how can i spend my time, to work towards achieving leftist goals in amerikkka?

edit, applied to psl

edit, i am in a small town

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[–] ufcwthrowaway@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

I'll just say join DSA, read, run new ideas past well read people you trust. Go doorknocking, the skills you'll learn are cross applicable to everything else.

But in terms of "what is organizing?" Its a few things:

Its moving people to action: taking people from "im mad about this" to "maybe we could do x about it" to "will you do x with me?"

Its building community: capitalism tries to organize us into consumer demographics. Even punk festivals are selling a brand identity. Instead, get people talking face to face, sharing food, going for hikes, making art unmerited by ads and for-sale events

Its politicizing those communities: draw the lines between your struggles to find public space and the commodification of space. Draw the lines between sharing food and hunger continuing to exist in the US. Draw the lines between your hikes and the loss of old growth forests globally.

Move those politicized communities to action.

Oh, and

-keep a list -escalate your actions over time -have a plan for how you can concretely win before you start