Again, no fedposting. What the hell are we doing here USAmericans? are any folks getting more involved with their communities at least?
Obviously not all of us are in epicenters of obvious or extreme violence, but what are ways principled communists are stepping up?
No fedposting!
I’m attending a local progressives meeting on Monday. It’s at a church. There’s no DSA or PSL chapters near here and at this point I’m a person with kids to protect before I’m a communist. I need to be in touch with the people who are most likely to be organizing shit around here once ice comes to town. They’re already in the closest city and I’m trying to tap into that a bit too but the drive is like an hour and a half.
You can still be an at large DSA member. There are new chapter cropping up all of the time
Are there advantages to being an at large DSA member? I’d still have no one to organize with locally, correct?
At first, maybe. At large members are fully fledged members, you can join national committees like the new rural organizing committee if that suits your situation. There is an unofficial DSA discord which can put you in touch with other active members in your state.
EWOC can help workplace organizing if that is something you could take on, and as a campaign could organically create a local chapter.
The organizer who conceived of and delivered the rural organizing cmte has helped grow and develop their chapter immensely, they actively engage with individuals and chapters in adjacent regions to make sure they are connected to the work of their closest chapters. And he’s a young person too, this isnt a DSA old head with like decades of experience.
Like, if it doesn’t exist yet, you could help build it. There may actually be a chapter in a city near you. In my own circumstance I’m active in my chapter but live outside the city. I often meet people who live further out, many joining DSA quite recently.
If you want to get into the nitty-gritty of your situation, DM me and we can chat about it, even if its just informational I’d be happy to talk.