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There's been multiple threads already, yeah.
I've thought about joining DSA a few times just to connect with new people but then I see shit like this and don't want my money paying dues to bullshit like this
Literally more damaging than doing nothing
There are at least three ML parties in the United States:
FRSO
CPUSA
PSL
just saying: your options are open and they have been growing since the year 2020.
If not, you can check Facebook and Instagram since they're good for finding orgs in your area, various leftist groups and the like.
Barring that, there are AFL-CIO unions, independent labor unions, and the IWW.
Like I said, there are options.
Just thought I'd tell you all this in case you were feeling hopeless or distraught.
I agree that the DSA is... not my first pick. I've defended them, but the "caucus system" is something I don't agree with.
(I'm apart of CPUSA but I want to say that I'm formulating this post as impartially as I can.)
I am technically still a UFCW member and have seen firsthand how useless they are. I haven't looked much into PSL but maybe they might have something nearby.
Hopeless is the word. I'm feeling very despondent lately and if not for places like this community I'd feel like my perceptions of the world are completely insane and I'd probably have given up by now.
I really have just come to expect nothing good to happen in my life and any efforts I make to improve it will be so counterproductive it's better to do nothing
unions are part of the superstructure and as such class struggle can (and has to) only be struggled within them in proportion to the level of class struggle flowing around and through them. definitely get into local organizing every field needs work and organizer development!
Unions are not apart of the state, if that's what you're trying to say.
They're only as good as they're membership and it may depend on the type of union.
Superstructure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_and_superstructure
Okay, so you're using it correctly. Good.
Edit: But please ditch relying on Wikipedia. Thank you.