This is a genuine question I’ve been asking myself for a while now, and I would love to read your takes on it. I feel like big corps have too much control over the general population and tools at their disposal that are near impossible to combat from my perspective, like the media for example.
I will say that I am very little educated on the matter and have just recently began to more conciously think about the whole situation. Would love to see other people’s take and maybe some reading recommendations on the topic if you have any!
Make a federation of worker owned co-ops and offer a better product and workplace.
If you are in a country where left ideologies are not exactly popular, a low risk option is also joining a union or forming one in work. Here is a link to a post with some unions listed but google search will also work.
Thankfully, the situation in my country is not too bad in that regard, so there are a decent amount of orgs to join. Thanks for the link tho, it’s a great resource to have and I saw there is info from my country so that’s great! Edit: typo
Welcome! Becoming aware of the problem and seeking a solution is the first step, so you’re already on step 2! The shortest, most oversimplified answer, is organizing the working class and overthrowing the Capitalist system, replacing it with a worker-run system. So, joining an org, like a Socialist party, is the answer.
But why is this method correct? How can we best organize? What conditions are getting in the way of that, where is the world turning? How did we get here, and where are we going? All of these questions are going to be better able to be answered with reading theory. I made a “Read Theory, Darn it!” introductory Marxist-Leninist reading list, designed to take you from no knowledge to a firm, grounded understanding of Marxism-Leninism, as quickly as possible. I recommend checking it out!
Feel free to ask any questions, comrade!
Start local. Check the local orgs (DSA, food not bombs, etc) and see if they’re doing any real organizing (instead of endless pointless meetings and recruiting at other orgs’ protests, like CPUSA). If so, join and see if there are useful ways to resist.
If not, or in addition, form a tenants union, a library of things, a mutual aid, or a group of neighbors to resist ICE. Start a reading group with friends and neighbors.
It will take a mass movement to really combat capitalism. The skills of mutual aid and solidarity will be absolutely key.
Well I could link you What is to be Done by Lenin and leave it at that but while much of it holds up to this day we have learned much since it was written. You should absolutely still read it but I would understand not doing so. Ultimately the best form of resistance is collective. Look for leftist organizations near you, join them and honestly engage with them. Personally I am partial to PSL but it is not everywhere. If there aren’t left wing orgs with a major presence near you then join other forms of community action like soup kitchens or community gardens. If your work doesn’t have a Union try and make one if you feel safe enough to do so, the IWW can help with this if you are inexperienced. If none of this is possible then atleast meet your neighbors, find likeminded people in your area and talk about your political passions, maybe something can come of that.
Look for leftist organizations near you, join them and honestly engage with them.
Personally, I found Palestine protests and similar ones to be a great way to find multiple parties, ask them basic questions, and separate the junk ones (e.g. idealistic ultra-left sects) from the ones with a viable strategy. I first went to the unionists there and asked them if any of the socialist orgs actually worked with them and only two of the four locals were mentioned. Notably, one which was mentioned and one which wasn’t were both, on paper, followers of the exact same strain of Trotskyism, in fact one was a split from the other party, but on the ground it’s night and day, apples and oranges; one works with&within unions to make sure its members are on board with picket actions before they happen, the other has fresh college students recite an evangelical recruitment script at protests and end up asking Palestinians at a Palestine protest with family still in Palestine if they’re aware of the ongoing conflict.
In a word, if you have choice, check them all, and you don’t have to pick one just for their theoretical tendency. Being correct isn’t enough.
This is a great suggestion! I agree something looking good on paper isn’t enough, that’s the reason I’ve been skeptical about some of the local orgs around me. But I do think this is the way of approaching said orgs and see how things really are
Preach brother. Orgs especially outside of major cities can be so hit or miss. I also sifted through them by participating and speaking with members of pro-palestinian protests.
Let’s just say that voting and strongly worded tweets never worked.
Every socialist country had a revolution.
Every socialist country had a revolution.
[* there are a couple of small exceptions, but their situation doesn’t apply to countries like the US and still required a mass movement to be built]
I don’t think you understand how SALTY Chuck Schumer is making these letters! It’s too much salt! Nobody can withstand these salt levels!
Recently found this may be helpful. I am still not sure about the quality of the info because I haven’t read much from there, but there seems to be sections on organizing and marxism 101 that may help you.
This seems like quite the place to start, thank you very much. I’ll have a read and see where it leads me
Oh damn they really improved the look of rhat website
Join a serious communist party that isnt defending indentitarian politics
