i can give my whole experience with DSA chapter maybe even blog about it. but the cliffnotes are that I met them at the second no kings rally and decided to investigate them to see if they’re worth contributing too. also I’m still in the tire kicking stage.

I’m more curious about other people experiences with DSA. did you hear about them? did you attend one of their meeting? have you done anything with/for them? any opinions on the organization?

  • 🇵🇸antifa_ceo@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    DSA is, in my opinion, currently the most viable leftist organization in the US. It is certainly the biggest and most active one in my area.

    Originally I joined because I wanted to get involved locally just somehow. I didnt know what to do and found the most organized leftist group to join to learn the skills I was clearly missing.

    I know people like to shit on DSA because there are the most baby leftists in it imaginable who often treat it as a pool activists they can tap for their capitalist adjacent reforms. There is truth to this in some chapters. Some of the largest chapters in the DSA like NYC and LA are so big they get NGO brain sometimes and lose sight of the mission.

    From where I am sitting there is a clear path to move the national politics of this group towards being a true party of the people with designs to bring about socialism and eventually communism.

    I am an applicant to the Marxist Unity Group caucus and strongly believe in their vision for the future of this org. It is our duty to bring these lessons to the working class to merge socialism with the worker movement. To build truly Democratic structures and bring them to the masses to show them another way is possible. We need a social democracy in this country and we have go to where the people are - imo that’s DSA. I dont think its lying to people its educating them out of their infantile understanding of what is necessary for us to cohere a national movement to take our country back.

    I have much to criticize about DSA but I’m here because I want to help change it and educate people on why our path is the necessary one to move in the direction of Revolution and emancipation. I am surrounded by communist comrades in this org who feel similarly. MUG is a rapidly growing caucus that has National influence with the seats it has. DSA is moving left towards really being an independent force but it will take time. I wanna speed that up.

    Ultimately I am here for progress. If it turns out CPUSA is the right ship brother I will pledge myself to that org so fast it will make your head spin. Same with PSL for that matter. But as it stands today I’m with DSA.