I’d say you can expect to see anarchists losing their shit and throwing around the cult accusations more and more frequently as continues to grow into the vanguard party of the movement in the United States, and the anarchists realize their ideoligical commitment to disorganization leaves them on the outside of the movement, where they only had prominence because COINTELPRO promoted them
I don’t mean to be rude to PSL or anything, I’ve had nothing but good relationships with my local branch. But I doubt they’d be the specific vanguard party in a hypothetical future, even in a best case scenario. Way more likely they’d be one contingent of whatever working class movement coalesces into a coherent socialist organization. If they’re still around by then.
Like you gotta remember PSL is a party formed by a split of a split of a split. It’s the way things go until something hits a critical point.
Yeah our local anarchists have been complaining about us “hijacking” activist movements (e.g. for Palestine), but what it ultimately comes down to is that we show up. A lot. It turns out that going out there and getting shit done week after week, month after month is a shockingly effective recruiting tactic.
Our local PSL branch seems mega chill and simply do not have beefs with seemingly anyone.
They seem super close to the Brown Berets around here, probably because every leftist org here is highly integrated within the Chicano movement. The Chicanos have been the biggest game in town for decades now, so a lot of progressive style politics ends up under that umbrella in these parts I guess.
Never thought of this but in the US it’s probably not as normal to have political parties come to protests with flags and banners. I get really angry when it’s a protest against the breakdown of a social service and a party shows up that was in a coalition that cut significant funds to that service.
cult: when you are in a group that does things
I’d say you can expect to see anarchists losing their shit and throwing around the cult accusations more and more frequently as
continues to grow into the vanguard party of the movement in the United States, and the anarchists realize their ideoligical commitment to disorganization leaves them on the outside of the movement, where they only had prominence because COINTELPRO promoted them
I don’t mean to be rude to PSL or anything, I’ve had nothing but good relationships with my local branch. But I doubt they’d be the specific vanguard party in a hypothetical future, even in a best case scenario. Way more likely they’d be one contingent of whatever working class movement coalesces into a coherent socialist organization. If they’re still around by then.
Like you gotta remember PSL is a party formed by a split of a split of a split. It’s the way things go until something hits a critical point.
So were the Bolsheviks
Not saying we’re definitely the next Bolsheviks or anything, but we have the key ingredients:
A) good political line that we never waver or waffle on
B) great strategic planning and analysis of conditions
C) momentum - we are growing very, very fast
Yeah our local anarchists have been complaining about us “hijacking” activist movements (e.g. for Palestine), but what it ultimately comes down to is that we show up. A lot. It turns out that going out there and getting shit done week after week, month after month is a shockingly effective recruiting tactic.
Our local PSL branch seems mega chill and simply do not have beefs with seemingly anyone.
They seem super close to the Brown Berets around here, probably because every leftist org here is highly integrated within the Chicano movement. The Chicanos have been the biggest game in town for decades now, so a lot of progressive style politics ends up under that umbrella in these parts I guess.
This gives me much hope. I plan to join soonish, once I’m secure in a job.
Hell yeah
Never thought of this but in the US it’s probably not as normal to have political parties come to protests with flags and banners. I get really angry when it’s a protest against the breakdown of a social service and a party shows up that was in a coalition that cut significant funds to that service.