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blue squares posted:People are super interested all around the country. Put up fliers and a facebook page, people will start sharing it, and people will show up. Yeah, and if you are on a college campus you can organize around YDS (young dem soc) which has a lower membership threshold and might receive a little more help from the national office.
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blue squares posted:People are super interested all around the country. Put up fliers and a facebook page, people will start sharing it, and people will show up. I'm trying to do some of my usual dumb anime to make a statement about this myself, but I'm feeling rather demoralized at the moment; makes it a little hard to concentrate. E: Also, getting too distracted with Trumpery. MShadowy has issued a correction as of 22:54 on Feb 13, 2017 |
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Doorknob Slobber posted:I think that right now, in most places the best place to put your effort is working in the democratic party. In some areas you can be lucky enough to vote for actual socialists and even win or get close to winning. I think going forward a great deal can be taken from Socialist Alternative's success. The candidates they pick to run are also very active activists that work on their other social campaigns like 15 Now and rent control and resisting DAPL. I think that is something to keep in mind at the local level going forward, even when working within the democratic party. since the democratic party does not have an actual base its probably the only time in history where entryism is a good idea
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Top City Homo posted:since the democratic party does not have an actual base its probably the only time in history where entryism is a good idea Yes, and in quite a few states there are some absurd limitations on getting on the ballot. Entryism is absolutely the way to go there in the short term. Libertarians, the most widely available 3rd party, are only in 33 states.
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Im gonna take my loving country back.
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unbutthurtable posted:Anyone know the technical requirements of gang tags? I might be able to have a friend put something together soon. No real reqs beyond the forum norms. I have a template i used for this one i can share
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"here's how bernie can still win"
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:"here's how bernie can still win" bernie should talk some serious, serious poo poo about white nationalist groups until he gets assassinated and becomes a martyr
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Doorknob Slobber posted:bernie should talk some serious, serious poo poo about white nationalist groups until he gets assassinated and becomes a martyr
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Grognan posted:Starting to consider that organizing paramilitary groups alongside all available action might not be a bad idea. its a patriotic duty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_committee
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Top City Homo posted:its a patriotic duty quote:The committees promoted patriotism and home manufacturing, advising Americans to avoid luxuries, and lead a more simple life. this sounds... anticapitalist
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collaborators, civil rights is actually one of the core tenets of the DSA
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guys what if Trump offers us socialism, but in exchange roe v wade had to be overturned???
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platzapS posted:guys what if Trump offers us socialism, but in exchange roe v wade had to be overturned??? free community college for all but *rolls giant novelty idpol dice* no gay marriage?
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I went to a DSA anti-valentines bar thing and it was v cool and v good! Really high turnout for a Tuesday night
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In honor of the budding revolution I would like to remind everyone that you can only build a mass organization with an actual infrastructure the good news is that the internet provides a basically cost free way of getting it done if literally the most minimum of effort is taken I have taken that minimal effort to a new height and now provide you a list of tools you can use to set up virtual soviets in the heart of this rotting land ruled by an orange madman 1.) Set up your own functioning social network/website Use this: https://developers.oxwall.com/ it's free. The hosting is dirt cheap and anyone can set it up. You can easily merge all the social channels into it and mirror other allied channels (other DSA chapters, Robert Reich etc.) The idea is to have a clearing house of information for organization see the events of other chapters 2.) Instead of fighting about who is a tankie, make decisions with every DSA chapter using this collab tool https://www.loomio.org it integrates with slack 3.) March on something or meet somewhere using this private map GPS app http://www.waveapplication.com/ Then talk using signal + Whatapp if you want to create groups or customize stuff you can probably also try this advocacy progressive tool https://www.salsalabs.com or these dudes https://actionnetwork.org/toolset but it costs more Trumpbucks There it is: your resource to creating a virtual soviet/committee of correspondence I hope someone takes the 30 minutes it takes to get this documented and set up. Cheers! Top City Homo has issued a correction as of 08:50 on Feb 15, 2017 |
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Top City Homo posted:In honor of the budding revolution I would like to remind everyone that you can only build a mass organization with an actual infrastructure nice, I'll add this to the OP
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:this sounds... anticapitalist it was very anti  anti shithead elitist kind of radical movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committees_of_safety_(American_Revolution) quote:
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Ace of Baes posted:nice, I'll add this to the OP I'd also recommend signal for encrypted communications. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms
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Ace of Baes posted:nice, I'll add this to the OP you may already be covered with slack / facebook, but for purposes of event broadcasts and recruiting, there's also meetup. it's super easy to use and v accessible, and in addition as a company they're promoting resist https://www.meetup.com
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Top City Homo posted:In honor of the budding revolution I would like to remind everyone that you can only build a mass organization with an actual infrastructure UNITED SOVIETS OF AMERICA Edit: Alt-USA
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Top City Homo posted:SOME GOOD poo poo Thanks, comrade
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Top City Homo posted:Cheers! Thanks. I stole this and posted it all over the various progressive/socialist facebook groups I'm in because using technology to be organized is a good thing that political people don't do well.
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Does the DSA have any flyers or graphics I can use for recruitment?
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Condiv posted:Does the DSA have any flyers or graphics I can use for recruitment? http://www.dsausa.org/basic_resources has the cornel west flyer and i posted some sweet agitprop for signs in the first couple pages of the thread
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Join DSA a little over a month ago and might see if I can get something going in central IL here. There's already a new champaign-urbana branch and I'm pretty excited for it!
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I knew 15 people at the last DSA meeting that had gotten into activism via repro justice and became wildly disillusioned after it became clear that PP was uninterested in anything but grooming future major donors. two of them are on the board of an org that provides direct grants for abortions because they were upset about how much PP throws abortion under the bus. like seriously do these people not remember stupak. dems are trash.
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Doorknob Slobber posted:Thanks. I stole this and posted it all over the various progressive/socialist facebook groups I'm in because using technology to be organized is a good thing that political people don't do well. with Internet communism you take what you need friend also keep in mind that the most effective route of mass organizations is first and foremost a grassroots community that discusses the issues that they care about and then tries to change them in an organized way outside of electoral politics Parents have 3 jobs and can't watch the kids? Set up a childcare coop and get those parents involved Payday loans sucking up money from the poor? Sponsor a credit union existing or otherwise and get them signed up and the payday loans out of business You want to have parallel institutions that compete and supplant the legitimacy of our elected "representatives" by solving the problems of neglected communities through direct democratic participation You can empower people by having them thrust into a responsible position The energy and stark contrast of a mass organization that actually takes care of its constituents vs stagnant elected neoliberal governments creates momentum to replace worthless politicos because as soon as people see another path and another vision the more they want it Imo
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Bushiz posted:I knew 15 people at the last DSA meeting that had gotten into activism via repro justice and became wildly disillusioned after it became clear that PP was uninterested in anything but grooming future major donors. could you go into more detail about this? or pm me? thanks
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Condiv posted:could you go into more detail about this? or pm me? thanks Seconded, I thought PP was on the up and up
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Top City Homo posted:In honor of the budding revolution I would like to remind everyone that you can only build a mass organization with an actual infrastructure This is really awesome. We recently started discussing software and infrastructure at our DSA meeting. Apparently it is a requirement from DSA national that a chapter has the ability to rapidly reach out to members (via text, call, etc) for flash gatherings like airport protests. We formed a small committee to start setting that up, but our chapter is just getting started and there is such an obvious need for infrastructure in general. Action Network seems to imply that it is free for "small groups," but I couldn't find the definition of that or pricing otherwise. To me it definitely seems like the way to go. It integrates with a bunch of stuff, including CallHub. Also it looks like SalesForce has a 10 user license available for non-profits. I think DSA chapters are 501(c)(3), which sounds like it qualifies. I will definitely post some guides once we start making more progress. I think having the right infrastructure in place is probably one of the most important things we can do. I'm actually surprised that DSA national does not have something in place for its chapters.
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Oh Hell No posted:free community college for all but *rolls giant novelty idpol dice* no gay marriage? I mean I think it's completely reasonable to worry that any political movement, left or right, might abandon minority civil rights in the name of popular appeal, especially minorities like american muslims and transpeople who are marginal populations that generate suspicion and controversy from leftist and liberal bigots as well as neo-fash ones but yeah that stuff is still mad dumb bc, you know, the democratic party has an actual track record of having done so also quickie poll: how far are you guys from your nearest chapters and how far do you usually go to attend meetings and events? I've never done any political organizing before, but am considering getting some friends and acquaintances and starting our own chapter bc the nearest one is about two hours away and seems pretty inactive/disorganized
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Top City Homo posted:with Internet communism you take what you need friend is this what a friendly leftcom looks like????? 
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