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Anyone have experience with Freedom Road Socialist Organization? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Can anyone give me the lowdown on these folks? I like that they're a Marxist-Leninist org, in theory.

What's their vibe, what's the leadership like, local chapters etc.

https://frso.org/

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I believe if you go back far enough, they're a split of a split of the SWP. They dropped the Trotskyism sometime in their evolution, early 2000s maybe? Or maybe earlier?Now I think they're ML basically.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I think someone told me that they were Marcyites specifically? Not very well versed on Trot tendencies or how true that is

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

By the wiki summary it’s correct, but I’d bet less than 25% of current membership knows who the hell Sam Marcy was

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

That sounds right. And I remember hearing some dispute around Marcy's tendancy/politics/legacy? I'm kind of halfway remembering all this second hand though. I've never lived where they're active so never dug into them too much.