In the last year, I finally decided to drop out of the democratic party and work on politics more aligned with my principles. I'm trying to get politically engaged and stop being a keyboard warrior / lazy DSAer / bare minimum protest attendee and help organize... for the Revolution!

But so far I'm finding I'm failing to actually make it through the other side of the entry barrier. I've attended union organizing trainings and felt like I left a series of seminars and was now basically on my own. When trying to enter local socialist orgs, I'm getting tested on my ideological fit and they're making me do a lot of reading and interviewing.

I appreciate the education and all, and the people have been nice and generous with their time, but after attending an intro meeting or two I have to ask: is there any there there? Once I actually get let in, is it still people sitting in rooms reading theory at each other? Is it just more meetings? When will it get pragmatic? When will I actually be doing something useful? Or does that come later and right now I'm a liability / not educated enough to contribute?

Appreciate perspectives from those that have been down a similar path and open to suggestions and recommendations.