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I've been getting involved with PSL and decided to apply to join. One thing I think is really important that I don't know how to ask them without sounding like a straight up fed is: "what is the plan to turn class consciousness into revolution?" like, I'm willing to do all these typical organizational efforts but only if there's actually a plan towards revolution and not just some nebulous hope that enough class consciousness will just make a revolution happen. If anyone from PSL can illuminate this for me I would really appreciate it. Obvi, don't like put yourself or the org in danger by answering, so if you need to be vague that's alright.

I don't even know if I'm allowed to ask this here tbh. If not, mods feel free to remove this post

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[-] dastanktal@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Frso also has a similar goal. My understanding of these parties, PSL has a Trotskyist origin and it continues to struggle against that, where FRSO was found by Maoists.

~~I am likely to join which ever org is closest to me.~~

Edit:

FRSO Has some chauvinistic tendencies regarding indigenous people and land back in the United States. See the comment chain below.

Really, it seems like PSL might be the best communist org to join after some cursory research.

Hard to tell without spending a lot of time reading the party material

[-] Jabril@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

FRSO basically doesn't exist in comparison to size of PSL.

They also hold a strong western chauvinist line about colonialism and the national sovereignty of Indigenous people in North America.

[-] dastanktal@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Wow, I did not know that. I will definitely keep that in mind as I'm looking at membership for these orgs in the future.

[-] Jabril@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Yes if there's literally no other options I would look into starting something local or starting a chapter of something like PSL

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