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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

[-] jack@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago

PSL has a Trotskyist origin and it continues to struggle against that

While it's true PSL was founded by former members of a Marcyite Trostkyist party, nothing about how the party operates or what its line is has ever really been Trotskyist in any meaningful way. We have neither the tactical/strategic/structural orientation of Trots nor the geopolitical/historical/anti-imperialist political analysis of Trots.

[-] dastanktal@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 week ago

I appreciate the updated info, Comrade, and I will keep this in mind as I talk about these orgs in the future

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