For whatever it means for you comrades, my former branch is absolutely falling apart. Leadership has had to be constantly engaged with comrades 1:1 to get them to stay or to not leave for other projects or lifeboat groups who're trying to keep party members; and it means a ton of people who wanted to do other things are just burning out like flies. My local branch has, I think, tipped right overboard into some extremely inexcusable tactics and behavior; and my disappointment is immeasurable.

I understand I'm posting about this a lot, so, Mods or Admins feel free to tell me to stop, I just want this to be on people's radars so bad. This hasn't really hit the mainstream "left" yet, I haven't seen people even locally who've taken an anti-party stance for a long time (correct or not) talking about this.

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[–] [S] 37 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Marissa Sanchez came out recently about her being sexually assaulted by Eugene Puryear. Eugene Puryear was a longtime leader and founder of the party, and on the Central Committee. Marissa was a dedicated party member, beginning in 2015 and being on the Central Committee by 2020, at which time Eugene sexually assaulted her. The aftermath of this was essentially silencing and isolation by Ben Becker, and further after the publishing of that article a statement came out from the Central Committee re-affirming their treatment of Marissa, assassinating her character, and local branches have either acquiesced or are completely falling apart because the Central Committee has made it absolutely clear there will not be further discussion or engagement with this internally.

For me, I experienced many of the same tactics that Marissa did as a party member and I see myself in her. I recommend reading the original article here if you have the time.

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  • [–] 22 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    I was surprised to see you post these articles because last time I was in a PSL struggle session I remember you being very committed to the org. (To be clear the struggle sesh had nothing to do with SA, I forget what it was but it was pretty benign) I'm so sorry you've had to deal with such shitty treatment too cuddle

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 6 days ago

    Thanks comrade, I don't know what it was but yeah, I was putting my everything into it. I was always told that starting a branch was the hardest thing one could do and I took a lot of pride in all the work I did and the groundwork I'd laid hoping it would blossom into something truly wonderful; but now I'm just seeing that be completely squandered by a distant self-interested leadership and a local incompetent one.

    cuddle

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