Why are American communist parties so weird.
my only complaint with SAlt after working with the local chapter on a bunch of stuff is the emphasis on panels… like dammit, we don’t need another panel on international antifascism, we just did one. come on, y’all… ISO was worse on this front though.
tbf that only really sucks if you’re pretty well read or exposed to the ideas and discussions. For a lot of people, especially newer members, they have a lot of groundwork to lay out. Even then, for those who do know, its also about learning and practicing discussion, not rehearsing, but practicing organic discussion with sharp analysis. Because you can’t just go to a protest and walk up to working class people and hit them with boring shit or long speeches, you gotta give them what you want them to hear in the way they need to hear it, and to do that takes practice and confidence
It’s also why getting into big fights with other leftists online isn’t really helpful, because you don’t need practice for arguing with socialists, you need practice for talking to and working with working class people
