Why are American communist parties so weird.
i can actually vote for a semi-functioning communist party in czechia
get fucked nerds
KSCM. a weird leftist fusion that leans ML. theyre the party that used to run czechoslovakia. current guy who leads it was a cop during the revolution and was known for breaking a liberal leader’s jaw iirc
Nice. How much power to they have? Do the have a base? Is there nostalgia for communism as I know Czechoslovakia was one of the first communist countries to fall. Also are they weird on LGBTQ rights like many European communist parties are?
Vote for Hillary. It’s her turn
decades of disconnection from the class
That has more to do with their inability to get anything done than with the reason for their current state, but damn is it why they suck.
That’s Socialist Alternative’s main criticism of many left groups (at least in my area), the whole point is to meet the working class where they are and help them get to where they need to be, build them a bridge don’t just wish they were already across! That’s why SAlt accomplishes WAY more than you’d expect, given our size, we’re just now passing 1,000 members internationally again.
Sometimes y’all swoop into things other socialists have already organized, acting like it’s an unorganized worker action or whatever and try to channel it and it’s like, dude we’re already here we’re just not wearing red scarves.
can’t speak to any experience with that, but in my area since I’ve joined it’s been grassroots events, protests, stuff we organized, or stuff we were cooperating on.
We do be coopting lib organized shit tho 'oops your friendship huddle with police became a defund the police rally with people chanting ACAB :soviet-bashful: ’
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
What’s SA’s relationship to / opinion of currently existing socialist states?
We’re quite critical of china and others, but I don’t know too much of the extent, it’s not been something that’s come up much with local conditions as they are so I can’t really say as I don’t know where I personally stand on it yet, haven’t had the brainspace to investigate it
