There's some anarchists who seem to think @dsa_lsc is the same as DSA overall even equating it with the dirtbaggy socdem Jacobin Bread & Roses faction that in reality despises them. So idk where folks get this idea that LSC is just an org for "anarchists who like voting"
This is me speaking as an outsider. I'm not in LSC but I have a ton of affinity with them cuz I see it as a necessary bulwark against this kinda vulgar socdem electoralist tendancy that's really been at the center of DSA Drama™. Anarchists need to realize that the nature of....
the DSA fundamentally changed post-2016. The influx of new radicals replaced the Harringtoniams, & in its place you had a variety of different tendencies. Much of the org has been geared toward on the ground organizing, material solidarity & mutual aid. The Drama™ starts...
when the Jacobin types (Momentum/Spring/B&R), who also came outta the bump, desire to see the org geared solely toward elections & the hostility they had toward all the other factions. They're kinda like Kautsykite types mixed with some deeply hierarchal views on leadership...
To us outsiders, all the DSA Drama has been more or less centered around this question. No the DSA in its post 2016 form is not an electoralist org & it shows how effective the Jacobin propaganda has been in convincing people it is....
Other anarchists need to support LSC, either critically or enthusiastically it dint matter, cuz they're one of the few forces to pushback against B&Rs agenda have faced immense backlash from them for it. It's called solidarity, I'm a black flag pirate commie myself but...
If you don't want DSA, an org with 70k members, to become a full fledged Bernie cult, then you should probably support the LSC. Thanks for coming to my TED talk
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