I want to be involved in politics, actually do something rather than just complain about the world online all day.
That is why I joined the CPB but I have been feeling disappointed in my experience so far aside from a few good moments here and there. In retrospect I also should have done more research on them before applying, they have a lot of past controversies and bizarre, arguably reactionary views.
But my other options, aren’t great neither. You’ve got: The Greens which are Eco-Socialists I guess, not exactly M-L’s but they’re doing well at least. Labour are right-wing neoliberals now so they’re completely out of the question. ‘Your Party’ was supposed to be the up and coming democratic socialistic left, pro-Palestine party but mostly fell apart and might remain irrelevant. RedFightback no longer exists since 2023 which from what I can tell were created as the alternative to the other shite out there. The CPGB-ML are from what I can tell are even worse than the CPB.
Am I missing something (like some mystical British M-L communist group which is everything I could dream of but have yet to hear of) or is there really nowhere that makes much sense to join? Is the state of the current communist movement in the UK genuinely this dire? Do I have to ‘do a Hasan Piker’ by joining the Greens and hope to turn their members further left?
Help, I want to actively be involved in building socialism in my country, get organised in my community but have nowhere I can see where I would feel that I truly belong!
Relevant texts on the TERF (Trans exclusionary radical feminists) stuff I have been reading through, the CPB are mentioned in both:
i think the extreme low level of political education/development in the west means two things:
most existing large-scale parties are necessarily shit, because no one is developed enough to know how to correctly run a party in the first place, let alone know the correct line on any or most issues. leadership is ossified and crap usually
if the primary contradiction is low development/education, educating ourselves (individually or in groups when possible) is the most important thing we can do right now. if being an autodidact isn’t possible for any reason, then making that possible is the most important thing instead
scientific socialism will take serious, rigorous study in order to become fully developed cadre. and, ultimately i don’t think any existing party in the west can provide that serious rigorous study, we simply have to do it ourselves. one thing you could consider is reaching out to people you think are as developed as you in the org and starting a private study group yourself.