I really really want to get involved with the movement. I feel like I’m going through an immense political awakening at an extremely auspicious time, given the clear collapse of the empire going on right now.
Two issues, though.
A: I have no idea what I’m doing or where to go. The American left (and the left in general) is obviously fragmented and impotent, which certainly doesn’t help. There’s a local branch of DSA that I’ve seen flyers for, but I don’t think I want to bother with a “big tent” organization like that. PSL is the only party I’ve seen mostly good things about here, but they only have a general branch for my state. If there are any smaller orgs, I have no idea how I’d find them.
B: As potential for revolution increases, so too does potential for arrest, and as a trans woman, that’s a pretty horrifying prospect. I don’t want to just sit around and do nothing, but at the same time… yeah.
I would really appreciate any tips, if any of this makes sense.
It’s probably worth checking out the DSA if you have nothing better to do. You can get a very wide range of people in different chapters and someone there is probably also willing to help you with information on local groups (unless it’s a really bad chapter).
There’s a No Kings protest tomorrow (Saturday, March 28). Obviously the event itself is just a shitty Dem pep rally, but there’s a high likelihood that some of the local groups active in your area will be there to recruit, so you might want to check that out if the closest one is a reasonable distance from you (or maybe even if it’s not, since it’s just a one-time thing, but that’s your call).