How can we combat capitalism?
How can we combat capitalism?
This is a genuine question I've been asking myself for a while now, and I would love to read your takes on it. I feel like big corps have too much control over the general population and tools at their disposal that are near impossible to combat from my perspective, like the media for example.
I will say that I am very little educated on the matter and have just recently began to more conciously think about the whole situation. Would love to see other people's take and maybe some reading recommendations on the topic if you have any!
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Well I could link you What is to be Done by Lenin and leave it at that but while much of it holds up to this day we have learned much since it was written. You should absolutely still read it but I would understand not doing so. Ultimately the best form of resistance is collective. Look for leftist organizations near you, join them and honestly engage with them. Personally I am partial to PSL but it is not everywhere. If there aren't left wing orgs with a major presence near you then join other forms of community action like soup kitchens or community gardens. If your work doesn't have a Union try and make one if you feel safe enough to do so, the IWW can help with this if you are inexperienced. If none of this is possible then atleast meet your neighbors, find likeminded people in your area and talk about your political passions, maybe something can come of that.
Look for leftist organizations near you, join them and honestly engage with them.
Personally, I found Palestine protests and similar ones to be a great way to find multiple parties, ask them basic questions, and separate the junk ones (e.g. idealistic ultra-left sects) from the ones with a viable strategy. I first went to the unionists there and asked them if any of the socialist orgs actually worked with them and only two of the four locals were mentioned. Notably, one which was mentioned and one which wasn't were both, on paper, followers of the exact same strain of Trotskyism, in fact one was a split from the other party, but on the ground it's night and day, apples and oranges; one works with&within unions to make sure its members are on board with picket actions before they happen, the other has fresh college students recite an evangelical recruitment script at protests and end up asking Palestinians at a Palestine protest with family still in Palestine if they're aware of the ongoing conflict.
In a word, if you have choice, check them all, and you don't have to pick one just for their theoretical tendency. Being correct isn't enough.
This is a great suggestion! I agree something looking good on paper isn't enough, that's the reason I've been skeptical about some of the local orgs around me. But I do think this is the way of approaching said orgs and see how things really are
Preach brother. Orgs especially outside of major cities can be so hit or miss. I also sifted through them by participating and speaking with members of pro-palestinian protests.