I’m doing some volunteer training for a local organization that helps immigrants in construction fields unionize because #workersrights
and at our last meeting on Sunday it dawned on me, everyone thinks leftists just do a bunch of infighting online and don’t actually work. Let me bring it to your attention that people who practice socialism and communism (to the best of their abilities in this electoral capitalist hellscape we all live in) are out here spending time connecting and actually doing meaningful work in society to uplift the working class. The communist knows that infighting (especially online) isn’t productive nor is it good praxis, and especially in a format of arguing and agitation over the chance to educate thoughtfully. We are spending our post 8-5s at the union hall and out in the field building and serving our communities through mutual aid as well as educating ourselves and providing education to others.
So don’t let people online make you think that socialists and communists are chronically online and don’t get sh*t done. We don’t have time to fight with capitalists online, we’re too busy feeding the community and unionizing your workplace.
I’ll leave you with a short article on what unions have done. In solidarity, comrades:
Learn what all unions have done for you
