I had my meeting with two representatives from my local PSL org :)! I do wish i had read more into the different publications the org had, because they did ask me about what specifically interested me in their publication.
I want to write a special thank you to the guy(s) who kept on ddosing lemmy. You gave me no other choice ;).
Congatulations! I’ve seen some anarchists call the PSL a “cult”. Anyone got any idea why?
They’re anarchists. Anything even resembling hierarchy gets denounced as a cult 🤣
That certainly wasn’t the vibe that I got. They were relatively balanced when I asked them their positions on certain issues.
I assume that following ML thought, studying it and upholding figures like Stalin might look “cultish” to some. But I’m not from the USA so I have no idea what the party and its history are like.
Democratic centrism from the American eye looks like a cult because it means acting as a unit instead of individuals. PSL does deserve some criticism though. The Philly branch had sexual assault allegations made against a prominent member and the party found him to be innocent. Members were asked to continue on as if he was innocent and that is a slippery slope. Keep in mind this is only one branch.
My anarchist friend was at an abortion rights protest and came back with a car full of signs, and they were made by the PSL… lol.