I haven’t posted about this yet, but I quit Communist Party USA in mid-November 2023. Since quitting, I’ve been focused on getting several major health issues treated, building the Flint chapter of the Michigan Mutual Aid Coalition (MIMAC), and in addition to our mutual aid work, trying to build the basis of an educational program...Read More “Why I Left The CPUSA” »
What kind of success do you mean? Recruitment?
Helping people and getting them more socialism minded and anti-capitalist. I think trying to recruit people via mutual aid makes it less “aid” and more of a transactional experience. With mutual aid we show people there are different ways to do things beyond capitalism, and that community and togetherness are far more important than chasing the dollar. Trying to recruit people, like your org is a pyramid scheme or a cult seems likely to just turn them away.