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What has the PSL done differently than other leftist organisations in the U.S. ,and the west more generally, that has allowed them to be so successful? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by borschtisgarbo@lemmygrad.ml to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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They have seen a meteoric rise in recent years. Their sister/front organisations like ANSWER, Codepink, People's Forum, BTnews have all become household names. When I look at protests in the U.S., it seems so many of them are organised directly, or indirectly, by them. In comparison, organisations like the CPUSA or the DSA are lacking behind.

How and why?

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[–] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I haven't seen that many of those PDF posts of members bombastically denouncing the party or party members over petty personal shit or publicly exposing dirty laundry, I've seen some, including here, but not many. And from what I understand the DSA is rife with that shit, which is surprising cos I would've thought the further left you go the more you get stuff like that.

Not because there's actually bad shit happening, moreso because of the types of personalities far-left organizations attract these days