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The Iron's hot, what now? (lemmygrad.ml)
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The US aggression against Iran has generated even more political fervor. This is something I've witnessed in my closest circles with a Mamdani-lib sibling of mine commenting that "North Korea's also never done anything" which was a shock to hear given some of our previous conversations.

My partner has made even more progress. They've almost completely flipped on many stances in regards to countries amongst the "axis of evil".

This has all led me to wonder: What's the best way to take advantage of the turmoil, and push temporary-baby-leftists to a more concrete position?

Thinking of something like the guide's Cowbee puts out but even more digestible for entry level -potential communists, really want to create lasting impressions that generate questions.

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[–] Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 5 days ago

Show them reporting from Liberation News and Fight Back News, for a start. Also the Abby Martin documentaries, and Yellow Parenti. I think there's a whole Parenti Lecture podcast made by an user from here. Those are all good for broader anti-imperialism.

For Marxism specifically, Engels already perfected the introduction with Principles of Communism. Vijay Prashad's videos and interviews are fairly accessible to broad audiences. And if they get too curious, you can feed the Wage Labour and Capital, and Value, Price and Profit but at that point you're better off just making a joint commitment to join some party together.

But most importantly, try to approach other active communists and socialists. If there are protests nearby, try to find out if the left acronyms (FRSO/PSL/CPUSA/DSA/etc/etc) are gonna be there and hang around together with them. It's way easier when it's humans talking to each other.