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DSA observation (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 day ago by PixelPilgrim@lemmings.world to c/dsa@lemmy.ml

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My DSA chapter had a social where we were on a beach roasting marshmallows and sausages over a propane fire. Hard being in the Pensacola DSA. But I noticed about the various college major pursuits in the DSA most. A bit are police science majors, there's a lawyer, good amount of humanities Major. I'm in STEM as an EE major, but I overheard stems being referred to "people that only see change through technology". Ironically I haven't brought up my education, but I have brought up my radio hobby a lot.

I'm in the DSA to try and see if I can coalition build and push class solidarity and I do think technology is needed To help justify the movement since we do mutual aid and it would help to prevent provide anything for the people we are helping.

I'm kinda curious if that's the case for other DSA chapter

Picture was just my route over to the social

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[–] antifa_ceo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I have an LSC comrade who I was talking about this with a bit recently. I shared that my perspective on the future, as a CS guy myself so probably in a more similar boat to you than not, being one where we will achieve some form of higher technological automation to free people from work (to some appreciable degree at least). She expressed a position that I hadn't considered before and need to read books on to learn about more, but essentially was one of degrowth and prosperity through a more Eco focused future rather than a technologic one - I need to read more but that seemed to the gist. Now I don't think her perspective precludes technology but it's not the primary focus.

I think it is an interesting perspective from someone who leans more anarchist than me and one I want to substantively engage with. Maybe that's what your comrades were talking about.

Technology is a tool we should use to further our ability to do our work and organize more people into the movement. Good luck in your efforts with coalition building. Our chapter is fixated doing similar but those who advocate for it want to be junior partners with other orgs in the area and I just largely don't see the point. We do some mutual aid work as part of them but its never something that drives engagement back to the chapter. I personally think our effort and capacity is better spent on places where we can organize and agitate people back into DSA because that is where our power comes from. Not in being allies with liberal bourgeois NGOs. Now these orgs can be allies but just be careful. DSA should not be a clearing house for activists but rather a home for organizers building an alternate to the maligned systems we endure under today.

Anyway sorry for the little rant. Wish you all the best comrade.

[–] PixelPilgrim@lemmings.world 1 points 1 day ago

I've been intercepting radio comms for retail chains and telling people to support any unionization effort and I even got onto meshtastic and reached out to anyone on there. also been looking into how to take junk we already have and convert it into other more useful (or even just giving the junk to people who need it).

I do wish my DSA chapter was more ambitious. there is our food share but we could do more canvassing to law the groundwork for politicians or even policies we advocate for.

I do think I'm figuring out politics is really a county wide game, as in county level is smallest level you can compete on. Big cities have there advantages like there's a lot of people and outreach is easy since everything is close together and city council positions have the smallest jurisdictions, but then what you can change is more limited. plus not everything is part of a city and unincorporated areas are subject to county so you can affect things like power and water for those areas if you go to the county level.