i know i'm not a wellspring of positive advice, but i am begging you not to get involved with the PSL or DSA. both orgs notoriously protect rapists & throw marginalized people to the wolves, and the PSL is straight counterinsurgency. they are cop-collaborators & professional wreckers. - ThreadSky

riotlinguist.bsky.social • 15 hours ago

i know i'm not a wellspring of positive advice, but i am begging you not to get involved with the PSL or DSA. both orgs notoriously protect rapists & throw marginalized people to the wolves, and the PSL is straight counterinsurgency. they are cop-collaborators & professional wreckers.

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daybreakstations.bsky.social•12 hours ago

What is PSL because rn my brain is convinced you're telling me not to engage with pumpkin spice lattes and I know that can't be right

riotlinguist.bsky.social•11 hours ago

party for socialism and liberation, a predatory "vanguard" org that routinely fucks up social movements for their own gain

https://itsgoingdown.org/announcing-new-zine-red-flags-before-you-join-that-org/

daybreakstations.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Thank you so much.

riotlinguist.bsky.social•11 hours ago

across the country they were a significant factor in co-opting, de-radicalizing, and draining BLM protests in 2020. straight up counterinsurgency.

daybreakstations.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Jfc that is angering

riotlinguist.bsky.social•11 hours ago

also been suddenly reminded that they receive funding from shady sources & move it thru a grey money slush fund at goldman sachs. *professional* counterinsurgency is not an exaggeration.

amiyatzin.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I went to a meeting just for the chili and to find a DND group ain't no way I'm even giving them my e-mail.

heyzell.bsky.social•14 hours ago

One other important note- The People's Forum in NYC and Answer Coalition are basically also PSL

seamfinder.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Breakthrough News is one of the Becker media arms.

seamfinder.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Yes

heyzell.bsky.social•14 hours ago

The DSA absolutely crushed all momentum at the Tacoma Port even a few years back through peace policing and eventually just getting people to leave

riotlinguist.bsky.social•15 hours ago

i'm sorry i don't necessarily have good advice for what you SHOULD do instead (altho you can follow @vickyacab.bsky.social whose threads are extremely helpful & full of actionable advice) but at least pls do not give your energy to these orgs that will chew you up & spit you out.

riotlinguist.bsky.social•15 hours ago

wreckers

https://bsky.app/profile/seamfinder.bsky.social/post/3ljbyzcsdoc2b

riotlinguist.bsky.social•15 hours ago

when i say "collaborate with cops," i don't *just* mean leading people into kettles for the sake of photo ops. once they have parasitically overtaken a protest, they will literally have cops directing traffic & escorting marching around groups like sheepdogs alongside psl "organizers."

riotlinguist.bsky.social•15 hours ago

they use mass movements as recruiting pools and funnel funds into their own pockets or the pockets of their partner orgs, sucking resources out of the communities they feed off.

riotlinguist.bsky.social•12 hours ago

be aware of predatory "vanguard" orgs!

https://bsky.app/profile/vickyacab.bsky.social/post/3ljbwufdm322g

riotlinguist.bsky.social•10 hours ago

organizationally, the DSA is more just ineffectual than actively predatory like the PSL, but they still have a well-known record of protecting rapists & abusers, both at the national level and individual chapters.

https://medium.com/@allisongeroi/the-chips-are-down-8ab1777f3865

lynwu.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Don't join orgs that then pressure you to canvas for politicians that then sweep your unhoused neighbors. Looking at you DSA-LA.

wildmagik.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Would you mind explaining these two points?

riotlinguist.bsky.social•15 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/riotlinguist.bsky.social/post/3ljbwdqxjrk24

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