Active local orgs, FRSO, PSL, and even DSA (I give them warnings that their incoherence and acceptance of liberals means you'll want to find or recruit commies). All of these groups have things to criticize but make up for it relative to CPUSA in critical areas. Example: I can almost always get someone involved in real organizing work wrt unions and anti-imperialism in the DSA and they'll read ML (etc) books I suggest. There are usually people with decades of experience who, while having far from perfect politics, can pass on the core skills. I can then watch people move on to FRSO/PSL/a local org/my org when they've reached their limit (or in one instance, they take over their DSA chapter, which was pretty neat to watch).
In my experience with CPUSA, gaining practical organizing skills and embedding in the community seems to be a pretty low priority. I have seen a handful of events that were organized with CPUSA, though. More of that would be great. Loop more people into it, get them comfortable with the fundamentals of getting other people to do things, building lists, etc. It can be difficult for commies to feel comfortable developing strategies and engagement if they're not familiar with at least a few toolkits. Or, worse, it can make a group dominated by the people who feel confident despite not having the knowledge, which of course leads in bad directions.
It’s also probably good to join groups like sunrise and extinction rebellion to move people who care on to a higher understanding and better tactics. In addition trans defense groups, and so on.
Active local orgs, FRSO, PSL, and even DSA (I give them warnings that their incoherence and acceptance of liberals means you'll want to find or recruit commies). All of these groups have things to criticize but make up for it relative to CPUSA in critical areas. Example: I can almost always get someone involved in real organizing work wrt unions and anti-imperialism in the DSA and they'll read ML (etc) books I suggest. There are usually people with decades of experience who, while having far from perfect politics, can pass on the core skills. I can then watch people move on to FRSO/PSL/a local org/my org when they've reached their limit (or in one instance, they take over their DSA chapter, which was pretty neat to watch).
In my experience with CPUSA, gaining practical organizing skills and embedding in the community seems to be a pretty low priority. I have seen a handful of events that were organized with CPUSA, though. More of that would be great. Loop more people into it, get them comfortable with the fundamentals of getting other people to do things, building lists, etc. It can be difficult for commies to feel comfortable developing strategies and engagement if they're not familiar with at least a few toolkits. Or, worse, it can make a group dominated by the people who feel confident despite not having the knowledge, which of course leads in bad directions.
It’s also probably good to join groups like sunrise and extinction rebellion to move people who care on to a higher understanding and better tactics. In addition trans defense groups, and so on.
Yes though I do tell people to not get arrested for dumb reasons, which XR does often do