I didn't know where to post, so I will post it here.
Basically, for some time now, I have had this idea in the back of my mind; I want to launch a communist media organisation, or some communist organisation of some sort. I think our ideas need more exposure, more over, as someone that lives in China, I feel a bit less worried about the repercussions making a public communist org could have on my life.
I think what made me especially think about this, is that today I witnessed something disgusting; I saw that an acquaintance of mine made a NGO about promoting the relationship between China and the EU, basically a disgusting shitty neoliberal grift that just aims to amass power, influence and money. After witnessing this, I asked myself, why only allow shitty neoliberal voices to be heard? I'm sure at least China would be willing to hear the voices of comrades more than the voices of neolib bureaucrat trash, so why not make an org?
Also, recently I talked with a Chinese politician, so this gave me some hope that our voices can indeed be heard and taken into account. There should be more communist media orgs (and communist orgs in general), but it has to start somewhere.
What do you guys think?
Based and I too want to start a NGO due to making gains in crypto. I am your next door neighbor from Pakistan but currently trapped in the hell hole called USA due to me being a DACA recipient. I have 3 friends in China from Chengdu and hope to come visit China one day once I get my papers here. You should totally do it and I would like to help anyway I can!
I have many classmates from Pakistan, haha. It would be amazing if you could participate, yaar. If you decide to ever come to China, you can contact me here. I will also try to keep updates about the project (if I decide to finally do it at the end).
Brother thank you for even offering that to me. Thank you for kindness and definitely would love to explore China. I really want to try all the spicy food in Chengdu and learn about the culture.
Very cool. Make an effective propaganda machine that we can use against liberals
IME the core of an org is an ongoing project or activity with discreet tasks, or else you end up like the Portland GDC that's just an anarchist reading group with a membership fee.
That said, keeping people engaged as a group through a reading group as well isn't a bad idea if the project doesn't take up all your capacity.
Also, giving people explicit homework and making sure everyone goes home with a to do, it helps spread load and make new members feel bought in.
I don't plan to charge any money, and it would probably be a YouTube channel + blog/web to spread agitprop, analyse the socialist project in China, among others. The idea of "homework" sounds pretty interesting tho, it is important to keep people engaged and full of excitement/hope for the project.
I would love to see it. New sources of left aligned media are always good imo. What kind of content did you have in mind?
Mainly agitprop, current events from a leftist perspective, and the socialist project in China.
If you're serious then I can put you in touch with the social media department of my party to see what kind of collaboration work can be done.
edit: although I imagine this might be more fit for the Asian peoples commission
Wait so are you an EU citizen living in China or Chinese it's a bit unclear to me.
Regardless good luck, I'd love to see it.
I'm from a North African country, but I lived most of my life in Europe. Now I live in China, yes.
good to hear. something like this to promote internationalism is very needed. As you pointed out, there's way too many ghoulish ngo grifts that promote neoliberalism rn
