Three things
(1) Bernie was defeated
(2) after his defeat, lots of DSA people poured energy into BLM/George Floyd protest. BLM was defeated.
(3) The pandemic. This disrupted organizing (which was already weak). Some people were comfortable organizing or had more time to organize, this was disrupted by the pandemic "ending" last year.
DSA in my area is still doing shit, but from what I understand they have greatly reduced capacity from what they had in 2020.
That's true, but the BLM protests were a new organizing. Whatever organizing was happening before the start of the pandemic was disrupted.
Covid had a mix of seemingly contradictory effects; like I stated in (3) covid both disrupted organizing and gave some more time/motivation to organize.
Three things (1) Bernie was defeated (2) after his defeat, lots of DSA people poured energy into BLM/George Floyd protest. BLM was defeated. (3) The pandemic. This disrupted organizing (which was already weak). Some people were comfortable organizing or had more time to organize, this was disrupted by the pandemic "ending" last year.
DSA in my area is still doing shit, but from what I understand they have greatly reduced capacity from what they had in 2020.
I'm cautiously very optimistic about what happens when the pandemic ends (meaning it becomes endemic, aka less deaths than the flu)
The left is the most suppressed by the pandemic, because they're the least willing to murder people.
There might be a lot of in person organizing pent up
Here I was thinking the BLM protests were possible in part BECAUSE of the plague shutting things down and causing economic strife.
That's true, but the BLM protests were a new organizing. Whatever organizing was happening before the start of the pandemic was disrupted.
Covid had a mix of seemingly contradictory effects; like I stated in (3) covid both disrupted organizing and gave some more time/motivation to organize.