Not going to go in detail but I've learned I'm too autistic to do like, most organizing work
Anybody else? I just kinda do basic administrative manual labor type shit now
In recent years, neurotypicals have been using the words "showing up" to mean something mysterious that is actually more than just showing up
I think the way they use it means to have that shitty "grindset" attitude where you do a ton of work, take coke breaks in the bathroom and shake a bunch of hands while you have really sweaty palms.
Another horrifying yet demystifying explanation, thank you again Mr. Marx!
The comrades who keep the spreadsheets clean are invaluable. Not all of organizing is talking to people.
people who whine about spreadsheets, and bureaucracy, are in for a shock when the learn the revolution will involve spreadsheets.
admin communist, signing off, spreadsheets of the world unite
I'm unable to do a goddamn thing.
The dog was barking really loud today. It was like being punched in the head over and over. It triggered my sensitivity so bad I had to go put in earplugs and cover my eyes and lay in bed for hours. I feel fucking useless.
I feel like I'm not convincing anyone of anything, but most of the people I meet in activism spaces are neurodivergent.
yea a lot, but tbh I'm suck a fuckup I've accidentally doxxed somebody's home address before lmao
don't ask how
I went to Revolution Festival two years back and immediately clocked almost everybody there as neurodivergent in some way or another.
I definitely feel this. Often seems like the vast majority of the stuff my org wants me to do in some way involves approaching and talking to random people. I've cancelled on that type of shit last minute so many times cause of anxiety I feel like I might as well be a wrecker or fed. I see other comrades here talking about administrative stuff, but the org I'm in is really small, with few adminstrative needs, and they seem to have someone covering that already. I guess all I'm good for is showing up to the occasional protest on the rare days when I don't feel too exhausted and overwhelmed to be in a huge noisy crowd.
I'm autistic and live 2 hours away from the nearest city big enough to have an org. Wish I knew how to get my foot in the door for administrative work. Most of my "praxis" is reading theory, subscribing on patreon, and shitposting here occasionally. Good luck everyone.
Like many folks mentioned there's plenty of work to be done in making a party function.
You could help your financial departments with record keeping, your tech departments with nerd shit like updating and maintaining websites, your arts and propaganda department with drawing cool shit, your history/research/archivist department digitize old shit or organize documents, hell even just volunteering to be the dweeb that helps keep all the social media stuff posted up-to-date is important work.
People put all the glory on field work but forget that without a support network to make sure they're well-equipped to do the work they'd be hella nerfed from the get-go. Always remember that any form of work no matter how little it seems to be is always necessary in some way shape or form to the overall movement and whatever contribution you can make no matter how small is always appreciated.
Y'all are in orgs large enough to have a fucking archiving department???
This is actually a bit of an issue for the western left, we're so small our parties aren't big enough to allow for a lot of activist specialization. You either take on a lot of work or you barely participate at all. Honestly as someone who hates being in the public eye id love it if there was some big communist party where I could be like, idk, assistant to the treasurer or some bullshit in some local branch. The closest thing we have to this is the DSA sadly.
I've done a lot of organizing with ND comrades and I'd consider myself one. While you'd probably be uncomfortable in a front-facing position, there's no reason why you can't do administrative work.
I prefer to do a vice-president role myself where I handle the organization of what needs to get done and have the bumps and delegations done by someone else.
I think the person you're responding to meant it affirmationaly, like "you CAN help. That admin work IS valuable!"
Cause it is! Data entry is something that always needs doing in every org I've encountered for outreach and member contact etc etc
I don't know your exact circumstances so I won't assume anything, but rather make a general statement. Behind the scenes administrative and clerical work is just as important as front facing public outreach. Manual labor is also necessary for many things both above and below ground to get done, and so never feel ashamed about it. The phrase "by each according to his ability" applies very well to us neurodiverse folks- we can find roles that we are good at if we are given half a chance
Any serious effort helps. Its hard getting folks sympathetic to socialism to do anything to work toward it irl, whether they are neurodivergent or neurotypical.
There's lots of admin tasks my org could use help with that have fallen by the wayside because our most dedicated folks don't have time to both do admin stuff and "organizing work".
leave salting to the typicals
