We had our first meeting last night. A little under ten people showed up. It went really, really well. Will we actually accomplish anything? Who knows. All we know is that we are here, and we fucking hate the way things are going.

I've tried to start groups like this before but with extremely limited success. Here's what I did differently this time:

DM'd people on Facebook. That's it.

You know who your neighbors are who fucking hate liberal politics. People who post ACAB shit and who never told anyone to vote for Biden. Berners who are still angry.

Message those people.

Propose a zoom meeting.

Work out a time together.

When you meet, make sure everyone speaks, if they want to.

Bada bing, bada boom. Some of the people who show up might also know about other activist groups in the area you haven't heard of. (They often form around single issues, like local environmental destruction which may not directly affect people a few towns over.) Even if your group doesn't work out, you might be able to find other groups to join.