My experience trying to set up a local DSA chapter was pretty shitty, and 75% of that suckage was due to dealing with national leadership. I left that experience convinced that there was a non-zero number of people in the national office who were there as camouflaged hurdles to chapter establishment and inter-chapter organizing.
EVERYONE: "Join an org"
THE ORG:
My experience trying to set up a local DSA chapter was pretty shitty, and 75% of that suckage was due to dealing with national leadership. I left that experience convinced that there was a non-zero number of people in the national office who were there as camouflaged hurdles to chapter establishment and inter-chapter organizing.
There are plenty of other, cooler orgs out there