I get that organizing is important, but I still don't actually know what that entails. Like what am I supposed to do? It's kind of like telling a straight guy who wants to get a girlfriend to just "be himself." So when I see someone complain about the hellworld we live in and a common response is "organize," it feels kinda condescending. Same with "join an org." What org? How do I know which one is good?
Like for real, why isn't there some sort of organizing guide or FAQ on here? There's a recommended routine for body weight fitness and there's even a 14 day primer on getting started (https://old.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/comments/kofo8l/bwf_primer_buildup_community_event_day_1_happy/). So where is the organizing primer? I mean it can start with something really simple, i.e. "on Day 1, say hi to a neighbor if you see them out walking (no need to get into a convo unless it just happens)." Like tbh how about a 14 Day Primer for organizing? Even the radlibs on the Bernie campaign had training sessions before having volunteers do stuff like call, text, or canvass. Even pick-up-artist idiots have training programs (e.g. day 1 talk to a random stranger and ask them directions, just say your phone is dead, etc.). We should have one too.
Any org - actually meeting people motivated people will boost you and should create a desire in you to better yourself for the movement - study working class history, theory etc. If you join a shitty org and you realise that tendency is garbage or whatever hey ho this a leaning experience. You move on and find another/better one
Literally anything. If you have a standard printer start writing pamphlets or downloading already made ones of Communist/Socialist or Anarchist sites and start distributing them. You can either leaflet houses if you don't feel up to talking to anyone or stand in your city centre dishing out leaflets and having a chat(first time I did this an old lady exclaimed at me "It's good to see Communists again!"). If you join an org you can ask for work and you will be given work.
Join your local fb groups of anarchist/socialists/communists and trade unionists to see what is going on near you - rent strikes/healthcare issues/pollution. Go to those meetings. Go to strikes. Meet more people. Distribute more propaganda. Get better at talking to people. Get better at formulating arguments logically (yes I heard Shapiro there). Win people to your cause or party or organisation you are attempting to grow. There's actually so much to do when you sit and really think for a few minutes on what you can be doing - most of it is admittedly tedious but this will develop your eye for detail and professionalism etc.
Fire up a blog and begin writing (writing helps you retain information and helps develop you theoretically).
If you want to see what a Communist activist looks like and how to conduct yourself in a Communist Party you can't go wrong with J V Stalin - Foundations of Leninism
I love this. Bless that old lady.