Any advice?

[marxist123]

I an moving to a new school this year (high school) at my past schools (both in Bolivia and US) i was able to make political movements but revleft i have never been in a school in the deep south is there anything i need to do/say to make Marxism more acceptable for them?

[Blake's Baby]

My guess is, don't mention Marxism, Communism or Socialism.

If you talk about 'working together' and 'looking out for each other' and 'being a good neighbour' and such like, you might find people being more receptive.

But that's only a suggestion, I really don't know.

Good luck in your new school.

[redSHARP]

i would try this----

1. keep low, and make friends
2. try the above advice (blake's)
3. anytime you talk about marxist ideas, dont mention communism or socialism. When someone calls you out about being leftist, just say "that's what communism is? I had no idea", it shows that you were just bouncing ideas around and you didnt know it was communist.

the deep south might suck, but it is not that bad. the citizens in the south US are good people who friendly, just dont rock the boat to early.

good luck

[mikelepore]

You don't know the situation yet. Maybe you will quickly meet a hundred new friends who will accept you for yourself, without any pretenses. It's too early to worry about a problem that may not occur.

[Adi Shankara]

My best advice is to be a good representative for communism. generally don't tell anyone outright you're a communist, but as they get to know you, hint at it, (if it can come up) and then be sure to mention all the good things about communism, and all the bad things about capitalism. most people, when having to go beyond rhetoric, are hard pressed to find decent answers in the south, because they were only prepared to say "communism is bad, ewww!"

that's about it really.

[Broletariat]

I understand the reasoning behind not mentioning the buzzwords of Communism/Socialism. But that's never worked for me, the moment I start criticizing Capitalism everyone calls me on being a commie so I'm just like meh sure, no one I've ever come across really seems that off-put by the term, no more so than when I started my criticism at least. Then again I'm on pretty good terms with most people around me so they're probably more receptive for that reason.

[Red Saxon]

Be open and friendly but as someone posted before, lay low. You're going to be the new kid and the established groups are always looking for someone new to pick on. Making yourself an obvious leftist in the deep south will just give them more artillery to fire at you.