Where are we most in the United States?

[pierrotlefou]

Not this forum specifically but where in the US is there a large concentration of revolutionary thinking leftists? Is there anywhere?

[Fulanito de Tal]

I know there are a lot in Puerto Rico.

[The Hong Se Sun]

On the two coast

[NoOneIsIllegal]

Maybe Chicago? We're spread out too much.

[Bright Banana Beard]

NYC definitely have the most!

[WeAreReborn]

NYC definitely have the most!
I don't live there but it does seem like there are quite a few. Just don't try California, since the economy is the worst in this state people are heading towards reactionary instead of the left. It sucks to be honest.

[Magón]

I don't live there but it does seem like there are quite a few. Just don't try California, since the economy is the worst in this state people are heading towards reactionary instead of the left. It sucks to be honest.

We still have a good sized group for the Anarchist Book Fair in SF. So not all is lost just yet. I think that numbers have even gone up since the last time I was there, which was the time before the most recent.

[Amphictyonis]

San Fransisco and Seattle.

[TwoSevensClash]

I've seen quite a few New Jersey people on here.

[MellowViper]

Not this forum specifically but where in the US is there a large concentration of revolutionary thinking leftists? Is there anywhere?

Tea Party rallies. lol

[graymouser]

The cities with the largest revolutionary lefts in the US are New York City and San Francisco / the Bay Area. There are also not insignificant concentrations in places like Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle, or at least I've gathered from following the numbers of different groups.

New Jersey is not a hotbed for the radical left, most of my own political activity involves crossing a bridge to Philadelphia, with the rest involving going up to New York City (2 hours) or south to Washington DC (3 hours). And Philly isn't huge, it used to be pretty much a CPUSA town but in a real sense there isn't too much of a CPUSA left any more. The anarchist scene in west Philly seems to have died down as well over the last few years, it's still around but not like it had been.

Detroit was an absolute hotbed of radicalism in the 60s and 70s and still has people there (for instance I know Solidarity still has its headquarters in Detroit) but I don't think it's exactly a growth area. But there was seriously a point in the 70s where a lot of radical groups saw Detroit as an organizing imperative. That's how history goes, though.

[Diello]

There's one in Oklahoma!

[Ocean Seal]

Tea Party rallies. lol
Actually, tea party rallies have a lot of revolutionary potential. Just look at how they mobilized against the bailout, faster and stronger than we did. They just came up with the wrong solutions. I guarantee if we made our presence known at these rallies at least a good portion of tea-partiers would defect, given that we didn't at any point actually use the words socialism and or communism (although we would be promoting a socialist alternative).

And to the OP, there is nowhere where there exists a large concentration of leftists.

[Red Rebel]

We are where ever oppressed people are.

[RadioRaheem84]

What about Austin?

[Magón]

What about Austin?

I thought Explosive Situation was from Dallas? :)

[WeAreReborn]

Actually, tea party rallies have a lot of revolutionary potential. Just look at how they mobilized against the bailout, faster and stronger than we did. They just came up with the wrong solutions. I guarantee if we made our presence known at these rallies at least a good portion of tea-partiers would defect, given that we didn't at any point actually use the words socialism and or communism (although we would be promoting a socialist alternative).

And to the OP, there is nowhere where there exists a large concentration of leftists.
Maybe... Most of those people are already brainwashed since the original movement was a scheme by a massive mining corporation who wants less regulations so they can make more money. Yet, most of them are sick of the way it is, and you are right they are wanting the wrong means. Especially since they are heading more towards Capitalism. So I don't know, I think the majority will stay ignorant except for a few, but if there is a rally near you, you might as well try.

[DaComm]

From what I see, North-East (New York and New Jersey in particular) and the West Coast (San Franciso, Seattle)

[Pawn Power]

The cities with the largest revolutionary lefts in the US are New York City and San Francisco / the Bay Area. There are also not insignificant concentrations in places like Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle, or at least I've gathered from following the numbers of different groups.

New Jersey is not a hotbed for the radical left, most of my own political activity involves crossing a bridge to Philadelphia, with the rest involving going up to New York City (2 hours) or south to Washington DC (3 hours). And Philly isn't huge, it used to be pretty much a CPUSA town but in a real sense there isn't too much of a CPUSA left any more. The anarchist scene in west Philly seems to have died down as well over the last few years, it's still around but not like it had been.

Detroit was an absolute hotbed of radicalism in the 60s and 70s and still has people there (for instance I know Solidarity still has its headquarters in Detroit) but I don't think it's exactly a growth area. But there was seriously a point in the 70s where a lot of radical groups saw Detroit as an organizing imperative. That's how history goes, though.

I disagree with the portraits painted here for both philly and detroit- though I do not know as much about detroit as a do with philly.

CPUSA in philly is basically insignificant in philly and rightly so, because they don't do any real organizing. There are dozens of radical groups that are organizing around a wide range of issues and I think they are pretty connected to one another. Maybe the anarchist punk scene in west philly has shrunk down but the more politically engaged anarchist scene is growing.

As far as detorit is concerned- they just held the ussf which required massive organizing from local groups on the ground.