how many of you actually meet with other lefties?

[campesino]

I'm pretty much isolated, I suspect many of you all are too.

[Igor]

i do. i just switched my city and my country of living, but i've already been to some extent in touch with local leftists but because of all the other shit going on right now i really can't call myself active. but i try my best, and wouldn't really call myself isolated

[PC LOAD LETTER]

Not really, actually. I mean, I'll talk to people around me that I'm acquainted with, especially when they're having scuffles with their bosses (my friend's boss, who literally does no work himself and rarely comes to the restaurant, recently said 'you already take enough of my money' when he asked for a small raise, which led to an interesting discussion between us). But I don't do any formal organizing.

[Manic Impressive]

I'm in a party so I meet lots. I also go to other party's events so I've met loads and I've met 6 revlefters so yeah quite a few

[Raúl Duke]

I've met 1-2 other anarchists and maybe 1-2 M-Ls.
The number is higher though if I counted every person who self-described as an anarchist or socialist yet held ideas that weren't compatible like support for Ron Paul, Murray Rothbard, "free-market," etc or socialists with simplistic understanding of Marxism, Marxist-Leninism, etc and/or are similar to CPUSA.

People open to or appreciative of my stance/ideas are however at least 5 maybe 10 that I've met.

[GiantMonkeyMan]

You need trustworthy comrades to watch your back if you go to demos etc. I hung out with more folks and participated in more stuff when I was still at uni before the summer but even now I found a local party and have attended a few meetings just to stay in touch with it all.

[Luc]

I dont know anyone but i seen some antifa skinhead at my school (no idea where he came from) and there is anarchist grafiti around aswell as im going to a communist event coming up so i think ill be able to meet leftists

doesnt help that im terribly shy :mad:

[Sasha]

Daily, I go and volunteer in squat-bars, I work with fellow activists, I live in the same street as them, 99% of my friends are anarchists of some sorts..

[Caj]

I've never met another leftist in person.

[marxistcomrade]

i'm looking in to becoming more active

[Landsharks eat metal]

I've never met another leftist in person.

Same here. But if it ever works out that I'm able to join the IWW, that will hopefully change.

[Ostrinski]

I've never met another leftist in person.Same

[Quail]

Well I meet up with the local Anarchist Federation group fortnightly for organising stuff, know people in the IWW (and intend to get more involved) and I vaguely know quite a few far-left/anarchist type folk who aren't in the AF but get involved with other stuff. I meet a lot of people through politics because I find it less of a scary social situation than getting to know regular people because we already have common ground. Most of my friends share at least some of my "extremist" views whether it be anarchism/communism or veganism or whatever.

[#FF0000]

Most of my friends have vague leftist sympathies. the few actual communists I know are friends who I introduced to communism or friends that explored politics w/ me when I was a baby

[The Douche]

Every now and then, I used to more often.

[campesino]

I live in East TN, the people are very politically unengaged, and those who are, are right wing extremist. Should I or anyone else try to build up a socialist movement here?

[Ele'ill]

frequently


I live in East TN, the people are very politically unengaged, and those who are, are right wing extremist. Should I or anyone else try to build up a socialist movement here?

sure why not

[soso17]

Well, I belong to a party, so we have an action/class/meeting at least once a week. Also thinking of joining IWW. Not sure how it'll all fit in my schedule. I don't wanna neglect my husband! (But I'm working on converting him so we can do these things together :P )

[ZvP]

I saw someone wearing a hammer and sickle shirt at a hotel once. That's about it.

[Let's Get Free]

Most people I've met that are my age are pretty a-political.

[Flying Purple People Eater]

I do, but it was hard to find people with like minded interests. Most of the 'socialists' I've met throughout the years are just Russian military enthusiasts with a fetish for extreme xenophobia..

[Yuppie Grinder]

I have a friend who describes himself as a "pussy communist who doesn't know a whole lot about politics" who's read Kropotkin and Goldman and liked them.
I have another friend who claims to have read the manifesto and capital but in conversation he clearly has no idea what he's talking about and hasn't read them. He calls himself a socialist but anti-communist and says I'm idealistic and out of touch with reality for not supporting Obama because at least America is a democracy. He annoys me sometimes.
I know another guy who I wouldn't call a friend who is an underage member of NAMBLA and enjoys reading Stirner and Bakunin but refuses to identify with any "-ism" other than Absurdism. He is one of the strangest and most worrying people I've ever met.
My sister Megan is a "spiritual anarcho-primitivist" meaning she takes lots of speed and lsd and doesn't have a job or proper home.
So I've got one genuine socialist friend, or none if you're picky.

[bad ideas actualised by alcohol]

I've met a lot of old people that used to be radicals, most still have the politics but aren't active.
I also bought some books online and the bloke brought them, he is an anti-communist now (he says he isn't but in reality he is) but his stories are very interesting.
Unfortunately, no people that aren't 50 or older.

[Q]

I've met many other communists, anarchists and other far leftists over the years. Varying from demo's to cultural events to party happenings. Limburg is a pretty desolate place when it comes to a leftist tradition, but you can find some. I'm currently partnering with a comrade from Utrecht (about two hours by train away from me) to study Capital in fact, among other things.

[Rafiq]

frequently



sure why not

Just so you know, I approve of your profile picture. Just thought I should say...

[Grenzer]

I've met Spartacists in person a few times. They're just as fucking insane IRL as they are here on revleft.

[Os Cangaceiros]

First leftists I ever came in contact with was the RCP, who leafletted the state university I was going to in New York (mostly, and I kid you not, about how the world needed the revolutionary leadership of Bob Avakian now more than ever), and gave out copies of "Revolution" for free. Real wing-nuts.

I voluntarily came into contact with a couple anarchist groups in New York City and Texas.

Met, like, probably eight or nine people from Revleft. Revleft is a pretty good resource if you want to exploit people's altruism towards total strangers.

There are no leftists here, though. Just a bunch of hillbillies who want big gub'mint off their backs. I'm an affluent hillbilly but some of the places around here look like a "white ghetto" straight out of some high-society liberal's worst nightmare.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I've met Spartacists in person a few times. They're just as fucking insane IRL as they are here on revleft.

I met some UK Sparts handing out "Worker's Vanguard" at a demonstration in London once (it was the day of the general strike they had there last year). We talked shit together about the ISO and other leftist groups, hahaha. :lol:

[black magick hustla]

i've met wingnuts from all varieties and traditions and used to be part of a group, now that i moved though i haven't been as proactive as before cuz' i'm burnt out. met sparts, insurrectos, primitivists, leftcoms, blabla

[Yuppie Grinder]

First leftists I ever came in contact with was the RCP, who leafletted the state university I was going to in New York (mostly, and I kid you not, about how the world needed the revolutionary leadership of Bob Avakian now more than ever), and gave out copies of "Revolution" for free. Real wing-nuts.

I voluntarily came into contact with a couple anarchist groups in New York City and Texas.

Met, like, probably eight or nine people from Revleft. Revleft is a pretty good resource if you want to exploit people's altruism towards total strangers.

There are no leftists here, though. Just a bunch of hillbillies who want big gub'mint off their backs. I'm an affluent hillbilly but some of the places around here look like a "white ghetto" straight out of some high-society liberal's worst nightmare.
Good. Hillbillys>Condescending Democrats

[The Jay]

I have a friend who describes himself as a "pussy communist who doesn't know a whole lot about politics" who's read Kropotkin and Goldman and liked them.
I have another friend who claims to have read the manifesto and capital but in conversation he clearly has no idea what he's talking about and hasn't read them. He calls himself a socialist but anti-communist and says I'm idealistic and out of touch with reality for not supporting Obama because at least America is a democracy. He annoys me sometimes.
I know another guy who I wouldn't call a friend who is an underage member of NAMBLA and enjoys reading Stirner and Bakunin but refuses to identify with any "-ism" other than Absurdism. He is one of the strangest and most worrying people I've ever met.
My sister Megan is a "spiritual anarcho-primitivist" meaning she takes lots of speed and lsd and doesn't have a job or proper home.
So I've got one genuine socialist friend, or none if you're picky.

Do you need a hug? I feel like you do.

[Yuppie Grinder]

Do you need a hug? I feel like you do.

:'+(
why is nobody irl as cool as me

[Prometeo liberado]

I'm lucky enough to be in close proximity to some very active groups. Also I have met some revlefters but never let on who I was. Basically I am working seven days a week what with my regular job and activism.

[rylasasin]

Not me. I'm also pretty isolated (In every sense, not just as a leftist.) Might explain why I'm so bitter all the time.

[Public Domain]

Met my local communist party and occasionally deal with them. Have done a few protests together. (I haven't joined them, I'm not Marxist-Leninist) Other than that, leftists are hard to come by.

[Domela Nieuwenhuis]

Thank god (metaforically speaking of course) i'm not the only one!

No i've never met another leftist.
My brother voted the Green Left party (Groen-Links) but they are only mildly left.
So...

Now i only recently fully accepted communsim, being a social democrat (and uninformed) before.
I live in a part of Holland which votes predominantly left, but not per se communist (not yet met one). This part of the country is less populated than the west (where i first lived), though it is home to a bigger percentage of workers.

I will be looking for some parties soon and i've been thinking a while now about being politically active in a local chapter of SP (Socialist Party, a national party with the most left tendency).

[roy]

my friends all turn into radicals if theyre inebriated enough

[Pravda]

I dont meet them, I make them:D

[Jesus Saves Gretzky Scores]

I saw anarchists at the Chicago NATO protests, and I wanted to talk to them, but I only ended up asking if I could take some pictures and if they were part of some organization. I guess I find black blocs intimidating.:crying:

I'm going to try to go to the next Anarchist Film Festival, so maybe I can find some people there.

[Questionable]

Most people I meet are right-handed, sadly.

[Philosophos]

I have one friend that is an anarchist and he has done some studies. I also have another friend whose supposed to be an anarchist (he just likes the ideas and stuff he's not really involved with left theories).

All the other left people around are teachers, scriptwriters, directors, actors etc but they all belong in different organisations and they are constantly fighting for the right detail of the detail of the detail of the detail of the most trivial detail (if you know what I mean) and I just don't have the courage to talk to these closed minded fanatics.

[Rusty Shackleford]

always meeting new ones. met a hand full of revlefters as well. though, the rarest breed is the left-com or orthodox marxist.

the only one i actually knew stopped doing union and other organizing work and just went to school...

[Quail]

my friends all turn into radicals if theyre inebriated enough
I start sounding like a hippie when I'm wasted enough :o (unless I'm just really, really drunk, in which case I guess I'd describe myself as aggressively communist)
I think if we could just get the whole world stoned, leftist ideas would be far more common.

[Ethics Gradient, Traitor For All Ages]

I used to be one of the wingnuts handing out insane papers and bothering people on the street. With the benefit of hindsight I can say that a slight majority of active militants are people you probably don't want to meet.

[DasFapital]

my brother has a steve earle t-shirt that rocks the hammer and sickle but he's mostly concerned with organic farming. Everyone else I know are either conservatives, liberals, or just don't give a shit.

[Workers-Control-Over-Prod]

I have been looking to join a party and not a youth group. I don't know much about Maoism, but the biggest ML party here is maoist. It categorizes the USSR post-1954 as State-Capitalist which i like, and it has 65% of its members as workers. I might join one of these days.

[Rugged Collectivist]

Not yet no.


I live in East TN, the people are very politically unengaged, and those who are, are right wing extremist. Should I or anyone else try to build up a socialist movement here?

Build a socialist movement everywhere.

[Rusty Shackleford]

I start sounding like a hippie when I'm wasted enough :o (unless I'm just really, really drunk, in which case I guess I'd describe myself as aggressively communist)
I think if we could just get the whole world stoned, leftist ideas would be far more common.
you should probably just change your name to Abbie Hoffman.

[The Garbage Disposal Unit]

I have had wild sex with at least four other anarchists in the last month.
I gave a Maoist my phone number, but they never called.

[Thirsty Crow]

I gave a Maoist my phone number, but they never called. Which is just awful, isn't it?

I've met up, alongside other people I know here where I live, with a few comrades such as those from kolektivne proti kapitalu, mouvement communiste, icc. I suspect I'll have to put up with this kind of crap even more in the future :D
It's been really ok though.

[Devrim]

I've met up, alongside other people I know here where I live, with a few comrades such as those from kolektivne proti kapitalu, mouvement communiste, icc. I suspect I'll have to put up with this kind of crap even more in the future :D
It's been really ok though.

I have sat in the pub with Menocchio. They had nice beer and good sausages, but terrible service as I recall.

Devrim

[Blake's Baby]

I sat in a pub with Devrim, I don't recall any sausages, but we drank a fair amount.

[Quail]

I sat in a pub with Devrim, I don't recall any sausages, but we drank a fair amount.
Perhaps why you don't recall the sausages?

[Devrim]

Perhaps why you don't recall the sausages?

No, it is because they are two different incidents in different pubs on different sides of Europe. As I remember I drank Pear Cider when with BB.

Devrim

[Manic Impressive]

I think I might have met Blake's Baby once but I didn't say anything. It's not really a thing to ask someone "hey are you on Revleft?" nah not cool. But seeing as the numbers of ICC in the UK are so low the odds are fairly good that it was him.

[human strike]

Every day. Most of my friends are lefties, I live with a lefty, and I'm at an organising meeting at least once a week. Sometimes I get a bit sick of them actually...

[Thirsty Crow]

I have sat in the pub with Menocchio. They had nice beer and good sausages, but terrible service as I recall.

Devrim
You're wrong, they had practically non-existent service :)

[La Guaneña]

I'm in a relationship with a commie and both of her parents are commies. Aside from that, I'm also in direct contact with lots of marxists and anarchists in my town.

It sounds like a lot of people, but most are in tiny organizations, with no popular influence at all.

Such is academic life in Brazil.

[Delenda Carthago]

Never. I m shy.:blushing:

[Domela Nieuwenhuis]

Damn it! Holland sucks! Commie -speaking of course.


Oh no wait! Holland sucks...always!

[Blake's Baby]

No, it is because they are two different incidents in different pubs on different sides of Europe. As I remember I drank Pear Cider when with BB.

Devrim

Yes indeed. I was drinking Guinness. I assume we also had food, but don't remember what it was.


I think I might have met Blake's Baby once but I didn't say anything. It's not really a thing to ask someone "hey are you on Revleft?" nah not cool. But seeing as the numbers of ICC in the UK are so low the odds are fairly good that it was him.

...maybe.

I'm not in the ICC though. I'm what the Italian comrades apparently call a 'stray dog'.

[Blake's Baby]

On Saturday, I met up with 4 comrades from the CWO and 3 from the ICC, as well as briefly chatting to a couple of SPGBers. All of these I'd consider comrades (yes, even the SPGBers - Ratty Monster, I asked if they'd pass on my regards when they saw you next).

I also talked to a whole bunch of other people, maybe seriously if only briefly with about 20 of them, mostly Trotskyists of various flavours but at least one Stalinist.

But that's what happens when 150,000 pissed-off workers turn up at Hyde Park I suppose. To that extent, it wasn't exactly a normal weekend.

[smellincoffee]

When living at university, communion with like-minded folks was easy enough. In my current town, though, for all I know I'm the only leftist around. The blacks are Democrats, the whites are tea party or right-wing libertarian.

[LordAcheron]

I only know a few lefties in my town, unfortunately.

[AntifaArnhem]

Most of my friends are left winged, with a variety of commies and anarchos (most of them are (some sort of) anarchists though).

My ex girlfriends was an anarchist and so where her parents, my sister in law's parents live in a commune but she and my brother just don't give a shit about politics (they always ask me what to vote, my reply: don't vote, think for yourself for once).

I also have some international contacts in Germany, Belgium, Czech republic and Greece, some of them I see as friends and others just invite me to actions or events and vice versa.

I also have some apolitical friends who I know since primary school which is great because talking about politics whole day get's a little boring some times. :D

[Domela Nieuwenhuis]

Most of my friends are left winged, with a variety of commies and anarchos (most of them are (some sort of) anarchists though).

My ex girlfriends was an anarchist and so where her parents, my sister in law's parents live in a commune but she and my brother just don't give a shit about politics (they always ask me what to vote, my reply: don't vote, think for yourself for once).

I also have some international contacts in Germany, Belgium, Czech republic and Greece, some of them I see as friends and others just invite me to actions or events and vice versa.

I also have some apolitical friends who I know since primary school which is great because talking about politics whole day get's a little boring some times. :D

Wow, we should switch for a day! Im getting tired of not talking politics all day!

[marxistcomrade]

i have a couple of friends who are left wing. However, one isn't quite so as me and is a member of the labour party and the other who was more along my wavelength is also a member of labour now.

[znk666]

I am a member of The Socialist Union of Youth,so i regularly meet up with it's members,either privately or at various demonstrations.

[GoddessCleoLover]

Quite often when Occupy was going strong, not as much right now. Hoping that things pick up in the spring.

[Domela Nieuwenhuis]

Damn, it looks like i meet more and more anti-leftists everyday. I'm getting into argument more and more.

People don't even wanna think for themselves.

[Avanti]

i'm retired

was an active

anti-fascist

and black bloc warrior

in the late 1990s

and early 2000s

[GoddessCleoLover]

Revolutionaries don't retire. You might be temporarily burned out, but given the right circumstances you might reconsider "retirement".

[Avanti]

Revolutionaries don't retire. You might be temporarily burned out, but given the right circumstances you might reconsider "retirement".

yes

at the moment

anti-fa activity

is pretty low

because

a lot of us

are above 30 years old

that's the equivalent

of being 60

for an anarchist

also

the real enemy

of the anti-fascist movement

isn't fascism

but world of warcraft

[ellipsis]

I do, at food not bombs if nothing else. When I lived in San francisco, I organized and socialized with tons of lefties. At my current location it's less frequent but still happens.

[ellipsis]

Also I have met six revleft users irl, that I know of. Former and current.

[Ostrinski]

Which ones? Good to see you posting again theredson.

[Zanthorus]

I have met two members of the ICC and one member of the CPGB (PCC) in real life.

[Skyhilist]

I'm pretty much isolated, I suspect many of you all are too.

Same, unfortunately. I try to go to protests when I can on occasion, but there usually aren't any near me that are political, and I'm in a high school full of brainwashed capitalists, unfortunately.

[GoddessCleoLover]

Things will get better, Skybutton. My advice is to pick a college in a major city where there is some presence of left-wing politics.

[Grenzer]

I've met like a dozen members of the Spartacist League. I wish I could say that I have not, but I have. They're pretty much just as weird in person as they come across in text.

[Let's Get Free]

I rarely ever even mention politics outside of rev left.

[GoddessCleoLover]

I hope you get a chance to express yourself in the real world soon. You would be an asset to any leftist group you chose to work with or join.

[Yuppie Grinder]

Sometimes my friends talk about socialism when they're on drugs but I don't think they have a very good idea of what they're talking about.
This one time there was a debate over whether or not it's ethical to own private property on the moon, and I ended up convincing people that private property in general is like, super not chill.

[kashkin]

As I am a member of a party, at least weekly. I also meet other people at rallies and stuff, have met a few anarchists, a person from the IWW and have had the pleasure of talking with Sparticists.

[Hermes]

Never, unfortunately. I don't really get out much, though, so I guess it isn't surprising.

[The Garbage Disposal Unit]

pleasure of talking with Sparticists.

I had a Sparticist crash a panel I helped organize, and start accusing people of supporting American imperialism. It was pretty hilarious - I felt like I'd really "made it" to draw the Sparticists' ire. On a related note, their analysis of Quebec is real lazy/bad.

[ellipsis]

Which ones? Good to see you posting again theredson.

Thanks, I'm trying, absence due to a number of factors.

I've met CotR, August west, praxis1966, rusty shackelford, reclaimeddasein, and a long banned user whose user name I forget. Rusty and I met pretty randomly at an answer demo in sf, I outed myself by referring to ppl as crypto-stalinists. Praxis and I used to hang out quite a bit, at opBART and occupy Oakland events.

[Hiero]

There are so many of thoose who talk big on this website and it turns out they don't even interact with leftists outsite of this website. I find this thread bizzare, I would estimate 50% of the people I know are left wing. By bizzare, I mean that anyone can take a left wing position or even revolutionary position about a topic in a given situation and time. If not there would be no point.

[GoddessCleoLover]

Anyone who happens to live in or travel to Baltimore, let me know and I will treat them to pizza.

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Was involved in organising a pretty big anti-tuition fee rally in my city a couple of years ago - was the city's biggest protest since the Iraq war so I was pretty proud of that. But the group got co-opted by the SWP and has been a bit of a waste of space since then.

I have the odd Marxist acquaintance here and there these days.

[Internal_Strife]

I have two or three friends that are a bit more liberal but I can't say that I have come across any genuine leftists.

[Le Socialiste]

had the pleasure of talking with Sparticists.

How is talking with any of those people at all pleasurable? Here in the Bay Area they typically crash other people's events. Had to chase two Sparts away with a few other comrades a couple months ago during an event in San Francisco - not as fun as it sounds. They even have an ISO toolkit now, which supposedly 'exposes' our organization on a number of points (they sell for $2 apparently). It's sad, really.

Aside from that, I see and meet regularly with other leftists.

[Hiero]

I got ask, if you guys work aren't you members of your union? Surely you would meet leftist at union events.

[Domela Nieuwenhuis]

I got ask, if you guys work aren't you members of your union? Surely you would meet leftist at union events.

Events form my union are always on workdays and on the other side of the country...unions in Holland suck anyways!

[Sentinel]

I concur with Hiero, as communists our duty is to strive after being as active as we can. And while the internet is a good place to look up things and discuss, the first proper step on that path really is getting in contact with others in 'real life', with the intention of getting organised.

If no organisation (that one agrees with enough to join/cooperate with) is present in ones town, one should contact the one that is closest. I also strongly agree that the union is a good place to start looking for likeminded people.

Revleft and the internet played an important role for me personally; I debated here and found out about different tendencies etc. That was all good and well, but one really should strive to 'get going' in real life as soon as possible and in retrospect I regret I didn't do that much earlier.

I guess part of it was that I initially chose a tendency that was wrong for me - both for personal and ideological reasons I guess, as a syndicalist I found it hard to organise at my particular workplace which led to me skipping meetings and becoming inactive.

Luckily I became a trotskyist instead after a while, and that made things a lot easier. :)

We in the CWI are rather activity-oriented, and here in Stockholm something is going on pretty much all the time, it's a matter of choosing which stuff one has to skip in order to not get overworked.

So yeah, I've met leftists.. Besides CWI members I've met while working for the International in Sweden and Finland, at summerschools abroad etc, I've met a ton of syndicalists and other anarchists, ML:s etc when cooperating in networks and otherwise.

Finally, I've also met quite a few members of this site, but only a few of those are still around.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

I got ask, if you guys work aren't you members of your union? Surely you would meet leftist at union events.
Unfortunately, I live in a right-to-fire state in the US. Which means you generally get shitcanned before you can finish the first syllable of "union". Although, the IWW is getting a decent presence in my area so I'm considering joining up. I've begun seeing some strikes here-and-there as well, mostly construction workers.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Unions in the United States are generally conservative institutions, you're not guaranteed to meet leftists at union events.

[kashkin]

How is talking with any of those people at all pleasurable? Here in the Bay Area they typically crash other people's events. Had to chase two Sparts away with a few other comrades a couple months ago during an event in San Francisco - not as fun as it sounds. They even have an ISO toolkit now, which supposedly 'exposes' our organization on a number of points (they sell for $2 apparently). It's sad, really.

Aside from that, I see and meet regularly with other leftists.

Yeah, I shouldn't have used the word 'pleasure', I just wasn't sure what to use. In general they aren't too bad, at least during the time I've come into contact, they will offer their newspaper and I will politely decline. I've only got into one argument with them. I guess they are more numerous/abrasive in California, there are only around six in Melbourne, and usually its only one of them who shows up at rallies/marches/etc.

[GoddessCleoLover]

Yeah, I shouldn't have used the word 'pleasure', I just wasn't sure what to use. In general they aren't too bad, at least during the time I've come into contact, they will offer their newspaper and I will politely decline. I've only got into one argument with them. I guess they are more numerous/abrasive in California, there are only around six in Melbourne, and usually its only one of them who shows up at rallies/marches/etc.

Perhaps Canadian Sparts are more polite than American Sparts?;)

[kashkin]

Wrong Melbourne, I couldn't tell you about Canadian Sparts. In my very limited experience the leftists I've come across all tend to be at least polite. However, older comrades have told that they used to get into fights with Maoists, so I guess times have changed.

[GoddessCleoLover]

I'm embarrassed that I didn't realize you are from the Land Down Under. There was alot of sectarianism back in the 70s. The only person I ever threatened to beat was a La Rouche follower who richly deserved it. Those were the days.

[Lowtech]

I had a coworker that used to walk around in highschool with the manifesto in his pocket. He seemed beat down and looked like he had given up on the dream. was nice to add some new life to it for him. He thought I was crazy. Good times.

beyond him, I know no other lefties outside revleft.

[medgardd]

I'm surprised that allot of revlefters are either isolated or near isolated from other leftists.
Where i live, we have official communist parties and socialist parties, it's hard to find but they're here.

[Leo]

The number of people with left-wing politics I've met along the years is beyond counting, to be honest, and I am still fairly young and in a university.

[BOZG]

Yeah, I shouldn't have used the word 'pleasure', I just wasn't sure what to use. In general they aren't too bad, at least during the time I've come into contact, they will offer their newspaper and I will politely decline. I've only got into one argument with them. I guess they are more numerous/abrasive in California, there are only around six in Melbourne, and usually its only one of them who shows up at rallies/marches/etc.

I'm surprised that they're so calm in Australia. Thought they'd be over excited about defending the workers' movement from Logan and the IBT. If you don't have the Logan Dossiers, get them for some toilet reading. "Yes, we produced these documents to show expose the IBT and Logan while also exposing how bat shit insane we are. We'll even throw in the minutes of drunken ramblings in the pub."

[blake 3:17]

Daily.

[Veovis]

I used to be in a branch in Portland, but my student loans forced me back to my parents in Amish-land. :(

[GoddessCleoLover]

Amish-land isn't that far from Philly. Does ISO have a branch there?

[Red Banana]

Anyone who happens to live in or travel to Baltimore, let me know and I will treat them to pizza.

I'm your guy! Lol

[GoddessCleoLover]

I'm your guy! Lol

Cool. Let's find a few more and make it a party. I saw that you listed IWW as an affiliation. Are there other IWW folks here in Bmore? Also, is IOPS an organization that has a Baltimore branch?

[Veovis]

Amish-land isn't that far from Philly. Does ISO have a branch there?

Yea, but I can't afford to drive 100 miles for weekly branch meetings, or I definitely would.

[Red Banana]

Cool. Let's find a few more and make it a party. I saw that you listed IWW as an affiliation. Are there other IWW folks here in Bmore? Also, is IOPS an organization that has a Baltimore branch?

I know there's a bike shop collective that is run by IWW members but I don't ride a bike so I've never been. And IOPS does have a Baltimore branch but it only has like 10 members and we haven't organized any meetings yet. There's an anarcho communist coffeeshop/bookstore in Mount Vernon that I've always thought about checking out but never got around to. There are definitely some organizational resources at our disposal though.

[GoddessCleoLover]

Red Emma's Coffee Shop is worth checking out but is also in a quite small space currently. I am looking forward to next year when Red Amma's and the Baltimore Free School move into a new and larger space.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Every chance I get but since I live in a rural area this isn't often. Mostly Anarchists but even those are scattered. Since my conditions are less than favorable I work in progressive groups which, while spouting nonsense, are the closest thing to an organized left group. When I have gone away to UNAC events I have met other leftist from Socialist Action and their youth branch and have bumped into some SEP and RCP types here and there from occupy events.

[Fnord]

I have only met a handful of leftists, mostly Marxists, an even smaller amount I have met are open minded to ideas outside of their dogma. An unfortunate result of redundant sectarianism when it's not needed.

[Sankaraitis]

You'd have to be a pretty slack leftist to not have contact with leftists outside of the internet.

[CallmeKoba]

I've only kept in touch with one. Other than him, I'm pretty much isolated as well :(

so that's when I post around here haha!

[Domela Nieuwenhuis]

You'd have to be a pretty slack leftist to not have contact with leftists outside of the internet.

So apparently you can telt me where to meet one! Tell me some names in my neighbourhood, so i can meet with them! I'm dying to meet some.

Tell me...tell me please!

[Luís Henrique]

You'd have to be a pretty slack leftist to not have contact with leftists outside of the internet.

That, or an American.

Luís Henrique

[GoddessCleoLover]

That, or an American.

Luís Henrique

So true. Outside of the urban areas and institutions of higher education things are bad for the left in the USA these days.

[skitty]

So true. Outside of the urban areas and institutions of higher education things are bad for the left in the USA these days.

Maybe we should make do with what's available. Our local Occupy group established bonds with many disparate groups; and I have joined with several in different demonstrations. These include a few unions, social justice groups(some of which I was unaware of), peace churches etc.. The Occupiers maintain a Facebook page and email list so people are aware of what's going on. Ideally, a system like this would produce substantial swarms for given events. In practice, so far, it's a tad unpredictable.

[Ravachol]

My girlfriend is an anarchist and most of my IRL friends are anarchists or marxists or at least belong to the broad 'radical left'. I also know almost every dutch revlefter (though not a few of the more recent signups) IRL.

[GoddessCleoLover]

Maybe we should make do with what's available. Our local Occupy group established bonds with many disparate groups; and I have joined with several in different demonstrations. These include a few unions, social justice groups(some of which I was unaware of), peace churches etc.. The Occupiers maintain a Facebook page and email list so people are aware of what's going on. Ideally, a system like this would produce substantial swarms for given events. In practice, so far, it's a tad unpredictable.

Spot on. We are so far from a revolutionary period that activity in any organization where we can interact with people in hopes of future revolutionary consciousness ought to be out top priority.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

I used to more often, but not so much since I started having a problem with agoraphobia.

[Lokomotive293]

I'm part of a socialist youth organization and pretty active. I'm at a meeting at least twice a week, and in addition to that, there's something going on as good as every weekend. During high times, it can happen that I have something every day. Which is why I usually don't post much on RevLeft...

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

I've met at least half a dozen or so people from this site, some of whom are still posting. I keep in semi-regular contact with one or two of them.

[ellipsis]

I have been connecting more with sympathetic types who have useful, non-political skills like skinning/butchering, pickleing, fermentation, etc.

But FnB is on its winter haitus, which was the main place that I interacted with radicals in this area. Everybody is hibernating ATM.