I have also posted this thread on the Workers' Struggle board for broad support. I am currently a junior in High School, and it has been a long time goal for me to start a chapter of Young Socialist Alliance chapter, preferably at my school. As some of you may have read on other threads, I am not very well liked at my school anymore, and my ideas, beliefs, etc. have a lot to do with that. Of course, the intense apathy and pessimism of my (dare I say reactionary) generation have blocked this goal as well. A acquaintance/friend of mine, though, showed interest in socialism and wanted to help me start a chapter. He claimed to know a great deal of people at my school who would be interested in a socialist organization. This seems promising at first, but several questions arise. First, my unpopularity (and I don't mean like at the prom) at school may be a serious problem. It's not like I go to a typically conservative school: in fact, we've been described as a sort of "hippie" school, but if I had to compare it to old time social groups I'd say they are more "yippie." My school is very petty-bourgeois liberal minded. People will be rebellious, but only to get street cred. The other question is about membership potential. My friend said he knew a lot of people interested, but of course they know very little about socialism. I plan on having a sort of Marxism-Leninism-Trotskyism workshop to answer any questions and explain the revolutionary program on a layman's basis. Do you think anyone here could help me with structuring such a class? Also, does anyone have any experience with organizing that they can share with me so my chapter will be successful? Any and all help is appreciated.
