Young Democratic Socialists Trained to Recruit Without Using Word ‘Socialism’

The socialist left is extremely good at strategy and tactics.

Murray Rothbard studied Leninist strategies and tactics very carefully.


Here is Zacahry Petrozzio reporting for The College Fix on what the Young Democratic Socialists of America leaders are advising socialist students on college campuses to do to recruit new members:

How does one convince a young person to become a socialist? Well, for one, don’t use the word “socialism.”

That was among the advice doled out by the Young Democratic Socialists of America as it hosts summer strategy and training sessions to gear up for activism this fall semester.

“We want to abolish capitalism, nothing less than that,” organizer Anna Bonomo recently told Young Democratic Socialists of America members during an online conference call training.

But to do that, she continued, sort of convince people they need socialism without using the word. It’s more about connecting over “shared struggles and shared interests,” she said in a video conference training observed by The College Fix.

The aim is to build relationships in businesses, on campuses, and in communities, the eventual backbone of a “mass organization someday,” she added.

The online training included a breakout session in which members were asked to practice recruiting peers without using the words “socialism,” “capitalism” or “Marx.”

After the practice session, they were tasked with homework — to have a conversation about socialism with three people who are not already socialists or in Young Democratic Socialists of America.

“You are not going to use the word ‘socialism,’ or ‘capitalism’ or ‘Marx’ or any of that, you are just going to talk about common issues you both care about, you’re going to find a way to make it about socialism and talk about class struggle with them and why they should be socialists, even if you are not using that word,” Bonomo said during the video training...

Conversation topics suggested to trainees included health care, tuition and climate justice.

Hmmm, now look at the kind of tweets Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez puts out:

Reminder of what people are calling the “radical, extreme-left agenda”:

✅ Medicare for All
✅ A Living Wage & Labor Rights
✅ K-16 schooling, aka Public Colleges
✅ 100% Renewable Energy
✅ Fixing the pipes in Flint
✅ Not Hurting Immigrants
✅ Holding Wall Street Accountable

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 18, 2019

-RW