Sup comrades,

Being part of or running a chapter/org sounds mega existing, but as anyone who’s done so can attest…the daily work of revolution is much less glorious than you’d think. It’s mostly just, well, organizational stuff. Writing emails, delegating tasks, writing protocols, making concepts, etc.

Still, that part of political work is just as important as the speeches, discussions, protests, theory work, etc. Like a good supply and logistics system is the base of every military, well organized structures and processes are integral to an effective vanguard party.

So what are some tips and best practices you’d give your comrades (without revealing internals obviously), whether they’re just building something new or are part of something established

Personally:

• Seems obvious, but good documentation (opsec etc etc) is damn vital. Especially to anyone starting new, don’t push this off - you’ll lose an overview of what you’ve done and why within weeks as soon as the action starts kicking off. It builds institutional knowledge and there’s nothing more frustrating having to take over a position or organization without proper documentation

• Work conceptually. Don’t just “do a thing”. Make a concept. State goals, make a real plan and then evaluate the shortcomings and strengths of the concept afterwards. Don’t just jump from one thing to the next, you won’t build the institutional knowledge that’s essential for any organization. You also won’t be able to analyze reoccurring patterns and mistakes and grow less effectively because of it

• People need tasks. Soon as you get someone even slightly interested, give them a clear and appropriate task to develop them politically and attach them to the collective body. People will not come back if they don’t feel integrated and like they’re not playing an important role. Whoever even gets close to a revolutionary organization wants to do stuff - let them. And let them fail too occasionally

All fairly basic, but imo essential and unfortunately often overlooked because they seem so obvious.