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Many think that fighting against capitalism feels a lot like throwing pebbles at a tidal wave. How can *I, alone*, do anything to stop all of the [injustices I see being committed?](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md) We see our neighbors being picked up and [deported by ICE](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#latinos), [police murdering and imprisoning us](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#black-people), debts that lock us into [indentured servitude](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#workers-and-the-poor), [global surveillance of every minute detail of our lives](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#pervasive), endless [wars and imperialism](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#imperialism), ecological destruction, and [literal slave labor camps](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#prisoners). Our rents, food costs, and debts are going up, and our [incomes have stagnated.](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/capitalism_doesnt_work.md) The media, and everything around us seems apathetic, complacent, and oblivious. Eight men currently control about half the world's wealth. Their share is growing daily, and will reach a conclusion obvious to anyone who's played monopoly before. With only our labor to sell, and the demand for that labor decreasing, things seem oppressively bleak. Many think that fighting against capitalism feels a lot like throwing pebbles at a tidal wave. How can *I, alone*, do anything to stop all of the [injustices I see being committed?](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md) We see our neighbors being picked up and [deported by ICE](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#latinos), [police murdering and imprisoning us](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#black-people), debts that lock us into [indentured servitude](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#workers-and-the-poor), [global surveillance of every minute detail of our lives](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#pervasive), endless [wars and imperialism](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#imperialism), ecological destruction, and [literal slave labor camps](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md#prisoners). Our rents, food costs, and debts are going up, and our [incomes have stagnated.](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/capitalism_doesnt_work.md) The media, and everything around us seems apathetic, complacent, and oblivious. Eight men currently control about half the world's wealth. Their share is growing daily, and will reach a conclusion obvious to anyone who's played monopoly before. With only our labor to sell, and the demand for that labor decreasing, things seem oppressively bleak.
Here's the thing: **You are not alone**. In fact, **we wage workers are the majority**. The ruling class of [absentee owners](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/crash_course_socialism.md) make up a *tiny minority* of your city's population. Often invisible to us, is the fact that we as wage workers are *surrounded by comrades* who share our same basic interests. We are impoverished by an *imposed artificial scarcity*, a mal-allocation of the things we need to survive. World food production and housing *already surpasses our needs*, yet [1 out of every 7 US citizens needs to visit food banks to survive.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/17/hunger-study-food/14195585/) In the [UK there are 10x more houses than homeless families.](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/ampp3d/housing-crisis-10-empty-homes-5008151) Our healthcare and other social services, which are ample, are increasingly being privatized. We know that by simply organizing for *human needs rather than private profit*, we can solve our societal problems. We have but to shake off these mooching, leeching, capitalist parasites, like a dog shaking off fleas. Here's the thing: **You are not alone**. In fact, **we wage workers are the majority**. The ruling class of [absentee owners](https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/crash_course_socialism.md) make up a *tiny minority* of your city's population. Often invisible to us, is the fact that we as wage workers are *surrounded by comrades* who share our same basic interests. Some hold more prejudices than others, but all deserving of a comfortable life. We are impoverished by an *imposed artificial scarcity*, a mal-allocation of the things we need to survive. World food production and housing *already surpasses our needs*, yet [1 out of every 7 US citizens needs to visit food banks to survive.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/17/hunger-study-food/14195585/) In the [UK there are 10x more houses than homeless families.](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/ampp3d/housing-crisis-10-empty-homes-5008151) Our healthcare and other social services, which are ample, are increasingly being privatized. We know that by simply organizing for *human needs rather than private profit*, we can solve our societal problems. We have but to shake off these mooching, leeching, capitalist parasites, like a dog shaking off fleas.
How do we get there, how do we win? **We join anti-capitalist organizations.** How do we get there, how do we win? **We join anti-capitalist organizations.**
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| [Red Guards of Charlotte](https://redguardscharlotte.wordpress.com/) | Maoist | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/redguardscharlotte1/) | US - Charlotte, North Carolina | | [Red Guards of Charlotte](https://redguardscharlotte.wordpress.com/) | Maoist | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/redguardscharlotte1/) | US - Charlotte, North Carolina |
| [Red Guards of Kansas City](https://kcmlm.wordpress.com/) | Maoist | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/itisrighttorebel/) | US - Kansas City, MO | | [Red Guards of Kansas City](https://kcmlm.wordpress.com/) | Maoist | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/itisrighttorebel/) | US - Kansas City, MO |
| [Red Guards of Pittsburgh](https://redguardspittsburgh.wordpress.com/2018/03/10/attn-pittsburgh-loose-lips-sink-ships-be-aware/) | Marxist-Leninist-Maoism | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/redguardspittsburgh) | US - Pittsburgh, PA | | [Red Guards of Pittsburgh](https://redguardspittsburgh.wordpress.com/2018/03/10/attn-pittsburgh-loose-lips-sink-ships-be-aware/) | Marxist-Leninist-Maoism | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/redguardspittsburgh) | US - Pittsburgh, PA |
| [New Black Panther Party](https://www.facebook.com/The-New-Black-Panther-Party-Southeast-Region-Hashim-Nzinga-643248062674191/?fb_dtsg_ag=Ady85UUKUbAspxRM0TrSwhC3UMcOiCzGWcq2uucsc00cjA%3AAdzLbTTtZ6d17ABFdBTf0KofTp-NuGFGYVCDKgOwgzPbsg) | Black Empowerment | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/The-New-Black-Panther-Party-Southeast-Region-Hashim-Nzinga-643248062674191/?fb_dtsg_ag=Ady85UUKUbAspxRM0TrSwhC3UMcOiCzGWcq2uucsc00cjA%3AAdzLbTTtZ6d17ABFdBTf0KofTp-NuGFGYVCDKgOwgzPbsg) | US - Atlanta GA |
| [Green Party](http://www.gp.org/) | Eco-Socialism | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/GreenPartyUS) | US | | [Green Party](http://www.gp.org/) | Eco-Socialism | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/GreenPartyUS) | US |
| [American Party of Labor](http://americanpartyoflabor.org/) | Marxist-Leninist, Hoxhaism | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/americanpartyoflaborapl) | US | | [American Party of Labor](http://americanpartyoflabor.org/) | Marxist-Leninist, Hoxhaism | [FB](https://www.facebook.com/americanpartyoflaborapl) | US |
| [Progressive Labor Party](http://www.plp.org/) | Marxist-Leninist | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/PLPchallenge) | US | | [Progressive Labor Party](http://www.plp.org/) | Marxist-Leninist | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/PLPchallenge) | US |