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That's why organization matters, it has to be big and it has to be sudden. "Importing" labor isn't immediate.

More likely they'll use back to work legislation and deploy the police, but then they'll remember why we have labor protections.

If they're going to tear up the social contract and take everything away from us then they'll see violence.

These laws exist because workers fought actual battles. Actual battles, domestically. If it must happen again it will.

don’t know where to start looking

Ergo first order of business, construct such list.

By its nature it'll vary in each community, political parties are always a safe bet, most areas will have socialists or communists and whether or not you identify as one of those they'll likely have resources for labor organizations in the area. I'm not suggesting that everyone has to be a leftist, but just that leftists have been doing this work for decades and tend to organize.

The IWW union is an international union that provides support to people looking to organize their workplaces.

On the topic of unions, I'm sure most unions in your city would be willing to help answer your questions and give you guidance. They might have websites where you can reach out to ask for advice.

Your city's pride parade or other socially conscious events like demonstrations will also see participation from these kinds of groups. It can be a good way to see what groups are operating in your city. For example your city might still have student protest encampments for Palestine on university campuses. Unions and political groups go to these and put material up at these.

Do that Google search! Looking for leftist, socialist, communist, anarchist, or labour unions based on trade in your city is actually not a bad way to get started.

I'm new to direct action myself and others might have better suggestions.

It's ok to start small, like a community garden even. These are all part of a broader network that you'll have exposure to once you are looking.

There are lot of problems. The biggest is funding.

Most politicians come from money. Not all, but a good number. This, oddly enough, can make them a bit more independent since they don't have special interests demanding their time to get their money. But depending on their motives for running, this can also make them very susceptible to corruption to make their money back.

If you don't have money, you have to raise it. You can either do this by meeting with special interests (oil, pharma, etc.) and be their lapdog or you can solicit money from the public. Both have their pros and cons in terms of getting elected, staying elected, and making sure you can do the work you set out to do.

Let's assume you have money and it's untainted.

The second biggest problem you have is name recognition. If you are a nobody, no one is going to elect you. You have to earn name recognition by either winning several smaller elections, by being active in the community, or by being famous. Usually if your rich, you have name recognition so you can usually skip this step. But if you're not, and you're raising money the old fashion way, you need to get your name out there. You remember Joe Exotic? You know him because he ran a ridiculous campaign.

Let's assume that you're active in the community and you have pretty good name recognition.

The hardest hurdle is going to be that you have almost half of your electorate actively rooting against you.

IMO, the reason why you don't see many young people in politics, even at the local level, is because all three of these steps seem so insurmountable. I looked into it. I never formed a committee or anything but the amount of money alone you have to raise is crazy.

You need a thick skin and you need to be willing to compromise, either your morals or your values, often both.

A better candidate did run. Any candidate who ran was better