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This is so infuriating to read, but I do believed you’re doing the best you can. Take a deep breath, you’ve got this.
As far as the nark is concerned, I do not know how I’d handle this, but if you think talking to them is a good idea, do it.
Currently the plan is after my friend talks to the leader of the 50501 group, I’m gonna see how that goes and then either message PSL higher ups and talk about dissolving the chapter or removing the nark. Friend, who is all about direct communication suggested talking to nark and explaining the whole thing and asking their side of the story and I’m considering that but I need to cool off first.
I feel like I wasn’t great at vetting people, but also there is a weird dynamic with the anarchist being vocal about PSL(because, I mean they are anarchist and the schools of thought don’t jive at time). I don’t blame them for expressing their thoughts but I think it chased away someone I was gonna put in charge while I took a step back to focus on the Food co-op project. Now that’s also seemingly off the table. I thought I was organizing material but this is really starting to feel like burnout and I don’t think I can afford that right now.
At the end of the day, I have a screenshot of the city’s PSL chat for leverage since the nark won’t be able to bring receipts. I might need to ask if the higher ups are ok with the screenshot. It doesn’t have any sensitive info but it’s literally like: nark joined May 30th, I posted about removing cop lover June 14th, and that’s literally it.
I hate that I’m spending so much energy on something so stupid though.
Oof, this is rough comrade. It really sounds like a cop sympathizer managed to scare everyone and cause trouble. I’d say take care of yourself first, since you’re much more important to the cause than the excess of bodies. We need good organizers, and you obviously are one. Know that your efforts are making a difference against an uphill battle! Hope you can recuperate and re-ground yourself for a couple days before you have to deal with this again. Rest up, comrade, you deserve a refresh.
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It just costs so much energy to deal with this bs. I like your plan, but I agree, this is bordering on burnout. You need a break and the nark thing really doesn’t help.
Please take care of yourself
I hate to say it but I’m really thinking I need to just move away from the PSL. Our chapter is dead in the water as it is and there was some early drama that threw a wrench in the initial onboarding anyway. I wanted to find someone to step up so I could focus on more hyper-local project. We have situation where our local government is tyring t erase our uhnoused instead of giving them proper help, and we are working on the food co-op and a few other projects. There isn’t a lot of us in this group so it’s taking a huge effort of all of us together just to do these few things.
Maybe that’s the way to go then, focusing on the local group and helping the unhoused. To me, it looks like you’ll be able to do more good there in the long run.
But, ultimately, it’s your decision. And if you think moving away from the PSL is a good idea given the circumstances, I’d say do it.