I am a millennial who was apolitical until about age 27. I did participate in the occupy protests but I didn’t vote or have any real political movement I believed in.

After trump was first elected I did fear a rise in fascism. I started listening to NPR and pod save America and couldn’t feel the outrage that I felt I was supposed to be feeling. Mainly because they offered no solutions other than Hillary Clinton. During Bernie’s 2nd run I became much more involved politically. I donated, made some calls, and spread the word.

After the Dems did Bernie dirty I realized the whole damn system was incapable of change. I found PSL and started volunteering with them. A lot of people there opened my eyes to things I had never thought about and took as the truth. I remember a comrade telling me about Cuba and I was so resistant to what he was telling me. I now know he was right!

Finally I read The State and Revolution. The single most important thing I have ever read. Life changing. I have considered myself an ML ever since.