What is the Revolutionary Student Union?
The Revolutionary Student Union (RSU) is a network of revolutionary youth organizations in the US and Canada. Our core beliefs include the necessity of revolution to overcome capitalism, the importance of supporting the working class movement, the need to combat racism and national oppression, support for women and LGBTQ liberation through revolution, and the importance of countering opportunism within the revolutionary movement. We also emphasize the mass line (exchanging ideas to and from the masses) as a means of maintaining direct communication with the masses and supporting militant self-defense of the working class and oppressed peoples. The RSU was officially founded in September of 2023.
What does the Revolutionary Student Union Do?
RSU chapters partake in protests, marches, strike support for workers, and other forms of direct action. We also provide revolutionary education to our members, this revolutionary education centers the need for the worker-student alliance and seeks to sweep away all the lies perpetuated by the old, corrupt school system. Without study and analysis of revolutionary theory, the revolutionary movement cannot progress. Theory and practice are both crucial to organizing for revolutionary change.
Why does the US need a Revolutionary Student Union?
The US and Canadian student and youth movement lacks a genuine national revolutionary organization, as existing groups often embrace opportunism, compromising revolutionary principles for short term gains. Specifically, organizations that only organize students based on student based issues alone. These organizations overlook the vital role of the working class in achieving true revolutionary change. While advocating for the emancipation of students, we emphasize the necessity of aligning the student struggle with the working class movement. Student organizations that are isolated from the working class struggle will always fail to achieve revolutionary change. We assert that the RSU offers a genuine revolutionary alternative by advocating for the integration of student and worker struggles for long-lasting victories.
Who can join the Revolutionary Student Union?
The RSU accepts any student/youth (13-26) that agrees with our points of unity and wants to join the fight! The youth must organize for working class revolution and be active participants in the revolutionary movement for us to unchain ourselves and smash this parasitic system!
What Would Joining The RSU Entail?
If you’re an individual seeking to start your own RSU chapter, joining the RSU would mean reaching out to national RSU to begin the process of formulating a chapter.
If an organization wants to join the RSU as a chapter this would entail the following:
1) Adhering to the RSU Points of Unity.
2) Choosing two people to be representatives of your chapter in national RSU.
3) Be able to hold a meeting.
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