Hi I am a fresh party member and unfortunately I have found myself completely alone in my area. There used to be a communist party where I am situated but it was shut down by reactionaries. My leaders have recommended that I go to protests and start my own SDS chapter at my college.
There is a problem, in order to start my own SDS chapter I need people.
So far my recruiting has consisted of providing material support to a person, and then If they are sympathetic I direct them to Marxism.
The next step should be to attend protests and find sympathetic people.
While practice is the sole criterion of truth, which is in fact what my superior told me, I would like to arm myself with theory in the meantime.
Are there any recommendations on any good books, any advice on how to win over people?
For context my speaking style is substance over style, I am an educator. I am said to have the "voice of a professor" by people who know me.
I also have to say that my recruiting style has been influence alot by chernyshevsky and his organizing work. Specifically providing material aid to other youth and then directing them to marxism.