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What CS / IT skills, apps, tech, etc would be most beneficial for the leftist movement? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm a CS student, I have some time before I graduate and have kind of dipped my toes in various things without specializing in anything. I would like to know what would be useful for the movement, so that I can use my skills to contribute.

And before people say "everything is useful"...well yeah but it's nice and fulfilling to have specific ideas I can work on learning/building myself.

Also where can I find leftist open source projects? I know lemmy and this website for one are open source but not sure of others.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Cryptography and networking to securely communicate during organization and monitor suspicious traffic

General OSINT skills to vet people and provide proof of any claims

Not a CS skill, but common in security work is social engineering, and hell, maybe even a little bit of journalism/blogging. Build up a reputation of some sort and attempt to find sympathetic/disillusioned sources who might expose some stuff that will help protestors/organizers

Web design/UX maybe? These days a lot of people are used to or drawn to “modern” and “sleek” designs. Marxists.org will likely deter new people lol

The first two will probably be the most “useful,” but as others have stated, it’s mostly a lucrative field to make a bunch of money

However, if you want to benefit people (which won’t necessarily further any socialist cause), you can get a job at a public organization such as hospitals and schools. Some libraries are large and popular enough to warrant in house IT staff.