There’s competition for Boy Scout camp at a camp north of Duluth. It’s Camp Commie. Local activists will hold a summer camp for those on the far left. Josh Weir reports on "Camp Class Struggle."

As an alternative to the usual kids camps sponsored by Four-H, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and church groups- Youth For Socialist Action is hosting "Camp Class Struggle" for adults and kids. One of the organizers of the camp Adam Rischer, says this will be a place for local leftists to meet, learn, and have the usual summer camp fun. "During the kind of height of the anti-war movement, there were a lot of young people that joined Youth For Socialist Action. So we kind of wanted to have some kind of event where activists, and people who are just kind of new to alternative politics could come together." National Secretary of Socialist Action from San Francisco Jeff Mackler will be one of the guest speakers. Mackler is also one of the coordinators for the defense of Mumia Abu Jamal and a veteran anti-war activist. But Rischer says they have things in common with Boy Scout camp. "We've got Bolshevik barbecues and socialist storytelling. We have a little club called the commie sporting league, so we're going to be doing a lot of commie sports, you know volleyball, boxing, dodgeball and all that sort of stuff but with a political twist. A collection of stuff people want to do that kind of emphasizes teamwork and struggle and things like that." The camp will be May 30 and 31 in Brimson Minnesota, just north of Duluth. Rischer is hoping this will become an annual event. For more information about the camp, Rischer can be reached at 394-6660.

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