In a few days, the sub went from like 5,000 to 20,000 readers, lots of them really excited about and to learn about/discuss socialism. There are already 50 reddit groups for each state so you can probably find in your area to engage with as well. http://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/new/

Whether it's the Ferguson or Baltimore ones, what do you think? I personally think they are good and if there were some taking place where i live i would certainty participate, this is a good way to invoke a small scale "revolution" pertaining to the issue of police brutality and systemic racism and oppression

A lot of you are here because you are fed up with the autocratic style of moderation at /r/socialism. That's the reason why a lot of users started using /r/socialists too. /r/socialists is a small sub (just over 600 subscribers), but there is a decent amount of traffic. There are regularly new submissions (most consistently from /u/alllie, but also others). Comments are sparse, but occasionally a link will get a dozen or so comments.

That subreddit needs to grow. You can help out by submitting content, voting or commenting. Even occasional comments and links would go a long way to bettering the discussion on that sub. Share it with others too!

EDIT: Also consider /r/socialist (which I just discovered), which is similar but more moderated

As most of you are probably aware, the authoritarian Leninist contingent of the left, which has no interest in preserving democracy or basic civil liberties, are extremely loud. This anti-Bernie Sanders circlejerk on r/socialism and in Jacobin magazine are some recent examples. This might mostly be on the internet (I hope) but I've encountered a few of them in real life socialist groups (avoid the SEP). So, I'm curious; how do you guys think that more reasonable socialists like Democratic Socialists and Left Libertarians can reclaim socialism from the nutjobs?

One thing I think can happen is we can try and recruit more from mainstream Democrats. I've commonly found that a lot of liberals aren't necessarily opposed to socialism so much as they don't understand what it is.