I've stated before and again that [b]T[/b]here [b]I[/b]s [b]N[/b]o [b]A[/b]lternative to the pre-WWI SPD model for left politics and organizing the "alternative culture."
Well, look at a historic enemy par excellence of the left:
Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party
We collect new data on the density of associations in 229 German towns and cities. Denser networks of clubs and societies went hand-in-hand with a more rapid rise of the Nazi Party. Towns with one standard deviation higher association density saw at least 15% faster Nazi Party entry.