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by embedding-shape
4 days ago
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General strikes are something you can make happen, as an individual, if you push others around you to follow you along. Sure, the US is lacking a lot in the department of having unions and a labor movement, but that doesn't mean it's somehow out of reach. The existing ones in other countries mostly started as grass-root movements, born out of a bunch of individuals going together and deciding they've had enough. Relying on "union leaders" or political leaders of parties isn't gonna get you anywhere. What you need is active action, something that hurts the people who are trying to hurt you and non-violent protests every 6 months doesn't hurt them one bit. I agree that protests are important, but they also have their time and place. When the government actively listens, then it's a great way to enact reform. Once the government stops listening though, you need to up your tactics, otherwise you're playing it straight into their pocket. |
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How, exactly, do you propose that someone with no connections, no authority, and no clout of any kind within major labor organisations of the country "can make happen" a general strike? And if you could, do you think you could make it happen in less than two years? Starting from nothing?
What, exactly, do you think "active action" is, if it doesn't have that kind of backing?
Where I'm from, we call that "crime", and it makes no ripples, it makes no difference, it only ends with you in jail.
We are facing systemic problems, perpetuated by systems that have been co-opted, at the highest levels, by fascists who are itching to kill everyone who doesn't bow to them. Attempting to fight them—like, actual violent fight—with individual solutions is suicide.