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Showing Original Post only (View all)Is this the time for a nationwide General Strike, check in if you agree [View all]
I think the only way the conservative owned media is going to seriously take our demands at face value is if every worker strikes like they did back in the 60s. I think it was on The Last Word where they showed the origins of the UAW and how they gained power after a 44 day strike. I am of the growing opinion that maybe we need to have a nationwide strike. Followed by a nationwide boycott to get their attention. Of course I'm just throwing out ideas, but if you agree or have a better idea of how we can force their hand to see things our way chime in.
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Is this the time for a nationwide General Strike, check in if you agree [View all]
loyalkydem
Dec 2012
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The strike (withholding labor) is the best tool the working class has..........
socialist_n_TN
Dec 2012
#1
Political logistics have proven that when good weather comes, so does personal distraction.
ancianita
Dec 2012
#11
Nationwide!HELL YES.Statewide at the least. It's either intense hurt now or chronic hurt later.
ancianita
Dec 2012
#9
Now is the time. If we wait until there's a mosquito drone circling every building,
plethoro
Dec 2012
#13
I don't know enough to say when would be best, but we should be ready to go. nt
patrice
Dec 2012
#22
For me, going to work and doing my job is a whole lot more important than getting my face on TV.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#42
I've got no right to strike. And public opinion will not support a wildcat strike.
yewberry
Dec 2012
#48
I'll definitely support it, but I think that the unions seriously need to reinvent themselves.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#49