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In reply to the discussion: Prediction: The May 1st "general strike" is going to be an enormous flop. [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)74. not surprised you'd say so. but painting king in some kind of opposition to occupy = the
silliest thing i've seen all day.
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Prediction: The May 1st "general strike" is going to be an enormous flop. [View all]
TheWraith
Apr 2012
OP
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revoluton inevitable” -JFK
Fumesucker
Apr 2012
#1
The statement that Martin Luther King made was distilled from ages of history.
bluestate10
May 2012
#213
Turning OWS into an ideological purity test isn't going to change anything either.
hack89
May 2012
#142
Even if someone noticed the "strike" they won't know what they are striking for
banned from Kos
Apr 2012
#4
I don't think that the organizers believe it is going to be a huge deal media wise.
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#5
That is pretty much correct. It is an opportunity to support other actions beign called by allies..
Luminous Animal
Apr 2012
#14
We shouldn't forget the impact of the teach ins by college professors about Vietnam that
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#20
And once the Civil Rights movement was absorbed in to the Democratic Party in the early Seventies
Ken Burch
May 2012
#287
The same Dr. King who called for a general strike in support of the Memphis Sanitation workers?
Morning Dew
Apr 2012
#13
I'd say the 'machete' part is more about the 'in-your-face' attitudes of many Occupiers.
randome
Apr 2012
#19
Does the 99% Spring have ANY workers or poor people in its ranks? Does it HAVE ranks?
Ken Burch
May 2012
#269
It's partly due to the fact that the Democrats had become as pro-corporate as the GOP
Ken Burch
May 2012
#205
Is it not possible in smaller occupies especially that they have been co-opted by anti-Obama
patrice
May 2012
#131
It's way too early for legislative change. The Tea Party has recently changed its focus from
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#25
Jeeeeeeesus. Do you know how many decades it took to produce lasting legislative change?
Luminous Animal
Apr 2012
#26
That doesn't even make sense. Congresscritters in 1875 or 76 introduced the 1st Civil Rights Act...
Luminous Animal
Apr 2012
#46
Not to mention 100 years of VIOLENCE, state violence and organized private violence, to
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#93
does the existence of occupy prevent you from your work toward legislative change? i don't think
HiPointDem
May 2012
#126
+1. now that king is dead he's the saint of the bourgies, most of whom reviled him when he was
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#83
Really, your situation is understood and Occupiers certainly are sympathetic...
Luminous Animal
Apr 2012
#60
So you think a strike is like wielding a machete? Well then civil disobedience must be like
Zalatix
May 2012
#204
It's Amazing to Me....that you are Predicting! Why is this "Flop" so imortant to you?
KoKo
Apr 2012
#53
Couldn't agree more- Register to vote, occupy the polls. Simple solution. nt
cecilfirefox
Apr 2012
#66
not surprised you'd say so. but painting king in some kind of opposition to occupy = the
HiPointDem
Apr 2012
#74
Obviously, MLK would have counseled caution, do not go into the streets to protest...
pinboy3niner
May 2012
#115
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
got root
Apr 2012
#76
...and you'll be here uncontrollably cheering on it's demise the entire day!
Earth_First
Apr 2012
#78
So what. I'm getting together and meeting up with some cool like-minded people.
limpyhobbler
Apr 2012
#106
So, in your opinion, rather than getting out in the streets, what should we do?
MadHound
Apr 2012
#111
+99%. Many of us here will also be with you in the streets for MayDay, Zorra
pinboy3niner
Apr 2012
#114
I'm running across a pretty high incidence of "Don't feed the beast. Let it ALL crash & burn." BUT
patrice
May 2012
#119
I don't think OP is saying that. That long arc that King told us about requires MUCH more
patrice
May 2012
#124
Thanks for the opportunity to post this link to MayDay events around the country :)
pinboy3niner
May 2012
#130
Oh, and my prediction: Come MayDay, this OP will be proved to be an enormous flop
pinboy3niner
May 2012
#132
It has not endured in the slightest....during the winter when it died....
Joe the Revelator
May 2012
#239
And you were proven to be correct, Pinboy. You are a far better predictor than the OP. I'll put
sabrina 1
May 2012
#313
Why don't you just admit your're essentially a conservative and be done with it?
Ken Burch
May 2012
#134
Following ineffectual stupidity is what the RW does....thinking for ourselves is what the left is
Joe the Revelator
May 2012
#161
I believe Hack89 has done a lot in Wisconsin during the current 'difficulties'.
randome
May 2012
#172
The ones that want war are neocons that ran for deferments when the time to fight
bluestate10
May 2012
#216
What an utterly nonsensical claim. Where did you get the idea that OWS doesn't want democrats? Do
sabrina 1
May 2012
#248
You have all these established organizations with many of the same goals of OWS
hack89
May 2012
#265
Then the 99% Spring shouldn't have come in with the attitude that "we can do it and OWS can't"
Ken Burch
May 2012
#267
It comes down to giving the "leaders" no alternative but to do what's right.
Ken Burch
May 2012
#324
MoveOn.org, Rebuild The Dream, AFL-CIO, United Auto Workers, CODEPINK: Women for Peace,
hack89
May 2012
#294
You can't have progressive tendencies and devote ALL your posts here to bashing the Left
Ken Burch
May 2012
#224
You've never offered a good alternative-in fact, you've never offered a POSITIVE message at all
Ken Burch
May 2012
#137
The only victories that mattered in the Civil Rights movement were the 1964 and 1965 bills
Ken Burch
May 2012
#208
The Status Quo: You're one of the "fringe people" if you don't go with the flow! nt
Romulox
May 2012
#147
Um, most European countries have at least three parties and they're a lot more than 230 years old.
Chorophyll
May 2012
#171
I think the people can do damned near anything if they are organized and determined.
randome
May 2012
#200
Premise built from little more than a post hoc ergo prompter hoc foundation , then.
LanternWaste
May 2012
#183
Yeah, really... been off DU for a few days and this is the first I've heard of a "General Strike"
OneTenthofOnePercent
May 2012
#178
That neither of you have either mushy numbers or statistics is not lost on anyone.
EFerrari
May 2012
#280
Prediction: May Day marches that have been going on for years will now become OWS May Day Marches...
SidDithers
May 2012
#220
Nobody claimed that Occupy was the inventor of May Day, or anything remotely like that.
Ken Burch
May 2012
#335
Pointing out that something is likely to fail doesn't mean you necessarily oppose . . .
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#259
Looks like the last person they helped was able to renegotiate and stay in his home
suffragette
May 2012
#315