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This is exactly the groundwork we need to be laying right now, and I’m delighted to hear it coming from a US Senator (!):

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  • inthehands@hachyderm.ioI inthehands@hachyderm.io

    I consider the Jan 23 general strike in Minnesota to be fairly successful. It didn’t happen overnight, and it didn’t just happen because people posted about it a lot. There was a •lot• of consensus-building via social networks new and old. Unions got on board, lead the charge. Local businesses goaded each other into participating until •not• participating became a sort of black eye.

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    @inthehands ONE good day for it would be
    JUNE 14 - the unPresident's B-day, Flag Day, the day that the White House is to be further defiled with a WWE fight

    #ResisT
    #RESISTANCE

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    • nanobri@woof.groupN nanobri@woof.group

      @inthehands So to the point about local businesses... Part of me thinks that those *shouldn't* shut down in a strike because if people use those businesses that's money not going to the billionaires.

      I'm interested to know how other folks think about it though because I honestly don't know what strategies make the most sense toward the objective of pressuring folks with their hands on the levers of power to take action.

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      @nanobri @inthehands I agree that local businesses should be exempt - but they should be truly local, not just some fake local owned by hedge fnd.

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      • nanobri@woof.groupN nanobri@woof.group

        @inthehands So to the point about local businesses... Part of me thinks that those *shouldn't* shut down in a strike because if people use those businesses that's money not going to the billionaires.

        I'm interested to know how other folks think about it though because I honestly don't know what strategies make the most sense toward the objective of pressuring folks with their hands on the levers of power to take action.

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        @nanobri

        You may be thinking of a boycott instead of a strike.

        Here in Minneapolis, local businesses helped lead the charge — and I’d venture that they benefitted from it, from the community seeing them support the cause and feeling a sense of connection with the people behind them.

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        • miss_rodent@girlcock.clubM miss_rodent@girlcock.club

          @inthehands There have been murmurings of one for may 1st ( https://paydayreport.com/labor-leaders-warm-to-general-strike-nationwide-on-may-1st/ ),
          The timing is a bit slower, but, to organize a national general strike at scale, it's going to be a bit of a pain to put together.
          Pressuring union/labour leaders, and other community members//leaders - your church, friends, coven, polycule, D&D group, whatever - to participate, and to pressure their people to participate, increases the odds of it happening, ofc.

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          @miss_rodent @inthehands

          This is the first time I have seen Payday Report pop up on the Masto circle!

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          • nanobri@woof.groupN nanobri@woof.group

            @inthehands So to the point about local businesses... Part of me thinks that those *shouldn't* shut down in a strike because if people use those businesses that's money not going to the billionaires.

            I'm interested to know how other folks think about it though because I honestly don't know what strategies make the most sense toward the objective of pressuring folks with their hands on the levers of power to take action.

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            @nanobri @inthehands The whole idea of business *owners* deciding whether to strike is really weird to me, very American, and just feels wrong. The *workers* should decide, and the business *owner* should have no choice but to close because he has no workers that day; they have all called in sick.

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            • inthehands@hachyderm.ioI inthehands@hachyderm.io

              This is exactly the groundwork we need to be laying right now, and I’m delighted to hear it coming from a US Senator (!):

              If Trump tries to prevent a fair election from happening, then we need “a true national strike in the sense that, if they do this, if they try to overthrow our democracy, if you are allied with democracy, do not go to work . If you’re a pilot, do not show up. If you drive a train, do not show up. If you’re a teacher, do not show up. We grind the country to a halt.”

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              @inthehands Here in Brasil Bolsonaro tried to use (I don't know how to translate that) a federal police that work in roads(?!). Anyway... They were trying to stop people to vote. Here in Brazil os mandatory. "We hate, but we like that". THAT IS Just ONE of The causes why Bolsonaro still in jail until today. I don't know how You gonna sava Your ellectins.

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              • inthehands@hachyderm.ioI inthehands@hachyderm.io

                This is exactly the groundwork we need to be laying right now, and I’m delighted to hear it coming from a US Senator (!):

                If Trump tries to prevent a fair election from happening, then we need “a true national strike in the sense that, if they do this, if they try to overthrow our democracy, if you are allied with democracy, do not go to work . If you’re a pilot, do not show up. If you drive a train, do not show up. If you’re a teacher, do not show up. We grind the country to a halt.”

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                ‘Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms

                In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’

                favicon

                the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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                @inthehands Love your proposal.

                The only way to win an argument with capitalism is through its denial.

                Some say, if the remaining democratic states would sell all their U.S. state bonds, Trumps show would be over instantly.

                In a consumer producer cycle, all the power lies with the consumer/investor.

                The powerful know that. The real problem is not to convince capitalism that we can bring it down, but convincing the majority of ourselves that we have that ability.

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                • inthehands@hachyderm.ioI inthehands@hachyderm.io

                  This is exactly the groundwork we need to be laying right now, and I’m delighted to hear it coming from a US Senator (!):

                  If Trump tries to prevent a fair election from happening, then we need “a true national strike in the sense that, if they do this, if they try to overthrow our democracy, if you are allied with democracy, do not go to work . If you’re a pilot, do not show up. If you drive a train, do not show up. If you’re a teacher, do not show up. We grind the country to a halt.”

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                  ‘Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms

                  In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’

                  favicon

                  the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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                  @inthehands cuck Shumer & co will send a strongly worded letter to pedo in chief how naughty it was to stop elections, instead they will reserve all their energy to oppose any meaningful actions like a general strike.

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                  • inthehands@hachyderm.ioI inthehands@hachyderm.io

                    This is exactly the groundwork we need to be laying right now, and I’m delighted to hear it coming from a US Senator (!):

                    If Trump tries to prevent a fair election from happening, then we need “a true national strike in the sense that, if they do this, if they try to overthrow our democracy, if you are allied with democracy, do not go to work . If you’re a pilot, do not show up. If you drive a train, do not show up. If you’re a teacher, do not show up. We grind the country to a halt.”

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                    ‘Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms

                    In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’

                    favicon

                    the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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                    @inthehands @bobjmsn
                    It has always seemed to me that if you can organise an air traffic controller's strike everything else will grind to a halt.

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                    • inthehands@hachyderm.ioI inthehands@hachyderm.io

                      This is exactly the groundwork we need to be laying right now, and I’m delighted to hear it coming from a US Senator (!):

                      If Trump tries to prevent a fair election from happening, then we need “a true national strike in the sense that, if they do this, if they try to overthrow our democracy, if you are allied with democracy, do not go to work . If you’re a pilot, do not show up. If you drive a train, do not show up. If you’re a teacher, do not show up. We grind the country to a halt.”

                      Link Preview Image
                      ‘Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms

                      In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’

                      favicon

                      the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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                      #31

                      @inthehands How about impeaching the bastard and tossing him out of office? Seems more reasonable.

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                      • inthehands@hachyderm.ioI inthehands@hachyderm.io

                        This is exactly the groundwork we need to be laying right now, and I’m delighted to hear it coming from a US Senator (!):

                        If Trump tries to prevent a fair election from happening, then we need “a true national strike in the sense that, if they do this, if they try to overthrow our democracy, if you are allied with democracy, do not go to work . If you’re a pilot, do not show up. If you drive a train, do not show up. If you’re a teacher, do not show up. We grind the country to a halt.”

                        Link Preview Image
                        ‘Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms

                        In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’

                        favicon

                        the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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                        @inthehands don't wait to do that... Do it now. I've been saying this for a year already.

                        Last time during the civil rights movement, it took just 11 million people... Imagine if 50 million went on strike.

                        Just know that they will try to break it, they will murder people on the streets and they will use it to justify further fascist ideals.

                        Strike and don't stop until the govt falls.

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                        • inthehands@hachyderm.ioI inthehands@hachyderm.io

                          This is exactly the groundwork we need to be laying right now, and I’m delighted to hear it coming from a US Senator (!):

                          If Trump tries to prevent a fair election from happening, then we need “a true national strike in the sense that, if they do this, if they try to overthrow our democracy, if you are allied with democracy, do not go to work . If you’re a pilot, do not show up. If you drive a train, do not show up. If you’re a teacher, do not show up. We grind the country to a halt.”

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                          ‘Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms

                          In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’

                          favicon

                          the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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                          @inthehands - except that since it's absolutely clear already that yes, they absolutely plan to steal the election, the time for a general strike is now. As in right fucking now. Down tools & walk & don't come back until the regime has fallen.

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                            @ginger_tosser @melioristicmarie @inthehands then Labor Day is actually a great deadline. The first three are warnings; three strikes and we're out. Everything stops on Labor Day and doesn't restart.

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                            • inthehands@hachyderm.ioI inthehands@hachyderm.io

                              This is exactly the groundwork we need to be laying right now, and I’m delighted to hear it coming from a US Senator (!):

                              If Trump tries to prevent a fair election from happening, then we need “a true national strike in the sense that, if they do this, if they try to overthrow our democracy, if you are allied with democracy, do not go to work . If you’re a pilot, do not show up. If you drive a train, do not show up. If you’re a teacher, do not show up. We grind the country to a halt.”

                              Link Preview Image
                              ‘Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms

                              In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’

                              favicon

                              the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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                              @inthehands If you're in the military and your only training is to kill...

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                              • inthehands@hachyderm.ioI inthehands@hachyderm.io

                                This is exactly the groundwork we need to be laying right now, and I’m delighted to hear it coming from a US Senator (!):

                                If Trump tries to prevent a fair election from happening, then we need “a true national strike in the sense that, if they do this, if they try to overthrow our democracy, if you are allied with democracy, do not go to work . If you’re a pilot, do not show up. If you drive a train, do not show up. If you’re a teacher, do not show up. We grind the country to a halt.”

                                Link Preview Image
                                ‘Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms

                                In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’

                                favicon

                                the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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                                @inthehands
                                And to the rest of the world. Because he is intruding on the world order.
                                BABA ( BUY ANYTHING BUT AMERICAN)

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                                  @ginger_tosser @inthehands i would be thrilled for may day to be the start of an indefinite general strike, in solidarity globally against the morbidly wealthy to; arrest netanyahu and bring all collaborators of the palestinian genocide to justice while supporting the palestinian people in self governance; bring the epstein collaborators to justice; impeach the current u.s. president and cabinet; abolish i.c.e. and hold trials for all violence; end u.s. slave labor (remove the 13th amendment exclusion); hold shareholders personally financially and criminally responsible for corporate products and behaviors; end stock ownership of any kind by elected representatives; medicare for all with congress and constituents sharing the same coverage; end for profit healthcare; require residential housing ownership be limited to residents (max of three years between owner occupancy); and well whatever else folks demand these are just mine to start.

                                  but if we start juneteenth or independence day or labor day... let's go.

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                                  • akamran@indieweb.socialA akamran@indieweb.social

                                    @ginger_tosser @melioristicmarie @inthehands then Labor Day is actually a great deadline. The first three are warnings; three strikes and we're out. Everything stops on Labor Day and doesn't restart.

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                                    @akamran @ginger_tosser @inthehands

                                    sounds good, let's go!

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                                    • inthehands@hachyderm.ioI inthehands@hachyderm.io

                                      @GhostOnTheHalfShell
                                      One of the lessons of Jan 23 is that “ASAP” is not a plan. You really have to pick something specific in the future — a data, or a trigger — and do sustained planning around it.

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                                      @inthehands @GhostOnTheHalfShell We don't have to warn them when we're going to pull the plug, just that we're going to do so.

                                      Let them decide how anxious it makes them to sit with the uncertainty.

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                                      • anomnomnomaly@beige.partyA anomnomnomaly@beige.party

                                        @inthehands don't wait to do that... Do it now. I've been saying this for a year already.

                                        Last time during the civil rights movement, it took just 11 million people... Imagine if 50 million went on strike.

                                        Just know that they will try to break it, they will murder people on the streets and they will use it to justify further fascist ideals.

                                        Strike and don't stop until the govt falls.

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                                        @inthehands @Anomnomnomaly National Stay at Home Day (emergency personnel exempt).

                                        I really like having it on May Day, because it would get all those old anti-communist buggers' knickers in a real twist. We could even sing Billy Bragg's version of "The Internationale," to really piss them off.

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                                        • edwilk@mstdn.socialE edwilk@mstdn.social

                                          @inthehands

                                          It seems like only yesterday that I was screaming at Sen. Gallego for voting for Trump cabinet nominees.

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                                          @edwilk @inthehands

                                          And next month you'll be screaming again as they wave through some godawful compromise...

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