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Idk man my job is just to give money to Israel, this doesn’t seem related
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We should be doing this right now with ice pigs on the loose. I'm not gonna wait until I can't elect some useless dem.
Yes, a general strike with no supply chains set up and no assistance from Dems. Sounds like the perfect way to break our resistance by getting people who aren't ready to commit fully to commit early and burn out before the harder questions have been solved. Not everyone is or will become a revolutionary but we still have to account for them in the struggle.
I want a general strike. I want to stop the misery but you can't just say, "OK guys. Everyone clock out." People need electricity, food, and heat. If we aren't building this now then the proposed general strike in 2028 will fail.
See you guys at the general strike!
And they’ll make banners with really mean slogans!
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Just go ahead and plan for the general strike.
We don't need to fucking wait for the meddling to happen then act all surprised and disgusted when it does.
They're fucking saying they're going to do it right now. They've been saying it for over a year. They were saying it in 2020. It was on the recordings. The Garland slow walked the election interference case and acted all surprised when the charges were instantly dropped after trump took over the DOJ.
So. Let's organize a general strike, right fucking now. Let's plan for it to happen in October ahead of the election.
They are going to fuck with it. They're fucking with it now.
The time to plan and organize is now. We don't need a plan for a plan for an organization.
Democracy is ending right now. Today. Let's fucking go.
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Why not just have everyone refuse to work on election day, every election day. It's insane that it's not a national holiday
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Now this is a real threat that the olirarch class is actually afraid of.
If it gets to the point where Trump meddles in elections it's already too late.
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Doing it AFTER the midterms is too late.
The election will be stolen and no amount of striking will get a NEW election to happen. Furthermore Trump will continue to have unfettered control of all 3 branches of the government, the military, and a paramilitary police force answerable only to him.
A strike at that point will lead to nothing less than civil war.
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General strikes are hard to plan and organize. It requires coordination and active participation. Stop reading and posting "someone should do it".
Find a way to GET INVOLVED. FIGHT.
Yes it is bad, do something, do anything. Don't let the defeatism take you over.
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If? And after midterms?
Jesus they want to let him get away with it and then do too little too late.
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They’ll cave on whatever it is before it comes to a national strike.
Why not grind the country to a halt for all the shit he has already done?
should Donald Trump try to sabotage the midterm elections, Americans should respond with a general strike that would “grind the country to a halt”.
They have started their election interference long ago.
Really? A strike? For stopping elections and destroying democracy?
No man. Our constitution allows us to legally go "open season" on anyone that does this.
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I've said many times that i would leave this country, but nationalizing elections has gotta be the last straw... this country is just going to shit atp
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This is the way.
Why fucking wait until then? This shit needs to happen now. GOP needs to be removed lest they drag us down further into stone age.
So they want you to do something about it now that it affects them?
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I feel like the Israel run child rapist ring and the fact that both sides of our political divide are bought and paid for by Israel should’ve been enough to do a serious general strike already https://www.trackaipac.com/congress
ICE killing 10 innocent people this year, kidnapping and sending them to concentration camps abroad (people is still there, if not more people being sent), the government is actively protecting pedofiles...
If after all of that they aren't calling for a civil war, I don't think they will do much.
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Can we just agree, all of us here, that we will not let this happen?
Iraq War Veteran
Ironic, given how we treated upstart labor movements during the occupation.
Well then why didn't we grind the country to a halt over Palestine or Epstein or ICE or Venezuela or Greenland? Those things were WAY the fuck more impactful to the working class than your bullshit ass elections! It's easy to see that the only thing that makes this "special" to the Democratic Party is that those spineless fucks would actually get fucked this time around.
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Of course we should do a general strike! We should do way more than a general strike!
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If the Democrats actually manage to organize an actual general strike (which they won't), then of course we should still do the general strike.
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Whatever we do, general strike or otherwise, the working class must usurp control of the movement from the Democrats and make sure the Democratic Establishment is not allowed to direct it or be a part of it. E.g. if any of these Democratic Party fucks show up to the general strike, make them fuck off because they have shown themselves to be working for their faction of capital against the working class, and we're not gonna buy their bullshit capitalist narratives.
It won't happen. The sad reality is, most Americans are far more afraid of being fired than they are of fascism.
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General strikes are effective...
But if they cancel/rig elections then it's not gonna be enough. If that happens, we really only have one box left.
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When asked for comment, Chuck Shumer condescendingly retorted "the Ultimate Response we have here is to give more weapons to Israel"
The Dems starting a strike fund or going to distribute food while we strike?
We should use this getting into the news as an opportunity to discuss a general strike for something more important that his job, like abolishing ICE and freeing ppl from detention. We need to be strengthening mutual aid and helping everyone get a couple weeks worth of dry food so that ppl have the means to strike
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"if" x event happens in 9 months.
My friend, I am starting to worry about the next 9 months all even happening.
So, start stocking up on food and water and harden your physical defenses against desperate looting.
And try to build support coalitions in your neighborhood and social circles.
Note to self: establish a "social circle."
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Why wait?
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Is Gallego outlining any concepts of a plan for how to go about doing this safely? Some places can get pretty cold in November and people might need money, typically earned via labor, to stay warm and alive.
This is something that needs to be done. Sadly, this country is so hell-bent on screwing over real Americans that most of us can’t afford to be on strike more than a day or two without severe financial ramifications or outright losing our employment. The best alternative is to also vote with your wallet do not buy do not shop anywhere that supports this administration.
And armed uprising
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