Everyone is free to start their own thing, pick a date then still go to work, help your community, friends & family. For many, this is their first time participating in a truly grassroots campaign. Some were only started 11 days ago. The feedback is heard. More can organize a group, I'll join!
Not everyone works m-f/ 9-5 gig. Saturday is a big day of the week for spending... Now you know! Also most strikes that are successful are not one day strikes. If you mean #shutdown315 ... It's not one day. It starts that day. As many many many of the flyers and comments and information say.
1 day strikes are so much bullshit. And buy nothing boycotts are 2x bullshit.
Want to make a statement/change? Go on indefinite strike til demands are met. U want to fuck over the corpos? Quit buying unnecessary shit beyond fuel, housing, food. Cook every meal. Buy used stuff not new stuff.
I dunno. Christmas spending was robust. Holiday travel was high. So are we? I haven't looked at consumer data lately. Trump inflationary policies will do sum work on their own as high prices will lead to less spending. Wages won't rise or will lag if they do by some months/yr.
It'll be violence in the streets from food riots and then they'll swing towards law and order and a fascist crackdown. Trump policies will fuck the poorest among us first. And the violence will come from the affected MAGAts when their delusions break down.
I don’t disagree per se, but can you clarify the difference between buy nothing boycotts and Quit buying unnecessary shit? Because to me, that’s what I’m doing?
Buy Nothing Boycotts are typically framed as "don't buy x on this day" well if it's food, or gas to go to work, then you're just going to buy that stuff day before/after the "boycott." That's not a boycott, and since corpos measure on a quarterly basis, they're never going to notice the "protest."
Buy only necessities/only used (no1 tracking yard sales) & overall massively reduce your consumerist spending over a longer term will show up on the quarterly earnings. And since capitalism IS UTTERLY DEPENDENT UPON GROWTH, a lack of growth hurts the people hurting us.
In a consumer based economy like the US, if consumers consume less it's the corporations that are hurt the most. You'll actually be fine. Probably healthier if you cook more at home, wealthier if you spend less. ALL they CARE about is the almighty dollar. Hold on to yours A LOT TIGHTER.
We should organize around that first to build solidarity. Publicize the fuck out of it b/c MAGAts are so dumb they'll spend more than they should to "counter" us, which when the inevitable economic recession hits you'll be in okay shape. Will they? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ah, that’s my plan. I have to buy fuel, but only from my locally owned (admittedly a franchise) station. Clothes second hand or from REI co-op, groceries from my co-op. I had been planning on including Target, but given their recent DEI cowardice I’ve decided to get a Costco membership.
May 1st. Just like Los Angeles did day without an immigrant on May 1st and 1 million people showed up. It was the power of Telemundo and the Latino radio stations in LA. This is gotta be grass roots.
Colleagues of mine who happen to be immigrants are planning something peaceful and effective. I'm afraid to put it out there for now. But this seems to be a pretty decent consensus. If you like more info you can ask me in a damn. I normally don't DM but this is important.
I'm going to recommend April 19 for the simple symbolic reason of the day... 250th anniversary of the "shot heard round the world" (and if I put that schoolhouse rock song in your head there, you can thank me).
The symbolism is just too much. Steal it from MAGA! They will use it otherwise.
Possibly - and I know this is a crazy idea - this might be something that various organizations of workers, many of whose leaders regularly communicate with each other and have relevant training & experience, might plan together & efficiently inform their members to form a more perfect union?
If they could also agree to start by agreeing to vote in every election and organizing in their community first rather than imagining a national strike will happen if we just hope hard enough, that would also be great.
I would say stick to listening to actual labor organizers. Shawn Fain has a day in mind and unlike most, his will actually be nation wide and they'll have resources.
Maybe take a page from the Montgomery Bus boycott. Pick a date, not too far from today. And just quit buying anything except absolute essentials. If you must buy clothes check out thrift, same for most everything else. Just stop spending money. MAKE IT HURT. One day is silly.
You should all get bullhorns and assemble outside the Whitehouse, build a gallows, and shout "hang Donald Trump" for hours on end and into the night. What's good for the goose is good for the orange idiot.
I think we should follow the Latin American model and just stand outside the White House banging pots. I don’t know why, but I think that would irritate the F out of him.
That would take leadership and organization, and no one seems to want to do the job. If we are ever going to do anything other than whine someone will have to get off their ass and lead. Period. Opining and soapboxing on BlueSky will not accomplish anything.
A one day strike, if it was even 50% of workers, would be a one day kick in the balls for the people who claim they are making america great again. And it would prove it can be done again, and again and again until they stop their shit.
Well, you can technically do a sick-out even if you have no union, but yes, without organizational blocks its hard to pull off.
The S.Koreans did just run out and do their thing without any organization at all - but they also have mandatory military service which helps get people in that mindset.
I'm sure that helped. But US unions have been systematically stigmatized and dismantled for decades now, so they're not a mechanism currently available to us - and we're certainly not going to be able to form them under a fascist government. They are famously not ok with unions.
A one day shock might be helpful, but you're absolutely right. It needs to be sustained. I'm thinking of starting on March 15 and keeping it up for a month at least. Ending on April 15 which was a national tax protest day.
I agree!! It’s symbolic at best. And a longer strike getting less attention only solidifies that point. One day is not a kick in the balls for anyone. We need actions that impact decisions. Not symbolic ones that accomplish nothing.
I really wish people didn't do this. I work in enterprise cybersecurity which is an important 24/7/365 job. If people do not show up it has real life effects on millions of people. Plus when publicized, our H.R. will 100% punish anyone who doesn't show up. Including firing anyone who was on a PIP
having real life effects is exactly the point of a strike. the entire goal is to grind everything to a standstill and make it difficult for people not to feel the affects of it... realize the goal of a general strike in 2028 would be to basically shut the entirety of the US down
To organize a national general strike? It’s not. But please join the organizing efforts if you have a way to help or know something they don’t. I have no interest in your ignorant opinions though, so please refrain from sharing them directly with me.
Replying to me here as though I myself am a senior union organizer presenting a plan of my own that you disagree with is not helpful or welcome. This plan already exists and your ignorance of that fact is a you problem. Educate yourself or don’t, but leave me the fuck alone.
Hint : Project 2025 folks do not care, at all, about DJT's image or legacy or even retaining control of the House and Senate after 2026.
They only care about dismantling what supports the demographic shift away from themselves.
It is far easier to break something than it is to build something new.
Also helps if leaders have organized a strike: mutual aid for people who get fired and lose medical care, income, etc; legal assistance. Fine to call for a mass civil disobedience action (which this is), but you have to be honest with people that you're asking them to break the law.
When we organize for a strike, we need to keep in mind ways for us to support the most vulnerable of us. For those people who can't afford to not work for one day, how can we replace their pay? Or the ones who live near only a Walmart? Whatever they need. Once we do that, everyone will be willing
No... April 19... 250th Anniversary of the start of the Revolution... also the day I fear Project 2025 will eliminate the Fat One to symbolically kick off their coup.
Just wondering: what does a one day strike actually accomplish? Next day, everything is back to normal. The money we didn’t spend gets spent the next day. We really need to be pushing for actions that impact.
agreed, but better than nothing. A strike would need to be much longer, but many folks aren't used to the temporary pain it would cause. We need to push for action as well as you mentioned.
A soon date of 2 days leading up to weekend. Something in the next 2 weeks. Then another coordinated strike in March and April. Quick now so hard to respond and they are not allowed to continue to carry out plans.
Dunno if you've already had a dozen replies like "we're going to need more than one day to get their attention" but we're going to need more than one day to get their attention
Because anyone who's done organizing will tell you that a strike is a massive amount of work to pull off successfully, much less a general strike. Did you read the linked article?
I don't know how to feel about this. What would we gain? Won't most people just go out the next day and buy what they didn't get on the day of the strike and wouldn't that defeat the purpose? I am not at all opposed to participating. I'm just trying to understand. P.S. I am not good at math😉
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Not just a day?
Want to make a statement/change? Go on indefinite strike til demands are met. U want to fuck over the corpos? Quit buying unnecessary shit beyond fuel, housing, food. Cook every meal. Buy used stuff not new stuff.
I did just about lead a wildcat strike at Crescent Dunes Solar in Tonopah in '14. Good times, so I got that going for me.
Every single democracy does it.
A two party system riddled with anti-democratic institutions.
*fewer
Different groups with different reaches and we will learn, adapt, and try again.
Most of us are prob a little chaotic so... Chaos reigns 🩵
PS: big fan 😼
you mean midnight or sunrise 🤦♀️
It's like go on 3 or after 3 every time.
The symbolism is just too much. Steal it from MAGA! They will use it otherwise.
C'mon US you can do this.
Pick a day, give enough time to get the message out, and do it.
One day strike ain't going to do shit. We need to be relentless.
We need a continuous effort and one protest can help you meet your local community where you can do more than protest. You can help
National protests for today on my page!
Unionization of everyone in the workforce would take decades or more.
This is what we needed.
Vuvuzela energy.
what's the fucking point
indefinite or not at all
https://generalstrikeus.com/
The S.Koreans did just run out and do their thing without any organization at all - but they also have mandatory military service which helps get people in that mindset.
What's the goal? Is the message to our legislators or the current administration?
I'll march (on my scooter), I'll protest, I'll boycott, but resistance has to be organized or it's performative.
Anyone who is suggesting any other day is just some random person talking out of their ass, not an organizer.
They only care about dismantling what supports the demographic shift away from themselves.
It is far easier to break something than it is to build something new.
Trying to get @bluesky to add Spheres (Circles or Groups) to become more organized for political activism
Contact @bluesky thru their Feedback portal and let them know that adding Spheres will streamline organization
#LetsGetOrganized
#BeTheMovement
Just need something to replace the marketplace
It's not too hot, not too cold, so all you'll need on the picket line is a light jacket.
July 4, 2026, 250 after declaration... drop new constitution.
The South rises with Project 2025.
They wrote their plan out.
Simply apply symbolic timeline.
Although if we want it earlier, I’d need a think on other international days of worker importance.