your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Feb 21

this is the kind of meme that pisses me off for it’s lack of one huge piece of evidence: DATE

today's #AltTxt #yaddayadda is about the historic FEBRUARY 12 2026 #GeneralStrike in #India
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/02/20/anatomy-of-a-general-strike-how-workers-in-the-indian-state-of-karnataka-shut-down-production/

❝ 300 million workers just shut down India.

The largest strike in human history, and most of the Western media barely whispered it. That silence is complicity in Modi’s war on workers’ rights.

India’s general strike is the future that the billionaires and ruling class fears most ❞ 🧵…

Show threadBen Ramsey
@blogdiva Where does the 300 million number come from? The linked article says 600k.
Feb 21 at 4:41pmWeb
Show threadBen RamseyFeb 21
@blogdiva I should clarify that 600k is still amazing, but 300 million would be a group the size of almost the full population of the US and 20% the population of India.
Show threadNina KalininaFeb 21
@ramsey @blogdiva multiple English sources I could find quote 30 crore Which, unless I misunderstood the meaning, is 300 million: https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/nationwide-strike-on-thursday-to-see-30-crore-workers-participation-trade-unions/articleshow/128116652.cms
Nationwide strike on Thursday to see 30 crore workers participation: Trade Unions

A nationwide general strike is confirmed for February 12. Over 30 crore workers are expected to participate. This protest aims to resist government policies affecting workers and farmers. The strike will impact 600 districts. Farmers' groups and agricultural workers' unions are supporting the call. Key demands include scrapping labour codes and specific bills.

Economic Times
Show threadnobodyFeb 21
@ramsey @blogdiva I believe that 600k is from just one state, state of karnataka.
Show threadNanana_Na!Feb 21

@ramsey @blogdiva https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bharat-bandh-nationwide-strike-trade-union-farmer-employees-live-updates-february-12/article70622572.ece

Other sources from India discount the claim and report much smaller numbers in different locations.

Also, a nationwide strike doesn't seem to be super unusual in India. If you search for the relevant local term "Bharat Bandh" plus any year, a number of news articles will come up

Bharat Bandh LIVE: Central trade unions observe nationwide strike against Centre’s ‘anti-worker’ policies

Bharat Bandh LIVE updates: Follow The Hindu's live blog on Bharat Bandh as trade unions go on strike in different parts of the country against several policies of the central government on February 12.

The Hindu
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKFeb 21

@coatilex @ramsey @blogdiva

the article mentions 30 crore (300 million) workers were contacted by their trade unions about the strike - the adult population of India is about 1 billion (or 100 crore).

Is likely a smaller portion of them actually took part in the strike(s) and the impact was relatively minor (due to the sheer size of the population), but strikes and protests definitely did happen..

Show thread🕯️Curious Magpie 🕯️Feb 21
@ramsey 300 million is correct, and as you can see from many replies you were incorrect. Have you apologized to @blogdiva yet?
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Feb 21
@CuriousMagpie @ramsey please, don't do this. there’s no need for drama.
Show thread🕯️Curious Magpie 🕯️Feb 21
@blogdiva sorry - high pain day makes me touchy about others being belittled. @ramsey
Show threadBen RamseyFeb 21
@CuriousMagpie @blogdiva I don’t think I said anything belittling, but if that’s how it came across, I apologize. It was not my intent.
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Feb 21

just for the record:

next time, back up your comments with as many sources as i give. don’t sit their and tear down not only the work of women and PoC on here, but the activism of a whole fucking country of people that don't look like you.

compared to Indians, Puerto Ricans, and Argentinians, white americans look like entitled cowards. so as a representative of your people, don't go questioning the activism of the Global South when you got nothing to show.

@ramsey @CuriousMagpie

Show threadBen RamseyFeb 21
@blogdiva @CuriousMagpie I’m very sorry for the way this came across. It was not my intent to rebut your post, and I wasn’t saying or implying that you were wrong in any way. I wasn’t trying to debate you.
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Feb 21
@ramsey @CuriousMagpie thank you.