that’s why Puerto Ricans flexed our centuries long history of anticolonialist and anticapitalist resistance and shut shit down en La Isla for 2 weeks during the summer of 2019

https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/112208331867673411

and what is most significant about the #RickyRenuncia protests is that

🗣 THE VAST MAJORITY OF PUERTO RICANS PROTESTING WHERE NOT UNIONIZED

a 24-hour strike won’t change anything. sustained disruption & protest will.

Puerto Rico 2019 is a blueprint of what’s possible against gringo tyranny /🧵

@blogdiva
This is an important point. I think a lot of people in the USA need to think more about what highly effective actions will have to look like, and what was effective or less effective about actions after they take place.

I do think 24 hour strikes can contribute to effecting change. They show both sides potential strength which can change the actions of the target. Here in Minneapolis I think because there has been extremely strong organizing for rapid response and mutual aid, the 24 hour strike helped show even further untapped organizing potential that helped bring change. But especially on their own, 24 hour strikes do not force change very effectively.