Max Leibman12h ago
"Your #NoKings marches are cute, but nothing is going to change until we do something serious, like a general strike."

–Person posting on social media who is not active in organizing a general strike
Show threadliferstate11h ago

@maxleibman The Venn diagram of this and "person who does not know even a single union member" is a circle.

Seriously if you want a general strike you need, *at a minimum,* 3-5 major national unions on board. E.g. the leadership of the Teamsters, UAW, SEIU, UFCW, the teachers, nurses, flight attendants etc. There's a tremendous amount of behind the scenes coordination required. "Just don't go to work on day X" is not a strike. A strike is a focused action with a defined goal.

Show threadChris Alemany11h ago
@liferstate @maxleibman I do hope people are working on that because the no Kings performances are useless.
Show threadliferstate10h ago
@chris @maxleibman I tell you, man, I have really had it with people from outside the US lecturing about what forms of protest are and are not worthwhile. Just accept that there's more happening here than is visible to your social circles and international news media and move on.
Show threadChris Alemany

@liferstate @maxleibman if your President wasn't ruining the entire world including threatening to invade and ruin mine, perhaps I would not say anything.

Unfortunately that is very much not the case and I will never understand why Americans are not deposing the guy

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