#general-strike — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #general-strike, aggregated by home.social.
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The people are marching upon the administrative capital, #LaPaz, from all corners of the Andean country. The #strikes are being coordinated by the largest #miners union (FSTMB) and the confederation of #peasant workers (CSUTCB).
https://www.thecanary.co/global/2026/05/15/bolivia-workers-launch/
#Bolivia #COB #GeneralStrike #Labourmovement #solidarity #union
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Das Dada Tarot
<Der Generalstreik>The Dada Tarot
<The General Strike>Idea Writing Command AI Realisation
Meister Jeder, Dadaist, Realistiker 5/26
#dada #Tarot #Generalstreik #GeneralStrike
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The June issue of History Today goes on sale next week, so make sure you pick up the May issue while you still can!
Featuring: the 1926 #GeneralStrike, the #RifWar, #JamesII and the Exclusion Crisis, #15thcentury Iceland, and more.
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Or start a sustained general strike, when it becomes obvious that we will never be allowed to vote the oligarchs out.
Swapping around politicians doesn't mean shit if the people who own both parties and everything else get to keep their positions. Don't know why that would be hard to understand.
I'll put it even more simply:
You can't vote out billionaires. But you CAN overthrow them.
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Has there ever been a time in history when the ruling class has been overthrown WITHOUT violence?
If so, when and where?
If not, then isn't everyone who insists on absolute nonviolence actually advocating surrender to the ruling class forever?
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To quote a great Mastodon poster:
"calling your representatives and senators is like calling the boyfriend who said he was gonna kill you and telling him you don’t like that kind of idea and you hope he would consider not killing you"
You might as well call Hitler and ask him pretty please not to invade Czechoslovakia, Poland, Norway, Denmark, etc.
That's not how to deal with fascists, which is what the US Congress IS. Working within fascism DOESN'T WORK. If you think it CAN work, there's something deeply wrong with you.
For god's sake, wake up and look around you!
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#COB - Bolivia Workers Centre - #GeneralStrike https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/5/7/protests-in-bolivia-escalate-amid-economic-turmoil-and-policy-demands
Bolivian Workers’ Centre (COB) reached an agreement with farmers and Indigenous groups to continue their general strike.
https://paydayreport.com/bolivian-general-strike-intensifies-20-000-seafarers-stranded-at-sea-by-war-on-iran-belmont-stakes-wont-recognize-union/#Hormuz / Persian Gulf = nautical prison for 20,000+ low-wage seafarers; Not classified as prisoners of war, they’re stuck inside a two months + emergency & running low on basic provisions.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-hormuz-sailors-ships-stranded-07f792a7 -
RE: https://mstdn.social/@mcnado/116569433904891963
Voting is a suggestion. It's basically the equivalent of a bouncer saying, "hey buddy, now would be a good time to leave." It can be ignored. If a bouncer gives up after a suggestion, they're a shitty bouncer.
A bouncer should start knowing the whole escalation path they might take, from suggestions, to pressure points, to physical violence. You also have an escalation path. Perhaps you're already carrying out simple sabotage or other resistance. This is like a bouncer gently pushing towards the door to make the suggestion more persuasive. Sometimes this is enough.
Sometimes belligerent assholes ignore simple persuasion. If you aren't expecting that, you aren't really preparing.
You should consider your next moves. #Boycott or economic blackout, #GeneralStrike, and #TaxStrike are escalations. Get in the streets and stay there. This is like a bouncer putting someone's arm behind their back and moving them.
Sometimes people try to slip out of that and fight back. Imagine if a bouncer just let themself get pummeled because they weren't ready, even after the belligerent asshole telegraphed it. A lot of bouncers take martial arts, not because they use it as a first response but because they want to be ready for those edge cases.
Armed revolution is like a bouncer getting down to brawl and calling in their buddy with the zip ties and bear mace. It's not something anyone starts with, or anyone wants to escalate to, but some people can't take a hint and are incapable of doing what's best for everyone.
Always know your next step (even if you hope you don't have to take it).
Imagine if a bouncer was just like, "oh, I asked him nicely but he told me to fuck off. I guess the creep who's punching random people and pissing in the corner runs the bar now."
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FOR GOD'S SAKE, HOW MUCH MORE WILL IT TAKE?!?
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Society celebrates assholes because society is run by assholes and they need to continuously validate their assholery lest the decent people of the world finally cast them to the wolves.
We need to cast these motherfuckers to the wolves.
We do so by no longer revering them, working for them, paying them with our money, time, labor, lives.
We can't organize around such a thing - every individual must choose to no longer participate in an exploitative system.
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"My Slack would fill up with GO TEAM GO messages from someone who was just out of college, someone who has no idea that across the decades, people have died trying to establish labor laws that protect workers from the exact same conditions that he is now responsible for perpetuating, accompanied by numerous rocket ship emoji reactions."
https://www.wired.com/story/i-work-in-hollywood-everyone-who-used-to-make-tv-now-training-ai/
A harrowing look at the future of work - happening now.
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#generalstrike day 7.
The belief that the press ceased during the strike is a bit of a myth. While print workers were called out, journalists were not part of the TUC and did not strike. Some London newspapers were knocked out, but many regional papers were unaffected, and most at least managed to put out bulletins.
On 10 May the Daily Graphic showcased examples of 'emergency transport: a horse and cart, volunteers manning trains, and a steam lorry.
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Lesson of the Day: we will NEVER be allowed to vote ourselves free.
It's either a sustained General Strike, revolution, or complete collapse.
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Middle Class Americans Are Secretly Living in Their Cars… This Is Gettin... youtu.be/pyRRIoSx-A4 A #GeneralStrike is the last peaceful action before violent Revolution becomes inevitable #Unite #EPluribusUnum #ClassSolidarity #ClassWar
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Redistricting is legal when it benefits Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/us/politics/virginia-redistricting-supreme-court.html
