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Global and National General Strike
"There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious—makes you so sick at heart—that you can't take part. And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon
the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all."
A General Strike: The Ultimate Tool of Change
What exactly is a general strike? A general strike is a strike involving workers across multiple trades or industries that involves enough workers to cause serious economic disruption.
In essence, a general strike is the complete and total shutdown of the economy. A general strike can last for a day, a week, or longer depending on the severity of the crisis, the resolve of the strikers, and the extent of public solidarity. During the strike, large numbers of workers in many industries (excluding employees of crucial services, such as emergency/medical) will stop working and no money or labor is exchanged. All decisions regarding the length of the strike, the groups of workers who continue working, and demands of the strikers are decided by a strike committee.
Past victories won by general strikes are:
* Chicago, New York, Cincinnati, and elsewhere, 1886 – First victory in the fight for an eight-hour day
* Toledo, OH, 1934 – First successful unionization of the auto industry.
* San Francsico, CA, 1934 – Unionization of all West Coast ports of the United States.
* Poland, 1980 – Began the process of democratic reforms that led to the end of Soviet control over the country.
* Egypt, 2011 – Brought the 30-year reign of an autocratic despot to an end.
If enough of us act together, we’ll see some serious changes, and quick. That’s the “general” part of a general strike. We’re all divided up by race, religion, gender, and political affiliation. In a general strike, people come together in large numbers across those divisions and unite around our struggles as workers. From General Strike Group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_130148043725404&view=members
There is a growing group seeking to create a movement ofr social change on Facebook and would encourage anyone who supports LID to join it. And please if you support the call for a General Strike please sign your name on this blog and tell us how you are going to support it. We need real time volunteers Nation Wide, and most especially Labor organizations and unions in every State. Just add your name in the response and what you would like to do. A National organizing Committee is needed most at the moment.
the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all."
A General Strike: The Ultimate Tool of Change
What exactly is a general strike? A general strike is a strike involving workers across multiple trades or industries that involves enough workers to cause serious economic disruption.
In essence, a general strike is the complete and total shutdown of the economy. A general strike can last for a day, a week, or longer depending on the severity of the crisis, the resolve of the strikers, and the extent of public solidarity. During the strike, large numbers of workers in many industries (excluding employees of crucial services, such as emergency/medical) will stop working and no money or labor is exchanged. All decisions regarding the length of the strike, the groups of workers who continue working, and demands of the strikers are decided by a strike committee.
Past victories won by general strikes are:
* Chicago, New York, Cincinnati, and elsewhere, 1886 – First victory in the fight for an eight-hour day
* Toledo, OH, 1934 – First successful unionization of the auto industry.
* San Francsico, CA, 1934 – Unionization of all West Coast ports of the United States.
* Poland, 1980 – Began the process of democratic reforms that led to the end of Soviet control over the country.
* Egypt, 2011 – Brought the 30-year reign of an autocratic despot to an end.
If enough of us act together, we’ll see some serious changes, and quick. That’s the “general” part of a general strike. We’re all divided up by race, religion, gender, and political affiliation. In a general strike, people come together in large numbers across those divisions and unite around our struggles as workers. From General Strike Group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_130148043725404&view=members
There is a growing group seeking to create a movement ofr social change on Facebook and would encourage anyone who supports LID to join it. And please if you support the call for a General Strike please sign your name on this blog and tell us how you are going to support it. We need real time volunteers Nation Wide, and most especially Labor organizations and unions in every State. Just add your name in the response and what you would like to do. A National organizing Committee is needed most at the moment.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
General Strike in Wisconsin
Time for a Wisconsin General Strike!
Fellow Workers - The South Central Federation of Labor has passed a motion endorsing a statewide General Strike in opposition to Walker's proposed budget bill stripping most collective bargaining rights from Wisconsin public workers, putting Medicare and other health care directly in the hands of the Governor, and allowing DHS to enact emergency laws with no legislative oversight.
This must be stopped! We have seen this last days in Madison exactly how powerful the working class is when we band together. We must not let this recently unprecedented show of working class strength be destroyed in the coming days!
The only way to truly stop Walker's bill is to shut down as much of the state as possible; interrupt business as usual for the sell-out politicians trying to destroy our collective futures!
"Motion 1: The SCFL endorses a national general strike, possibly for the day Walker signs his "budget repair bill," and requests the Education Committee immediately begin educating affiliates and members on the organization and function of a General Strike." http://www.scfl.org/?page=affiliates (read less)
Fellow Workers - The South Central Federation of Labor has passed a motion endorsing a statewide General Strike in opposition to Walker's proposed budget bill stripping most collective bargaining rights from Wisconsin public workers, putting Medicare and other health care directly in the hands of the Governor, and allowing DHS to enact emergency laws with no legislative oversight.
This must be stopped! We have seen this last days in Madison exactly how powerful the working class is when we... (read more)
Mission
Shut down Wisconsin until Walker stops this bill.
Email
madison@iww.org
Fellow Workers - The South Central Federation of Labor has passed a motion endorsing a statewide General Strike in opposition to Walker's proposed budget bill stripping most collective bargaining rights from Wisconsin public workers, putting Medicare and other health care directly in the hands of the Governor, and allowing DHS to enact emergency laws with no legislative oversight.
This must be stopped! We have seen this last days in Madison exactly how powerful the working class is when we band together. We must not let this recently unprecedented show of working class strength be destroyed in the coming days!
The only way to truly stop Walker's bill is to shut down as much of the state as possible; interrupt business as usual for the sell-out politicians trying to destroy our collective futures!
"Motion 1: The SCFL endorses a national general strike, possibly for the day Walker signs his "budget repair bill," and requests the Education Committee immediately begin educating affiliates and members on the organization and function of a General Strike." http://www.scfl.org/?page=affiliates (read less)
Fellow Workers - The South Central Federation of Labor has passed a motion endorsing a statewide General Strike in opposition to Walker's proposed budget bill stripping most collective bargaining rights from Wisconsin public workers, putting Medicare and other health care directly in the hands of the Governor, and allowing DHS to enact emergency laws with no legislative oversight.
This must be stopped! We have seen this last days in Madison exactly how powerful the working class is when we... (read more)
Mission
Shut down Wisconsin until Walker stops this bill.
madison@iww.org
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
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Spread the Word
A subtle and dangerous form of Fascism has already supplanted our Republican form of democracy, and persist in the takeover of this democracy. This form of facism was definitively proclaimed by Benitto Mussilini, when he declared that corporatism was fascism.
Spread the Word
Spread the Word
Sunday, January 9, 2011
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