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11. It's not defeatist-- it's realistic. We can get things done, we just have to find out how...

Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:34 PM

Aug 2020

We'll have a lot more success getting out the vote and firing these bastards.

Then we may not have to strike.

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How can we arrange a nationwide across-the-board strike [View all] relayerbob Aug 2020 OP

Get the unions to start walk outs. progressive nobody Aug 2020 #1

Agreed relayerbob Aug 2020 #6

We can't. TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #2

Not 1877 any more relayerbob Aug 2020 #5

That's pretty defeatist relayerbob Aug 2020 #9

Maybe we should work to GOTV soothsayer Aug 2020 #3

Already am relayerbob Aug 2020 #4

Yes, that's the point of a general strike relayerbob Aug 2020 #10

We aren't the French. It's not in our political DNA. GulfCoast66 Aug 2020 #12

It won't start with one internet rando Codeine Aug 2020 #13

Sorry, this is not a country in which a general strike can happen. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #14

Apparently September 1 is the date MoonlitKnight Aug 2020 #16

Thank you relayerbob Aug 2020 #18

I'm seeing some others for that date relayerbob Aug 2020 #19

Also find out who donates to Trump and boycott McCamy Taylor Aug 2020 #17