What would a WI or nationwide general strike look like today? n/t

ghurley

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:12 PM
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What would a WI or nationwide general strike look like today? n/t

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midnight

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:13 PM
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1. I'm not sure...K&R

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RoccoR5955

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:14 PM
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2. It would tell the corporatists that this country is run by...

WE THE PEOPLE, not them, the corporations!
Two days, is all that we need. If we shut down the entire country for two days, it would hurt their wallets, and face it, that's all they care about!

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elocs

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:14 PM
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3. A general strike in WI would turn public opinion against us.

This is not Europe and it's easy for many here on DU to casually call for a general strike but it is much harder to live with the negative consequences. Public opinion is already strongly in our favor and a general strike would lose that and likely lose many people their jobs.

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RoccoR5955

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:14 PM
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4. Don't believe it... elocs works for Koch Industries! n/t

Edited on Wed Mar-09-11 10:15 PM by RoccoR5955

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readmoreoften

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:15 PM
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5. .

Edited on Wed Mar-09-11 10:16 PM by readmoreoften

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socialist_n_TN

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:17 PM
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9. Interesting. I HAVE wondered.......

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readmoreoften

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:16 PM
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6. The time probably isn't right for LGBT rights either, huh? It's called fighting.

It's a part of life.

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HereSince1628

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:31 PM
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14. I don't think that is certain.

The WI union officers are talking strikes.

Democracy must be defended. One way or another.

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elocs

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:35 PM
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15. That also means it's not uncertain. I vote "no" to a general strike here,

but I certainly have more respect for the opinions of people who actually live here and must suffer the consequences of a general strike when it comes to calling for one.

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RandySF

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:16 PM
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7. How?

There are huge swaths of the country that hate unions and union workers, no matter how much they may have benefitted from them.

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Riley18

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:16 PM
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8. I don't know, but I would like to see Koch products boycotted.

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readmoreoften

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:17 PM
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10. It would look like a new era.

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RoccoR5955

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:18 PM
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11. This is a country of, for, and by WE THE PEOPLE, not them the corporations, and it's high time that

corporations knew it!

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Howler

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:19 PM
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12. I don't know!

But its obviously way past time to find out!
I really don't think there is much more to lose.

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ghurley

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Wed Mar-09-11 10:21 PM
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13. I ask because I'm pissed, frustrated and looking for some glimmer of hope. n/t

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