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We’ve voted, we’ve protested, and still, they ignore us. Our government refuses to meet our basic needs while the billionaire class hoards wealth and power. The General Strike is a grassroots network of regular people who know our greatest power is our labor and our right to refuse it. We aim to unite every person and organization fighting for racial, economic, and environmental justice so that together, we can see real change in our lifetimes.
For transparency, I’m Canadian, but I figured I’d share.
I would like to know more about their demands and leadership. A strike requires strong leadership to negotiate, and to keep the strikers from getting cold feet. A website with a form isn’t leadership.
I say this as someone who is building a cushion so my family and I can ride out a general strike. I want change, and I’m willing to strike for it.
They aren’t talking about demands until they’ve had 8 to 11 million commit to the strike. LOL - good luck with that…
Tell that to Seattle.
General strikes can be localized, too. They don’t need nationwide adoption.
I think I’ll take my activism advice from someone who doesn’t actively despise homeless people, but thanks, Jordan.
The CHAZ/CHOP didn’t really accomplish anything either. The #1 thing they wanted was cutting the police budget by 50%, how did that work out?
https://www.kuow.org/stories/did-seattle-defund-the-police
"While the police department lost a little over 10% of its budget between 2020 and 2021 (mostly because 911 dispatch and parking enforcement were moved), it has been closing that gap since.
Tellingly, not a single sworn officer has lost their job or pay due to budget constraints. In fact, the department has consistently received more funding for hiring than it can spend."
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For what it is worth the new governor ran on hiring more police. As the former AG Bob’s goal was to massively expand the police state, and he was clear on that. And boy have they been out making shows of force the last two months.
The current scenario is the State of Washington voted for more police budget, regardless.
I bring up CHAZ/CHOP because that’s the most notable protest in Seattle, all the others have been EVEN LESS effective. At least Seattle got a permanent mural out of that one.
Yeah, everyone should just give up to the fascist dictator, amiright?
This is such a blind, defeatist attitude to take. Every protest, every strike started with a small group of strong-willed people and grew into something capable of tearing down empires. Don’t join it if you’re so pessimistic, but leave those willing to fight alone. At the end, they’ll have done more than you ever did.
No, people should organize to take back the House and Senate in '26.
He’s ignoring Congress now and the Republicans control both chambers. That isn’t going to change if the Democrats win.
If the Democrats control both the House and the Senate they can shut his shit down.
They had the house, senate, and executive in 2021, and didn’t prosecute him. One state got a suit in before he won, and they couldn’t even get to sentencing.
What is going to be different?
House needs to be a simple majority, Senate needs to be a super majority, then we’ll see action.
That’s a pretty high bar. How many senate seats are up for reelection in 2026? How many Republicans would need to flip to Democratic seats to hit a supermajority? Are there enough swing states to make that happen?
People are increasingly entrenched in their parties, and willing to vote for a suboptimal candidate if it means that the other party loses. The good news is that Trump is good at getting out the Democratic vote in the midterms.
If they wont share the demands then its because they are DNC centrists/zionists trying to get people to sign up for an atsroturfed protest to get their donor-only representation scheme going again.
The general strike is scheduled to begin April 30th, 2028. The big three auto worker unions scheduled their contracts to expire simultaneously on that date, and called for other unions to demand the same expiration date in their own contracts.
They claim to follow a decentralized (“starfish”) model for organizing. The Learn More button in their About Us section links to a “GSUS Welcome Packet” hosted on Google Slides with more information:
The presentation doesn’t have too much information. A lot of their organization seems to occur over regular Discord meetings, and partnering with other grassroots movements & groups.
So there’s clearly lots to be improved, but I respect that it’s something. Best of luck to you and your family. I also want change!