For real though, this stuff isn't necessarily bad. The rent strike had people I knew asking me about it because I'm one of the few openly communist people in my friend group.
Let them do PR and let people look at it and start questioning if there really is a better way. Then when this fails, that's when those of us who know what's going on can take hold of that momentum and direct it into useful organization.
Yeah, this general strike isn't going to go anywhere, but it's a hell of a lot better than the nothing there usually is in this country. Leftism has been constantly beat into the ground in the US, and it's going to take a lot of work to build up any real socialist movement. Calling for something big could easily encourage someone to at least try and help out locally. Organizing their own workplace in preparation for a nation wide general strike, for example.
Breast thing about them is they are great ways to treat the waters for free, no risk really because it's just a "national event", but you can still pretty quickly find co-workers who are open to organizing
a general strike uwu
we can organize it all through posting fun propaganda posters to reddit! _
Sigh. Hearts in the right place at least
For real though, this stuff isn't necessarily bad. The rent strike had people I knew asking me about it because I'm one of the few openly communist people in my friend group.
Let them do PR and let people look at it and start questioning if there really is a better way. Then when this fails, that's when those of us who know what's going on can take hold of that momentum and direct it into useful organization.
Yeah, this general strike isn't going to go anywhere, but it's a hell of a lot better than the nothing there usually is in this country. Leftism has been constantly beat into the ground in the US, and it's going to take a lot of work to build up any real socialist movement. Calling for something big could easily encourage someone to at least try and help out locally. Organizing their own workplace in preparation for a nation wide general strike, for example.
Breast thing about them is they are great ways to treat the waters for free, no risk really because it's just a "national event", but you can still pretty quickly find co-workers who are open to organizing
Ask all your coworkers to organize but "only ironically tho" if your boss asks what you're doing
"did you see that ludicrous post last night? What's all this about a general strike?"
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