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Any news articles or third-party reports to confirm that figure of 250M strikers? The only sources I've found on it so far are far-left political websites. I h
by _iyig 6y ago
Any news articles or third-party reports to confirm that figure of 250M strikers? The only sources I've found on it so far are far-left political websites.
I hesitate to trust e.g. Fox News when reporting on the size of Trump's inauguration; likewise, I am skeptical to trust far-left websites reporting on the size of a far-left rally (as pics of hammer-and-sickle flags seem to indicate). An independent report on the size of these strikes would be helpful.
- AndrewBissell 6y agoIt's unfair to be downvoting you for this, even as the OP and someone sympathetic with the strikes I can acknowledge that this is a motivated source and the headline number is probably embellished. I can't edit now but it might be good for mods to just remove the specific number from the title.
- tokai 6y agoThe number is from the unions and organizers involved in the strike. The sum of their members lists I would guess. « The huge mobilisation, which organisers said involved 250 million people » https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/27/indi-n27.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/27/indi-n27.html