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General strikes require a large and powerful labor movement to organize them, and to provide people with material support for as long as the strike takes to ach
by NoGravitas 9mo ago
General strikes require a large and powerful labor movement to organize them, and to provide people with material support for as long as the strike takes to achieve its goals. One day of symbolic absenteeism by the most politically involved 5% of the workforce is not going to cut it.
- anigbrowl 9mo agoStrong labor movements help a lot, obviously, but general strikes are very often not labor disputes and not dependent on union infrastructure.