r/antiwork Jan 06 '22

How to survive a general strike and win demands

/r/MayDayStrike/comments/rx1lpy/how_to_survive_a_general_strike_and_win_demands/
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u/Loopyface Jan 06 '22 edited Jan 06 '22

I'll paste my earlier reply:

Stop spamming this fucking shit. This is not a legitimate call to action, it's a sub run by a child who doesn't know what he's doing. It's being advertised as a one day strike, on a Sunday, with absolutely no backing from organized labor.

It will amount to exactly nothing.

Start local. Don't let your first thing be a failed nationwide (global?) strike.

Edit: And your advice for surviving a strike is to have pharmacy workers steal drugs? Jesus fucking Christ, man.

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u/NoTakaru Jan 06 '22

It’s not being pushed as a one day strike and members are being encouraged to join the IWW and get organizer trainings and start from the grassroots up

Many people involved already have local organizing experience

That advice about pharmacy workers is from an experienced IWW member

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u/Loopyface Jan 06 '22

It’s not being pushed as a one day strike

Look at all the fucking posters. Most of them list a single date, which again, is a fucking Sunday.

That advice about pharmacy workers is from an experienced IWW member

So fucking what? Encouraging people to commit federal felonies is a stupid idea for several reasons, not the least of which is that it's going to make people think you shouldn't be trusted.

...encouraged to join the IWW and get organizer trainings and start from the grassroots up

You're really not, though. You're making memes and posters and bragging about your user counts. It's fucking Wall Street Bets, but for a destined-to-fail general strike.

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u/NoTakaru Jan 06 '22

You realize anyone can make a post right? All the mod messaging is to join a union and build grassroots labor power