One of the biggest unions, the UAW, was already openly planning and preparing for a general strike on may 1st 2028 (planned before trump won the election), but it’s likely we’ll have to move that up. The point is, the will is there, we just need unions to collaborate, plan, and prepare.
All of the calls for one before were usually never by actual unions, as most mainstream unions are afraid to engage in one due to the taft-heartley act, and there just wasn’t the will to engage in that battle, nor were many of them preparing for it due to most unions losing their radical spirit in favor of small wage gains.
But the quick descent into fascism is seemingly finally waking them up to the need to organize one, which is happening.
I’m not saying it’d be a bad idea to prepare in other ways if the strike fails, but realize that unless there’s a fracturing of the military that joins the resistance, any violent resistance would have to be extremely limited to an Irish Troubles style at best, as anything more direct would be an open slaughter.
A violent turn would also mean losing the participation of non-violent resistance as it becomes too dangerous, leaving only a minority of militants willing to continue. I’d highly recommend reading this article, which explores the downsides of turning away from non-violent resistance.
How many people and how many times has a “long-term general strike” been brought up in the last year alone? How many of those strikes have worked?
Hate to break it to you, but if we just sit down and sing Kumbaya, the fascists will literally roll over us in their artillery.
One of the biggest unions, the UAW, was already openly planning and preparing for a general strike on may 1st 2028 (planned before trump won the election), but it’s likely we’ll have to move that up. The point is, the will is there, we just need unions to collaborate, plan, and prepare.
All of the calls for one before were usually never by actual unions, as most mainstream unions are afraid to engage in one due to the taft-heartley act, and there just wasn’t the will to engage in that battle, nor were many of them preparing for it due to most unions losing their radical spirit in favor of small wage gains.
But the quick descent into fascism is seemingly finally waking them up to the need to organize one, which is happening.
I’m not saying it’d be a bad idea to prepare in other ways if the strike fails, but realize that unless there’s a fracturing of the military that joins the resistance, any violent resistance would have to be extremely limited to an Irish Troubles style at best, as anything more direct would be an open slaughter.
A violent turn would also mean losing the participation of non-violent resistance as it becomes too dangerous, leaving only a minority of militants willing to continue. I’d highly recommend reading this article, which explores the downsides of turning away from non-violent resistance.