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Anyone Hear About The September 1st Strike? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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I just found out about it today from twitter and tiktok and so far it seems incredibly unorganized. From my brief understanding I guess it’s supposed to be a nationwide strike against paying rent and bills. Some believe this strike is a psyop as one of the organizers is using odd and even coded language that may suggest they’re a conservative/right-wing in general. It also feels like it came out of nowhere, to me for a strike like this to work there must be months and months of planning and setting up mutual aid because without that the strikers will suffer immensely especially those with disabilities.

Anyway I just wanted to know your thoughts and if you’ve even heard about all this.

Edit: here is the website for the strike!

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If there aren’t years of planning and organization I don’t trust a general strike. Maybe it’s genuinely intended. But that’s not the point. A psyop where everyone stops working or paying rent until demands are met is still a strike. A genuine push for people to strike where 20 people across the country participate is 20 evictions/firings. Strikes work because we work together, but in order for it to happen we have to trust everyone will do it and hold true to it.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Sounds like you're agreeing with OP that this is at best an utterly poor attempt at a strike and at worst a troll trying to get people in trouble?

Definitely sounds most likely. A week of prep for a general strike is beyond pathetic for any serious organizer.