Be ready! #GeneralStrike because we aren't dying for capitalism!
On Friday, May 1, an ongoing General Strike campaign begins. It comes when the failures of the US political system have been magnified by the #COVID19 pandemic, which triggered an economic collapse in a presidential election year. The General Strike campaign will be ongoing with actions on the first of every month. Strategic strikes of workers, students, consumers, prisoners, and renters will also continue. We will not participate in a system willing to sacrifice us.
This new era of mass strikes builds on successful strikes by teachers, healthcare workers, hotel workers, and others. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the last two years, there has been the largest number of major work stoppages in 35 years with more than 400,000 workers involved in strikes in both 2018 and 2019. This continues in 2020 with this wave.
People must commit to an ongoing campaign of strikes starting now and continuing after the election. FDR faced more than 1.4 million people striking after he was elected, which forced him to put the New Deal and workers’ rights legislation in place. The next president should be subjected to continuous strikes with specific demands. Striking is the most powerful tool of the people. We need to learn to use it effectively. #Solidarity
-When they demand we go back to work before there is a vaccine, we do not.
-When they demand we use that 1200$ check to pay part of our rent, we do not.
- When they demand we die to satisfy their greed, we do not.
Our demands are simple.
-Emergency Universal basic income until a vaccine is available.
- Mass testing.
-Bill freeze (mortgage, utilities, car loans, rent, etc.)
-#Medicare4All
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