sewer_rat_420 [he/him, any]

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  • Yeah I think a lot of people are missing that local organization for both a general strike as well as localized rapid response networks and mutual aid networks will rapidly intensify when there is an ice surge in the area or other material conditions that I can’t foresee. In my town, very little “economic shutdown” occurred, just a handful of businesses either shut down, or donated a portion of proceeds somewhere (one place alleged they would donate 100% of proceeds to ACLU…)

    Twin Cities had a headstart on the radical politics in general, but the success of economic shutdown and the massive participation in street level resistance wouldn’t be possible if thousands of federal agents weren’t constantly making life miserable for everyone.

    There are naysayers about the general strike strategy, I’ve also heard anarchists frustrated that PSL aren’t building rapid response networks in the area, but that is putting the cart before the horse in my opinion. All socialists can do is continue the work torward a general strike, brick by beick


  • They were apparently instrumental in the success of the 1/23 Minneapolis general strike, and led a lot of the efforts behind last Friday’s (1/30) national shutdown. At the rate they are growing in membership and influence they are becoming a significant enough political force that it is worth fighting back with some cheapo dogshit instagram and twitter posts.






  • I would look at BreakThrough News to see some video of it. It was a pretty large overall day of demonstration, hundreds of thousands of participants across 300 locations.

    Long story short, there was some great activity in certain areas. I don’t know how much the Twin Cities shut down compared to the week before. I did see that Boyle Heights, a major Latino immigrant neighborhood of LA was pretty much shut down. But there was nothing in any city that could be considered a “general strike”

    I still think the day was a success in advancing the cause of a general strike and putting the idea into the people’s consciousness. I don’t know if a nationwide general strike is possible given the current material conditions, but localized general strikes where federal surges are likely to see success just like the Jan 23 Twin Cities strike.

    The PSL is still pushing and agitating for a general strike, but there are no concrete further actions at this time. Hopefully, we can build towards a large mass action this May Day.