I went to a local Latino restaurant yesterday to get some takeout and saw a bunch of handwritten signs saying they were going to be closed on Monday to support the community.
The waitress said there was a movement to skip work and not spend money this Monday Feb 3 to protest the attacks on Latinos. I hadnāt heard of that and didnāt find much mention online. I think itās the idea by some random person in DC? I found the image above on facebook or somewhere equally horrible. Anyway Iām just posting bc this is the only protest Iāve seen in my area, the Democrats have been completely silent so all thatās left is some rando on the other side of the country.
Do it. Itās the beginnings of people understanding that a General Strike WILL WORK.
During COVID, it took two weeks of the economy being āshut downā before multibillion dollar corporations were asking for bailouts.
A general strike is going to hurt, but not as much as fascism.
Itās gonna be a tough road, on reddit people are bitching about the idea of organizing a protest on a Wednesday because āthey have to work.ā
Look, this system is going to try to fucking kill us so maybe showing up to work like nothing is wrong is missing the point entirely.
Dying of starvation takes almost a month, dying of thirst takes a few days to a week.
Itās not impossible to weather this storm.