not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMinneapolis General Strike Movement Spreads to 215 Cities on Fridaylemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1401arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1398arrow-down1imageMinneapolis General Strike Movement Spreads to 215 Cities on Fridaylemmy.blahaj.zonenot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square21linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarered_green_black@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoAs in all of these cities have work places on strike or said they will?
minus-squarePointlessProtestAgainstTheMachine@lemmy.orgBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down4·2 months agoEach one of these cities it going to have a protest for a day and only eat a drink what they bought the day before to have something for Friday.
minus-squareMalReynolds@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·2 months agoIn what way is that a general strike? For a second there was hope, sigh, because a general strike is exactly what they need.
minus-squaremika_mika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·2 months agoIt’s not. A general strike would mean potentially losing some of our comforts and we just aren’t ready to do that yet I guess. :/
minus-squareDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoOther people are losing comforts, why should I give up mine? They will never be taken away from me because its different.
minus-square3abas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down5·2 months agoAmerican protests for you. They go on a shopping spree a day before the boycott protest so they don’t miss a beat.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoIf people are only buying food staples, that’s still going to hit the economy. Expecting people to somehow forgo eating or they’re not really striking is a fucking stupid take. Get the doomerism out of here.
As in all of these cities have work places on strike or said they will?
Each one of these cities it going to have a protest for a day and only eat a drink what they bought the day before to have something for Friday.
In what way is that a general strike? For a second there was hope, sigh, because a general strike is exactly what they need.
It’s not. A general strike would mean potentially losing some of our comforts and we just aren’t ready to do that yet I guess. :/
Other people are losing comforts, why should I give up mine? They will never be taken away from me because its different.
wot
American protests for you. They go on a shopping spree a day before the boycott protest so they don’t miss a beat.
If people are only buying food staples, that’s still going to hit the economy. Expecting people to somehow forgo eating or they’re not really striking is a fucking stupid take. Get the doomerism out of here.