I think it's time to go back to the old ways of striking, back when workers would take up arms against the company and get in shootouts with private security. If they don't want to play by the rules they made as a way to get workers to not take up arms, then what is stopping us from just not playing by the rules either?
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bear @lemmy.blahaj.zone - 5mon
Difference is the police now have modern military equipment, from mass surveillance to literal tanks. General strike is the answer.
My last union agreed to never strike.
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DeusUmbra @lemmy.world - 5mon
You forget, the police are cowards. Remember Uvadale Texas? One man with a gun and none of them would even get close. Now imagine 100 men with guns, the cops won't even bother to show up.
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some_guy @lemmy.sdf.org - 5mon
In the 1890s, the literally shot striking workers. They’ll do it again if they can push the Overton window far enough. Fight back.
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Chemicals Released on Striking Teamsters at Airgas
https://teamster.org/2025/07/chemicals-released-on-striking-teamsters-at-airgas/I think it's time to go back to the old ways of striking, back when workers would take up arms against the company and get in shootouts with private security. If they don't want to play by the rules they made as a way to get workers to not take up arms, then what is stopping us from just not playing by the rules either?
Difference is the police now have modern military equipment, from mass surveillance to literal tanks. General strike is the answer. My last union agreed to never strike.
You forget, the police are cowards. Remember Uvadale Texas? One man with a gun and none of them would even get close. Now imagine 100 men with guns, the cops won't even bother to show up.
In the 1890s, the literally shot striking workers. They’ll do it again if they can push the Overton window far enough. Fight back.