At what point do we general strike or ALL get into the streets?

[Bluethroughu]

This insurrectionist has pardoned a bunch of terrorists that hate our country.

He attacked immigrants and LGBTQ.

He nullified our FDA AND CDC.

He went after Americans and birth rights.

This is an attack on the citizens of this country, and it's time for action by Congress that believes in our country and the citizens that want to do something.

I think we demand trump/vance should resign or we strike. I'm talking nothing gets done...no work, no bills paid, no shopping. Nothing. We are not a country of terrorists and insurrectionists, this is not okay. He is putting our country is at risk.

[EarthAbides]

1. Waiting

I am thinking it will take at least 6 months for a strike and/or marching in the streets. Sadly, I think Stupid will be ready for us if we wait that long....

[Bluethroughu]

4. That's what I'm thinking.

We need to strike while the iron is hot and they are no prepared for us to be organized.

How about Feb 14th! Love for country March and strike!

[elocs]

32. Marching in the streets en mass makes for an easy target, too much temptation for Trump. n/t

[Tickle]

2. he'll just call Martial Law

I don't know how we are going to get through this.

[Bluethroughu]

6. If we even sit at home and do not pay bills, shop or work

They can't hurt anyone or blame us for destruction caused by bad actors.

[EX500rider]

39. I have to work to eat & keep a roof over my head & pay bills to keep the lights/water/cell/internet on

[bdamomma]

34. Yes,

The felon would do that call Martial Law, and he's hoping we will walk into that trap.

General strike.

[chouchou]

3. I'd be in the front lines. If that reality actually happened, the stock markets, Dow and ...

...others would take a nasty drop..and the rich and powerful would drop Trump like the Proverbial hot potato.
I can dream of such a thing..

[BlueSpot]

36. Bigger than the pandemic drop?

Because that wasn't enough to put anybody off.

[chouchou]

38. I suspect the higher loss of money/security might change things. But, I can't see the future.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. Start organizing, then.

[themaguffin]

7. It's terrible, but the intention is to own the libs and demoralize us - up front now. Also....

...note that many things are not going to happen. They will get dragged in court.

Yes, there is real uncertainty, fear and more for a lot minority groups.

There's also the main point of him attempting saturate us with what I paraphrase as Shock and Awful.

He can't sustain it and shit will go wrong for him.

[Bluethroughu]

9. What is a good date to make a stand?

When do we say this is enough and March, sit, or do something?

I'm not being sarcastic.

[themaguffin]

20. I don't know the answer. I do know that he's deliberately trying to shock us and that we

have at least 2 years with no branch of government to deal with him.

I do know that focus has to be on winning in 2026 and being vocal with Dems in office to use whatever tools and tactics available to slow down or even stop some of this.. aka act like Mitch and the GOP.

[LiberalLoner]

8. I think the end goal of the billionaires is to kill 99% of us off anyway so

I’m not sure they care if we don’t work or buy or get into the streets.

I think the concentration camps being built on military posts and bases will have a handy dandy gas chamber and crematorium set up and they will kill all the out groups (like us) first and then the in groups, and by then the small number of remaining “in group” people will be too small of a group to resist the billionaires and Putin’s troops.

[Bluethroughu]

11. Maybe, but we can at least try to live and fight for what we want.

Peaceful sit in at home or march or both.

[LiberalLoner]

13. I agree 100%

[Jose Garcia]

10. This isn't 1917 in St. Petersburg

If you don't like the government, kick them out in the next election. Protests are usually feel-good accomplish-little endeavors.

[Bluethroughu]

14. This is the roll back of the NEW DEAL...

And it was won by GENERAL STRIKES!

[Frasier Balzov]

17. In the 1932 election

Democrats gained 97 seats in the House and 12 seats in the Senate.

Maybe (maybe) some gains will be seen in 2026.

https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/parties-leadership/1932-political-realignment.htm

[Bluethroughu]

19. We have to make it happen.

[Deep State Witch]

12. Americans Don't Care

Honestly, I've given up on the idea of a majority of Americans caring about what he does. Either they're actively supporting it, passively supporting it, or just not looking up from their phones long enough to care. They may start caring when it directly affects them. Or, maybe it would have to be something big, like canceling the Super Bowl.

[Bluethroughu]

15. We could make it like the Superbowl.

March for Freedom and Love for country

March for our future against this fascist regime.

[Tom Rinaldo]

16. Focused protests, sure, any time, bit it isn't ime yet for general strikes etc

God knows there's good enough cause for mass resistance now but that's not the point, changing the course we are on is the point. We have to build to that. WE see what has already happened as the crisis that it is, but not enough people have felt it as a crisis yet. It has to sink in more and more people either have to feel the pain and loss that this regime is causing, or at least see/hear the stories of those who are and will be suffering.

We can build toward that now though, calling attention to every evil that is progressing in every way that we can, to reach the critical mass of anger that is needed. A premature all out effort to reverse the tide won't work without enough people being extremely upset. Trump would try to turn our resistance into a pretense for more wide spread suppression, and possibly could come out of it stronger. It's a fine balance . More and more people will become disillusioned with Trump as the nature of his rule is felt. The time will inevitably come when wide spread resistance can flourish. If we wait too long though he can become too far entrenched.

[Bluethroughu]

18. Thanks for the well stated opinion.

It makes sense, but this is fluid...we need to have contingent dates of action.

[tritsofme]

21. When will people sign up to lose their jobs and have their homes foreclosed?

Probably not anytime soon, would be my guess.

[Bluethroughu]

22. If these people break our country, you'll be working,

As a slave. If you are lucky/unlucky enough to be alive. Your house will be Bozo Ranch Ala billionaire bafoonery.

[tritsofme]

24. I don't think you are going to get many takers.

[Bluethroughu]

25. No maybe not, but if we do not have a plan.

We will not have a country in four years.

[MichMan]

27. People can always follow their conscience and start now

Quitting a job and stop paying bills can be an individual form of resistance. Every movement starts with a few dedicated people

[Bluethroughu]

30. They can do that if their job, boss, pay is crappy.

But as a whole, together not working making money, product, or resources for the billionaires will have an impact. If the working class says no as a whole, it makes a difference. That is what the New Deal was created out of. The billionaires had to make concessions for the people, in order to get them to start making money again.

The New Deal was a catalyst for the middle class, Civil Rights, and an economic explosion that rebuilt this country into a power house until those that hated the New Deal grabbed power and have strangled our country since the 1980s.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

23. This country? With our current electorate?

Around 90ish million people didn't bother voting. Around 77 million voted for trump. Nearly half the country lives paycheck to paycheck and can't afford to not work all they can.

Looking at those numbers, the answer is never. There will never be a widespread nationwide general strike. Most Americans either don't care, actively support trump, or can't afford it.

[Bluethroughu]

26. The problem with people these days,

When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose.

People will need to lose more, in order to take the necessary steps to gain more.

The people of the industrial revolution and Depression had next to nothing, but understood together they could get everything. They made it happen together. Solidarity.

[milestogo]

28. When the weather is better across the nation.

Nobody is going to go out there in dangerous cold.

[LeftInTX]

29. Apparently a general strike is going to be held in May 2028

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/22/autoworkers-uaw-shawn-fain-may-2028-national-strike


It really takes that long to plan a strike?

They should do it well before midterms. Somehow, I doubt this will materialize. Not that many people are in unions anymore.

Also, what would they be striking for? The last general strike was held in 1946.

Many of the protests from 1945 to 1946 were for better pay and working hours, but only one study done by Jerome F. Scott and George C. Homans of 118 strikes in Detroit from 1944 to 1945, found that only four were for wages, with the rest being for discipline and company policies or firings


Right now, there are plenty of jobs. Would workers be striking for better pay? What do they want?

We aren't gonna get anywhere, if we are just going to complain about Trump. It could be about elimination of EEO? Increase the minimum wage?

Right now, it seems like Trump is conducting a reign of terror, shock and awe etc. I don't know if a general strike would oust creepy people from the cabinet, retain birthright citizenship, closing the border, immigrant raids, shutting off asylum, eliminating transgender rights etc etc etc.... Much of this has nothing to do with work conditions.

[Mountainguy]

40. That's the day their contracts with the Big 3 end

They have agreements until then.

[Dan]

31. IMHO - nothing like this will work, unless or until

Americans really start to feel feel the pain from the Orange one and his puppet-masters.

[LeftInTX]

35. Yeah, right now the ones feeling the pain are immigrants. They are not voters.

Unions aren't crazy about supporting immigration, so I don't see how this would work.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

33. This would be a spectacular time to not pay federal taxes!

Pay your state and town taxes only.

[MichMan]

41. If you work for someone else, how do you stop any withholding ?

[yagotme]

45. Change your W-4.

Claim 10 or more dependents. Expect the IRS to pay you a visit after next April 15th.

[kelly1mm]

37. In the USA? In this version of the multiverse? Not a chance. nt

[edhopper]

42. It just won't happen here

for one thing, in Europe, people do not lose their jobs after a strike. Here, too many would fear they will be fired, and many will.

The only workers here with a history of striking are in Unions. And the GOP has seen it that those are a small percentage of workers.

[MichMan]

43. Does anyone know what the conditions are for striking workers to be eligible for unemployment?

New York, New Jersey, and California allow people on strike to receive unemployment benefits. Washington is currently looking at passing it.

It was probably written to cover a strike called by a labor union, but wondered if it could be expanded to cover a general strike like this?

[edhopper]

44. I seriously doubt that

and for most, temporary unemployment won't override losing one's job.

[FBaggins]

49. Effectively no

It varies from state to state whether you qualify for unemployment insurance when out on strike... but the problem in this case is that they wouldn't be out on strike. There's no attendant labor conflict with specific employers. Instead, it's a protest against the government.

[William769]

46. Summer of Love 1967

it took awhile but affected change.

March on washington 1993.
Affected chage concerning LGBTQ rights & AIDS funding & access to life saving drugs. And yes I was there for that March.

[Initech]

47. I personally want to see people with pitchforks and torches outside Fox News HQ.

They are the reason this country is in the mess that it's in. Nearly all of their hosts and executives need to be arrested for the hell they have wrought on this country.

[BlueTsunami2018]

48. Never. That NEVER happens. The cult will never turn against him.

No matter what he does, no matter what happens, those people will praise it with great praise.