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Tad Stoermer - A General Strike Is Not the Start of Resistance in America--Why We're Not Ready, and What Comes First (Original Post) ihaveaquestion Yesterday OP
Excellent explanation and advice. Protest is the precursor to mass action which precedes general strikes Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #1
This should be reposted in General Discussion, not merely ghettoized into LYT. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #2
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Bernardo de La Paz

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1. Excellent explanation and advice. Protest is the precursor to mass action which precedes general strikes
Thu May 1, 2025, 01:17 PM
Yesterday

Resist every day in every way you can, big or small, within boundaries you set.

Protest regularly, because protests help resistance define itself and that is a needed precursor to truly large mass action.

There is pain coming, from the economy and from pushback against resistance.

It is too soon for general strikes because Americans' tolerance for pain is low. Societal disfunction has to become more obvious and painful before the pain of mass resistance becomes endurable.

It is not possible to skip these steps before general strikes will be effective.

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