IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
When the government no longer serves the people, the people must withhold their labor. A general strike is our collective voice when all other voices are silenced.
A general strike is when workers across multiple industries stop working simultaneously. Unlike a typical strike targeting one employer, a general strike targets the entire economic system.
It's the most powerful nonviolent tool available to ordinary people. When we withdraw our labor collectively, we demonstrate that the economy runs on us—not on those who claim to lead us.
General strikes have toppled governments, won civil rights, and forced political change when all other methods failed. They work because they make the cost of injustice impossible to ignore.
Federal agents are killing civilians in our streets. Our neighbors are being terrorized. The government calls victims "terrorists" and expects us to believe the lies.
Voting didn't stop this. Petitions didn't stop this. Polite protest didn't stop this.
When the state wages war on its people, the people must respond with the one power they cannot take from us: the power to stop working.
Call in sick. Use PTO. Take a personal day. If you can afford to, just don't show up. Every person who stays home matters.
Don't make purchases. Don't order delivery. Don't buy gas. Hit them where it hurts—their revenue.
Join local actions if you can do so safely. There is power in being visibly, physically present together.
Talk to your coworkers, friends, family. Share this page. The more people who participate, the more powerful we become.
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