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There already is more agitation than the 1940s, Labour strikes in the US are going off rn. The latest Bad Faith had Boots Riley explain why it’s not hitting the news, even in left outlets.
If you’re up for an effortpost, can you summarize it for those of us who hate podcasts as a medium?
There already is more agitation than the 1940s, Labour strikes in the US are going off rn
Almost like something happened from 1941 to 1945 that made labor agitation go to zero.
Strike days are up a lot in the past 2 years, but they are still well below what an “average” year was even in the 80s.
Those are stoppages in large companies, not total strikes. As the economy becomes more service based strikes have become smaller and workplace-centred. Also because unions are shit many strikes in 2020 were wildcat and might not be recorded at all.
https://redflag.org.au/node/7096
Also, I was referring to the late 40s, when a wave of strikes occurred due to post war austerity and economic rationalisation.
You just posted a bunch of anecdotes about wildcat strikes, which the article itself even mentions were also widespread during times of mass action! We don’t have apples to apples comparisons other than large actions, and it’s not like large actions replaced wildcat strikes in decades past - they complimented each other, or had different motivations in a lot of cases (radical Boomer kids at GM in the early 70s going on wildcat strikes over the nature of work vs more direct material concerns, for example)
It’s a start, but the idea that labor power is anywhere near where it was even 25 years ago is completely bullshit. I don’t think a lot of Leftists understand how completely mainstream the idea of a strike was even a generation ago. It wasn’t considered revolutionary praxis, it was just a part of life.
Look retail jobs are for kids who still live with their parents and already get fed. If you work one of these jobs you can’t expect meals every single day. If you’re hungry you should have learned a trade.
Even while America is being ripped apart under the direct throes of a massive shooting civil war between different popular groups and the FedGov, with states splitting and seceding and multiple levels of government collapsing or taking sides, the foreign imperialism, drone strikes, coups, assassinations, threats and sanctions will continue without the slightest sign of abating.
Now you have me picturing automated drone missions happening for centuries after human extinction
Now you have me picturing automated drone missions happening for centuries after human extinction
Fortress, a CGI short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyMNIFZTQkg
I understand where this is coming from and it’s good to acknowledge that we’re fighting an uphill battle, but don’t lose hope.
I don’t like how realistic this feels
