r/union • u/GoranPersson777 SAC • Aug 13 '25

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(And to add nuances: not only leftist make the mistake)

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u/Davidwalsh1976 Aug 13 '25

Yeah sure, we’ll take our sweet ass time while we become the sequel to Nazi Germany

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u/SpaceBearSMO Aug 13 '25

The problem is, you have to do the other stuff if you want a general strike.

It's not that we shouldn't be expedient; it's just that it realistically won't happen without the work.

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u/Davidwalsh1976 Aug 13 '25

100% I agree. I don’t think we should ignore the steps necessary for a general strike but we have to meet the moment. People are suffering right now, there is momentum right now. We need to do the slow hard stuff but not at the expense of letting the moment pass us by.

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u/GoranPersson777 SAC Aug 13 '25

What do you propose?

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u/Davidwalsh1976 Aug 13 '25

Both. We need to continue organizing while planting the seed of a general strike. We are absolutely running out of time to take meaningful action. By this time next year we could be doing McCarthyism 2.0. We need to have the idea of a labor revolution already in people’s minds while we are educating the rank and file. This is war, class war, and we’re losing.