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You have no idea how much I would love to see a general strike tomorrow, or literally any time before 3 fucking years from now, and if we're lucky that will happen.
But so far the only concrete date we have that's being pushed by our biggest unions is May 1st, 2028, so that's the date I'm going to spread. If there is a call to have one sooner by any of the major unions, then I'll switch to spreading that one instead.
Less than 10% of the US workforce is unionized. Non-unionized workers are terrified to unionize, or to join in a general strike without one due to living hand to mouth, often a month's wages away from homelessness, and many more with health conditions rely on their job for critical life insurance to afford staying alive.
Unlike the EU, we don't have strong social safety nets that would encourage a less formal and spontaneous general strike.
That's not to say I don't understand how time sensitive this is, and that every week we wait, the regime gets stronger and more able to suppress us, but I'm trying to work with what I've got.
If you have any suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them.
I hate to sound like that, but if you can, leave. I wish I had something better.
Godspeed American Frog.
Until other countries begin accepting asylum claims from U.S. Citizens, that simply isn't an option available to most of us, except for the wealthy or those who already have the desired jobs that would allow them to emigrate.