Hmm I might actually take school off and take the Subway to Oakland I only live like 30 mins away.
[QUOTE=The Rifleman;34626937]I highly doubt that everyone will leave work, school, etc. for a strike[/QUOTE]
Wow, seriously? There are strikes all the time, this one is just an ideologically motivated one.
if you don't have a personal reason to strike, strike for solidarity
Media is going to have a field day when police get out of control and end up beating the living shit out of some of the protesters, which will undoubtedly happen.
It seemed to me that Occupy had gone media-quiet in the last few months and that the idea of the Occupy Movement had blended into the political landscape and was no longer deemed as newsworthy. I really hope that this strike brings the issues they presented out of the fog and into the limelight again, the sooner corporations are held accountable for their actions the better
[QUOTE=killerteacup;35441000]It seemed to me that Occupy had gone media-quiet in the last few months and that the idea of the Occupy Movement had blended into the political landscape and was no longer deemed as newsworthy. I really hope that this strike brings the issues they presented out of the fog and into the limelight again, the sooner corporations are held accountable for their actions the better[/QUOTE]
A quick search on Google News brings plenty of recent Occupy articles. Even though the mainstream media doesn't report on it, there is still coverage. One merely needs the will to look for it.
There's been no real visible face of Occupy since #D17 - there's been #J28 (Oakland), #F29 (Portland, notably), #M17 (NYC), and now #A1 (SF, notable), but the numbers achieved last fall were not met. It's no surprise. Occupy has been in a planning stage - planning for May 1st. On #15O and #N17 we saw ~50,000 people in NYC alone, I think this May Day we can easily beat this.
Of course, if it turns out to be a flop (which I doubt), it'll be safe to say the capitalists are a lot smarter than expected. We'd have to seriously change tactics. But we've been doing that, just for May 1st.
And, of course, no surprise the corporate MSM - their propaganda arm - wouldn't report on us.
[QUOTE=wakarimasen;35444483]There's been no real visible face of Occupy since #D17 - there's been #J28 (Oakland), #F29 (Portland, notably), #M17 (NYC), and now #A1 (SF, notable), but the numbers achieved last fall were not met. It's no surprise. Occupy has been in a planning stage - planning for May 1st. On #15O and #N17 we saw ~50,000 people in NYC alone, I think this May Day we can easily beat this.
Of course, if it turns out to be a flop (which I doubt), it'll be safe to say the capitalists are a lot smarter than expected. We'd have to seriously change tactics. But we've been doing that, just for May 1st.
And, of course, no surprise the corporate MSM - their propaganda arm - wouldn't report on us.[/QUOTE]
Well May 1st is certainly a very important day for organized labour and the Leftist movement in general, but I seriously question whether this will succeed, as much I would like it to.
I have a final that day, could they push it back until the week after when I get out of University and have more time to do nothing?
[QUOTE=Megafan;35446393]Well May 1st is certainly a very important day for organized labour and the Leftist movement in general, but I seriously question whether this will succeed, as much I would like it to.[/QUOTE]
There has essentially never been a general strike. Point is to get as close as it to possible and have some fun.
Get a job you fucking hippies
[QUOTE=trent_roolz;35458670]Get a job you fucking hippies[/QUOTE]
Oh how i hate people like you
[QUOTE=trent_roolz;35458670]Get a job you fucking hippies[/QUOTE]
you cant strike if you dont have a job
Oh boy, another movement that won't horribly do much. Can't wait!
[QUOTE=The freeman;35472814]Oh boy, another movement that won't horribly do much. Can't wait![/QUOTE]
Sorry we haven't stormed the [del]Winter Palace[/del] White House yet, we'll get right on to that.
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