wrenwind:bigcopedipper:micdotcom:Activists call for a nationwide general strike on February 17In a c
wrenwind:bigcopedipper:micdotcom:Activists call for a nationwide general strike on February 17In a column for the Guardian on Monday, American writer Francine Prose called for a “nonviolent national general strike” to demonstrate “how many of us there are, how strong and committed we are, how much we can accomplish.”She wrote: “Let’s designate a day on which no one (that is, anyone who can do so without being fired) goes to work, a day when no one shops or spends money, a day on which we truly make our economic and political power felt.”Calls to do just that have been circulating online recently, with activists setting Feb. 17 — the Friday before President’s Day — as the day for a #nationalstrike against the presidency of Donald Trump. Read moreEven if you can’t not work, we can all not spend money for a day. I think this is a brilliant idea!Thank you for the alternative for people who can’t afford to miss work! I feel like that gets ignored in a lot of strike talk. But not spending money for a day, I can do! -- source link