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The most effective non-violent action we can take is to organize a General Strike.
The country would be brought to its knees if suddenly deprived of profit and labor. That tactic was extremely effective in Chile in 2019, and had they not fallen for the trick of liberal reform, they would've had a successful revolution on their hands with virtually no bloodshed.
If you aren't in a union (or even if you are, it's worth dual-carding), please consider joining the IWW to unionize your workplace (bonus: you'll get higher wages, better benefits, and more time off if you succeed!) to strengthen a general strike if we manage to enact one, as most unions have a strike fund that can supplement your income during a general strike to make it more financially bearable (you should also save as much money as you can reasonably do, so it can also be used to keep yourself afloat during a strike).
And for our international friends, you should join one as well, as fascism is gaining momentum globally. If your country isn't listed below, just contact the IWW directly in the link above.
Good point, well made. We can still mock then at the same time though.
Agreed!
The IWW has 8,000 members? How long has it been around?
The UAW has over 300,000. Or the AFL-CIO with 12,000,000 (I know there is overlap there). How do we get those fuckers to strike?
We really need a general retail strike. There is a Retail workers Union of about 60,000, but over 15 million work in retail. What’s that almost 5% of the population? I’m sure Walmart, Home Depot and Target don’t want us finding out about that union though.
It's a miracle the IWW survived at all, with the amount of oppression that was aimed at them.
The AFL/CIO is a tame union. Better to wildcat than to rely on those corrupt fuckers.
It was founded in 1905, and at one time had 150,000 members. Its membership was gutted by extreme persecution during the red scare, and the Taft-Hartley act essentially outlawed their (very successful) tactics. Historically, the AFL-CIO raided members during those persecutions to swell their own ranks.
The IWW's membership has been steadily growing in recent years as their tactics become needed once more, especially now that the NLRB has been captured and is effectively union hostile. Traditional unions are very much reliant on a friendly NLRB to function and thrive, and are not generally well equipped tactically to fight back against the current regime. We'll need to call upon those old tactics to survive this period, and hopefully to give unions their teeth back, as they are currently quite a moderate group content with marginal gains that often barely keep up with inflation.
There's a lot of merit in joining the IWW to help build it up back to its former glory, as it's the only union in the US that is at its core is working toward abolishing capitalism, instead of becoming content making it slightly more bearable.
The UAW was planning a general strike for May 1st 2028, but that was before Trump was elected, and when they likely thought we had more time.