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Filming, holding signs, posting on social media, yelling at ICE... so nothing.
What do you propose instead?
Disruption of economy or violence are the only viable options.
Today is literally a general strike across Minneapolis and neighboring areas you fucking twat.
Sigh… A one day protest on a Saturday where the vast majority of participants either already had the day off or requested it from their employer is in no way a strike. It’s a large protest and an important event, but it’s just not a strike.
It’s like the actual concept of a strike is being erased from the public consciousness. Strikes don’t have a fixed duration, they have a list of demands, and the strike goes on until those demands are met or the strikers capitulate.
A bunch of Minnesotans taking a day off work to protest sends a strong message and mildly inconveniences businesses.
A bunch of Minnesotans saying “we’re not going back to work until ICE is out of our state” is what an actual general strike would look like. It would be hugely powerful if strikers held fast, but it would also be incredibly hard to organize and pull off, because you’re basically asking large numbers of people to be willing to get fired.
I’m not trying to downplay what’s going on in Minnesota - it’s good and important, but it saddens me to see people calling this a general strike. A general strike is the ultimate weapon of the working class. Calling a mass protest a general strike feels like saying “this is the best we can do,” and it absolutely is not.
Okay that's fair
America has successfully villified unions for decades, it would not surprise me one bit if they have also systematically erased any education about actual strikes as part of the already well-documented gutting of general education and overall indoctrination the American right has performed on the population.
They would also need support from other states. A general strike is adhered to by everyone.
Over half the country is paralyzed by frigid temps and storms this weekend. It is not the statement you are expecting. A general No-BUY that lasts for months may help but honestly, there are many that just don't have that discipline. Even last year, during winter, we had lackluster engagement. I mean I am over 60 and can't risk falling on icy sidewalks. First off, let's see what we can do to protect the integrity of homes (barred windows, double deadbolt locks on all egresses) Even boarding up windows with wood/locked shutters) in order to prevent home invasions. Locked fences. You know.. make those MFers work for it. We can be "Meals on Wheels" to deliver nutrition. Provide families with loyal fierce pets that will alert them to anyone crossing their property. Distribute gas masks, goggles. Put up cameras that are not controlled by some tech collaborator. Esp. cameras that keep the footage inside.
Piss in the wind, they know you all have to work and the rest of the country is still in nothing ever happens omg did you see Fallout last night?! mode.
I just want to say, I really hope you pronounced it twat like @, and not twat like twot.
Here's hoping the strikes continue and gain momentum nationwide. I'd heard it was supposed to be happening in other cities on Friday, but not sure how well that went.
Yeah I hope it spreads too. Gotta start somewhere!
1 day. 1 city. You can't be that stupid.
Hey how's the weather in St. Petersburg today, Ivan?
I'd imagine pretty cold, but I have no idea. It's probably not as nice as it is in Lala Land where you're clearly at.
Sorry, are you out here LARPing like you're someone who actually does something?
I do what I can. I live minimally with very few comforts, I make choices based on the long reaching effects of said choices, I attempt to get others motivated which is terribly difficult in my red state and I understand that nothing will change without actual sacrifice. I'm not posting social media pics of me smiling with my sign while just down there block ICE is stealing a child. No one is "actually" doing anything.
So you're doing nothing and advocating other people spill blood on your behalf?
You lose. Sorry. GG. Nothing else to discuss. Good job being useless, loser.
Yeah this is the type of response I expect. Your inactivity is better than mine. I haven't seen the news report where Lemmy use AlexanderTheDead led a militia group into the heart of Minneapolis and opened fire on ICE agents. Welcome to the useless loser club.
You're actually in the negative since you're being dismissive of people actually doing resistance, whereas I advocate for their active resistance.
Thanks for playing.
Lol OK, cope solider!
Were you planning on doing something useful or just gonna keep coping on lemmy?
Soldier* btw. If you misspell or mistype a word, the red underline indicates that mistake. Just so you know.
Lol!
I agree a prolonged and universal strike is needed. Have you taken steps to help organize locally where you are? If not I'm very happy to provide you resources and if possible put you in contact with organizers local to your area.
I don't think concerted violence here in America will do anything except to empower the executive branch to invoke the insurrection act and declare marshall law.
However targeted assinations in a minecraft server have been proven very effective in a more historical context.
First off, a change of venue, away from the people earning 5 and 6 figure wages, and toward those earning at least high 7-figures. These ICE clowns aren't the problem; the problem is the bastards sending them.
Let obscenely rich people know they are going to take the heat anywhere ICE shows up, and watch how quickly ICE is disbanded.
They can start here.
A 5-figure wage isn't a lot of money.
I see your point. It seems like when you have gangs of ICE menacing a lone citizen like cockroaches on a smear of bacon grease... some kind of pest control should be dispatched.> Alex Jeffrey Pretti