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General Strike Days In America’s Future??
It’s been nearly two years since Garret Keizer, contributing editor for HARPER’s Magazine suggested we citizens organize a General Strike to send a strong message, loud and clear to our government expressing our displeasure with the decisions being made about our present and our future and the future of developing generations.
Garret Keizer is now joined by Larry Flynt. That’s right, Larry Flynt, the publisher of Hustler has written an article in support of a general strike.
Many Americans are beginning to feel similar frustrations expressed by the man, Joe Ferraro, aka The Nerd, who said so when calling in a question to a Philadelphia radio talk show on which the president was appearing to answer questions about the health care issue.
We’re not just frustrated and upset about health care in this country, though it is an important issue. The heath care crisis affects our elderly citizens and our youngest most vulnerable citizens. The children are our hope for the future. As well documented in recent news reports this is a great source of concern as well as frustration.
We’re getting batted around like a party pinata because of the inequality in the justice system; banks continuing predatory policies despite using our money to keep their failed enterprises afloat. The continuing housing crisis; or the uncontrolled use of tasers by police to exert their authorityl whether necessary or not. The crisis we face in employment with jobs being sent overseas. And we’re all fed up with politicians. Even the divinely eloqient Mr. Obama and crew.
Interestingly, Flynt has titled his piece “Common Sense 2009”. We have always thought it makes good common sense to hold a general strike to get the American public’s point of view across.
The last time this was attempted the momentum was built online by bloggers. There was support for a general strike from sites such as the Daily Kos.
There were different dates October 17th or November 6th or Black Friday…have a general strike once a month until the powers that be capitulate. It does not have to be a one time event to be effective.
A series of protests to let the government know they must heed what we, the people, have to say.
People from every part of the country. Military veterans, school teachers, doctors, lawyers, blue collar workers, sanitation personnel, mothers, fathers. Everybody who has a stake in keeping this ship of state afloat should be in the streets to demonstrate we want meaningful change. Not rhetoric.
We can do something about this. We can organize peaceful, sensible, non-violent demonstrations. People around the world have organized in this way. Mexicans for more than six months following a presidential election they did not like. Ukrainians and others have carried on to get the attention of the oligarchs who control their country.
We, Americans, are capable. We can set a strategy to send a message to our government we will not be doormats any longer! We are mad as hell and we are not going to take it anymore!
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