• ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    A general strike is a strike action in which participants cease all economic activity, such as working, to strengthen the bargaining position of a trade union or achieve a common social or political goal. )"

    “The largest general strike that ever stopped the economy of an advanced industrial country—and the first general wildcat strike in history—was May 1968 in France.[105] The prolonged strike involved eleven million workers for two weeks in a row,[105] and its impact was such that it almost caused the collapse of the de Gaulle government.”

    This entire wiki article is a list of HUGE events in history that were affected by general strikes and what was involved in organizing and challenging them.

    A one-day protest is fine, but it’s not a “general strike.”

    • Virtvirt588@lemmy.world
      01·
      10 days ago

      With the amount of indoctrination that has happened in the US, it makes sense that most don’t know how to adequately protest or strike.

      At this point in time, it finally appears people are slowly understanding protests as a means to signify discontent. However, the line remains blury as to what is a protest and what is a strike.

      A general strike should leave a long lasting mark resulting from halting of the economy - but a single day will only reinforce the fact that strikes which are effectively just protests aren’t going to work.