On strikes

The local branch of the Freedom Socialist Party (who organised an event recently to commemorate the 55^th anniversary of Stonewall that I spoke at) is running a course on the power of strikes. I’m not attending, but I get their email updates, and found the (historical) articles for a upcoming session of that course quite interesting, and thought I would share them: 

• “The 1946 Oakland General Strike”   https://www.socialistalternative.org/2022/02/10/the-1946-oakland-general-strike/      

• “Seattle General Strike, 1919”   https://socialism.com/fs-article/seattle-general-strike-1919-nothing-moved-but-the-tide/   “Nothing moved but the tide”      

• “Veteran longshoreman recalls the San Francisco [1934] general strike”   https://socialism.com/fs-article/veteran-longshoreman-recalls-the-san-francisco-general-strike/   “And to keep men from talking to union organizers, bosses kept the worn-out gangs working endlessly. While many workers were clamouring for jobs, others were forced to work 72-hour shifts.”   Which sounds all too familiar ...     
  

• “Capital’s Labor Lieutenants and Socialist Sergeants: The Danger Within”   https://www.marxists.org/archive/fraser/1997/capitallaborlieutenants.html   I particularly like the initial proverb:   “The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it”      
  

I have found that group to be far better organised and far more genuine than most, and, although I haven’t joined as I’m not inclined towards Marxism, I will continue to stay in touch and work with them when the opportunity to do so presents itself.  

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