The General Strike in Minnesota is gaining traction, even the pubs will be closed.

[carsten@minnesotasocial.net]

The General Strike in Minnesota is gaining traction, even the pubs will be closed. Love their message...

Please participate country wide, of you can. Minimize all economic activity, no shopping, no work.
#minnesota #mn #strike

[panmanphil@mastodon.social]

@carsten I don't understand, how does that help get rid of ICE?

[peachmcd@union.place]

@carsten

Solidarity from #Tacoma
🕊 🇵🇸

[savvyhomestead@mastodon.social]

@carsten @panmanphil

I don't live in Minnesota but I am also not shopping or buying other than the barest essentials.

[doppelganger75@mastodon.world]

@carsten I hear that the ICE hotels have faulty fire alarms too. Must be hard to sleep when they keep going off. 🙂

[rhinosworryme@climatejustice.social]

@carsten

Wait, are they closed *from* 23rd Jan, or *on* 23rd Jan?

It's not a 1-day strike, right?

[dresstokilt@mastodon.social]

@panmanphil @carsten The strike is designed to show economic impact. People can't vote at the ballot so they vote with their dollars. Business closing voluntarily show solidarity. Business that stay open risk outing themselves as accomplices.

[petr90@mastodonczech.cz]

@carsten 👍

[borisentiu@mastodon.social]

@carsten Have a good general strike! ✊

[pitmutt@gts.zebras.social]

@carsten George and the Dragon is a great place, run by great people!

[mc_chouffe@mamot.fr]

@carsten I almost shed a tear (no irony here). May your fight be succesful.

[lanaehforaday@universeodon.com]

@carsten

There is a DATE?

Excellent!

[knowattitude@m.ai6yr.org]

@carsten @panmanphil
It helps to erode their pillars of support

https://indivisibledenver.org/in-person-community-gathering/

[richrarobi@mastodon.social]

@panmanphil @carsten

#trump appears to WANT a violent reaction. That would give him an excuse to declare martial law. He wants to suppress all democratic voting.

Therefore, apart from government representatives doing their job properly, or maybe a military coup, general strike appears the only obvious way to resist.

[random_industries@mastodon.social]

@carsten 👏👏👏

[sfwmson@universeodon.com]

@RichRARobi @panmanphil @carsten

THIS.
THIS.
THIS.

He wants to call a National Emergency andenact the Insurrection Act.

Then he can cancel Midterm Voting, because how can we vote when there's a national emergency?

Right out of any Fascist playbook.

[anarchist_archivist@glammr.us]

@carsten @pluralistic

[accordionbruce@mastodon.social]

@carsten @annecavicchi
At the start of the 1946 Oakland #GeneralStrike businesses closed except food stores, and bars put their jukeboxes outside for dancing in the streets (and they were only allowed to serve beer, no hard alcohol)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Oakland_general_strike
#ICE #Labor ✊🏽

[sb@metroholografix.ca]

@carsten @panmanphil
Fuck YES I am so here for it! Keep it up, and stay safe!

[humourmetom@newsie.social]

@carsten Unfortunately, the general strike might coincide with the national holiday Trump declares to celebrate him being given the Nobel peace prize.