Michael CollinsFirst Published in
“Scoop” Independent News
"Washington, DC The General Strike of 9/11/2007 is the first of a series of events planned for September. It began in mid summer as a new, first time coalition effort by activists from different groups with a shared agenda, positive change. Reliance on the Internet and the unknowns between now and 9/11 make it difficult to say how widespread participation will be. But the pattern is set. Like the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland, this peaceful general strike will show what rank and file movement members and committed citizens can do when they demand action."
Notable general strikes (from wiki)
- 1820 Rising in Scotland
- 1842 General Strike in England organised by the Chartists
- Haymarket Riot, 1886, occurred during a strike for the eight-hour workday.
- Russian Revolution of 1905
- 1912 Brisbane General Strike
- Spanish General Strike of 1917
- Irish anti-conscription general strike of 1918
- Barcelona General Strike of 1919
- Winnipeg General Strike of 1919
- Seattle General Strike of 1919
- British General Strike of 1926
- San Francisco's Big Strike of 1934
- Toledo General Strike of 1934
- Great Arab Revolt of 1936
- Luxembourgian general strike of 1942
- Liberation of Paris, in which all Parisians went on strike and built barricades during WWII
- Finnish General Strike of 1956
- French general strike of May 1968
- Uruguay general strike of 1973
- Northern Ireland general strike of May 1974
- Spanish general strike of 1988
- Nepalese general strike of April 1992
- 1995 strikes in France
- Ontario, Canada's Days of Action in 1995
- Italian general strike of 2002
- Ukraine's Orange Revolution of 2004
- Guinea general strike of 2007
4 comments:
Hey Yanqui Mike,
Greetings from the Land of the Liberals!
Even here we don't have much media noise about that strike...it get me a little nervous. Anyway, Good Luck to Free America!
Keep on RinthFW, Frisco.
Can you even imagine what it would take to make a general strike happen in the US these days? It boggles.
Poor bastards can't even get some buzz.
(Thanks for the tip on Spinetto... but no dice. "20 años no es nada" pero aparentemente 8 es mucho.)
Thanks for mentioning the Irish anti-conscription strike!
Would you be willing to spread the word about www.draftresistance.org? It's a site dedicated to shattering the myths surrounding the selective slavery system and building mass civil disobedience to stop the draft before it starts!
Our banner on a website, printing and posting the anti-draft flyer or just telling friends would help.
Thanks!
Scott Kohlhaas
PS. When it comes to conscription, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!
Count on me for spreading the word Scott.
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