I'm afraid it's going to take much, much more sacrifice than this, if we want our country back.
Nevertheless, count us in.
“No School * No Work * No Shopping. Hit the Streets”
Michael Collins
Originally Published in “Scoop” Independent Media
Washington, D.C.
A general strike is proposed for the United States on September11, 2007, the sixth anniversary of the 9/11/2001 attacks on New York City and Arlington, Virginia. The general strike movement has no clearly named leadership. It’s described as an Internet viral effort. Wikipedia defines viral efforts on the Internet as:
An object (or an idea) is viral when it has the ability to spread copies of itself or change other similar objects to become more like (it) when those objects are simply exposed to the viral object.
General strikes, more common in Europe, are events that shut down the normal operations of a city, state, or nation for a period of time. These strikes aim to force awareness and action on a single issue or broader set of concerns. The 9/11/07 General Strike has a central location - http://www.strike911.org/ - on the Internet, which is linked to and reproduced on a variety of other internet sites. The site states the rationale for the effort:
The General Strike is a national call to action, from citizens to other citizens. It is not about a single issue. It is not an anti-war protest, a civil rights protest, an election fraud protest. It is not about torture, surveillance, corporate media, the 9/11 coverup, or the environment. This strike is about all these issues and more.
We all have different concerns, but we all have the same concern: we are being lied to and this government does not represent us. Join other Americans in demanding truth, justice, and accountability.
This is our country.
And our world.
We just have to stand up.
A National Call to Action: Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
No school. No work. Buy nothing. Hit the streets (Click “ABOUT”)
LOCK DOWN USA – NO Answers (to anything)
The strike targets key issues facing the American public, issues that have not been addressed in any meaningful way by any branch of government. These include enduring questions and inconsistencies about 911, the Iraq War; violations of civil rights; and election fraud. As the statement above indicates, one key means of the coverup is the corporate media.
Citizen discontent with 911 has been expressed in a number of public opinion polls. One of the most shocking surveyed citizens of New York City. The little reported August, 2004 Zogby Poll found that “Half of New Yorkers Believe US Leaders Had Foreknowledge of Impending 9-11 Attacks and “Consciously Failed.” National surveys also show substantial skepticism about the efforts of “US Leaders.”
Other concerns of the strike include areas of strong public skepticism. As of August, 2007, 64% of Americans oppose the Iraq War and a majority says it should never have happened in the first place. Massive violations of civil rights are occurring with the aid of the U.S. Department of Justice, as reported by its former voting rights head. No-Confidence in the legitimacy of the Bush government has been voiced in polls in Pennsylvania and in a national sample of registered voters. Both Zogby polls showed that tens of millions of Americans have little faith in the fairness and results of the 2004 presidential election.
Reflecting the disquiet of the American public, Bush popularity is in free fall. As low as 26% approval in recent polls, his decline has been steady and unending since the peak after the 9/11 attacks (with an odd spike on Election Day 2004).
The strike campaign argues that these and other issues rarely covered in any depth by nearly all of the corporate media leave only one move for citizens - a general strike to protest the policies plus the lack of recognition and response.
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The Nazis, Fascists and Communists were political parties before they became enemies of liberty and mass murderers.
1 comment:
In response to a question of the purpose, expected response, care of animals, etc... general strike
For some of us the idea of a general strike is to create or help foster the group awareness that we need as a nation for the people to regain control of their government. It's not about one issue. For me it's lack of representation. I think that just about covers everything. We are given candidates by someone else with the help of the media which is owned by a few and then those elected officials for the most part ignore what the majority of US citizens want.
The net result is we do not have a government of, for, and by the people. We have lawyers and former employers who think they know what is best for the rest of us. They don't. We don't work for them, they work for us.
Everything revolves around commerce so the idea is to shut everything down for a day, or longer, to get everyones attention. No work, no school, no commerce. None of us believe that it is a solution, but it's a start. It may not get the wide response that is needed, but it's a start.
Not everyone will be able to participate because of different reasons, but we can hope for a large enough turn out to get the attention of our elected officials and more importantly to give hope to those who think our situation is hopeless. We can change things.
I don't expect to be in the majority on every issue, whether it's immigration, health care, outsourcing, the dismantling of our infrastructure, the North American Union, a President who claims to have conversations with God, or exporting death and destruction to people who have done nothing to us.
I expect my government to respond to the will of the majority of the people in a Constitutional manner.
I don't think anyone, with common sense and compassion, expects people to abandon the things that need daily care, whether it's animals or people. We just want to give those in power a kick in the butt and generate group awareness.
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