I don’t disagree on the latter point. That said, the national call for no work and no shopping is primarily what organizers call a “structural test”: are we able to gather support? How many people actually participate? Is our infrastructure, such as strike funds, able to sustain an action? After all, how can we possibly manage more extreme actions (eg, a general strike) if we can’t even handle one day of not working?

Secondly, May Day’s economic disruption, small-scale though it is, is an escalation from simple protests. I expect that actions will continue to escalate in the coming months and years.

“Direct” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there

Does this. Does this actually harm the stuffed animals? Some mattresses and pillows are sold vacuum-packed but they fluff up after a bit.

Bro didn’t miss improv class

What an alarming number of people fail to realize: everything is politics. This apparent separation is purposeful and is one of many tools that the wealthiest 1% use to keep the rest of us divided and distracted.

This is sending me

I have a relative who has been on medicaid on and off who “doesn’t pay attention to politics”. I frequently explain current events to them- like efforts to cut medicaid that may cause them to lose their coverage.

The obliviousness (or complacency, in many cases) of some people is unbelievable.

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