That’s because lighting yourself on fire is counterproductive and doesn’t work. Direct action is fundamentally mass action and the action of groups, not individuals.
Strikes are a prime example of direct action. It’s also important that workflow is disrupted. Other forms of protest are nil, really.
Is anything Actually working anymore? It seems like the Capitalist diaspora learned from earlier movements and now they can defeat any protest or direct action or strike easily. Sorry to be doomer here but IDK what we’re supposed to do that isn’t
That’s because lighting yourself on fire is counterproductive and doesn’t work. Direct action is fundamentally mass action and the action of groups, not individuals.
Strikes are a prime example of direct action. It’s also important that workflow is disrupted. Other forms of protest are nil, really.
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But thats the thing, are strikes even effective anymore? I haven’t seen one that succeeded in the way that the ones described in the 30s did.
Yes, workers organizing, forming unions, going on strikes, and making demands are effective. They’re not enough by themselves, but they are effective.
Taft Hartley did a number on union activity
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Is anything Actually working anymore? It seems like the Capitalist diaspora learned from earlier movements and now they can defeat any protest or direct action or strike easily. Sorry to be doomer here but IDK what we’re supposed to do that isn’t
It stops being
when you and a lot of friends are doing it
Some countries still have fairly effective strikes, France is one