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I'm not saying this general strike will lead to revolution. I'm saying this is something to direct people toward other than voting, and in this case the planned announcement is necessarily baked in - this is a call for unions to coordinate the timing of their contract negotiations. Is there a way to do that without "doing known things announced years ahead"? Obviously the ruling class will fight back. I expect that everyone involved in this knows that as well as we do.
Besides, planning for something like this will necessitate the expansion of strike funds, bail funds, support for new unions, and so on. Preparing for something like this will build an infrastructure that the unions do not currently have or provide. It will make actual spontaneous action more possible, and the fight to do it will make people more class conscious. Even minor victories will be helpful in that regard.
Wish them luck then. Hopefully they get something out of it beyond more
genocide endorsers.
Here's hoping.