socalledunitedstates:

Don’t do this

General strikes are a big deal. They need organization, mass support, an agreed-upon list of demands, related demonstrations, etc. It’s not as easy as 10k people across the country at multiple different jobs not showing up – despite what you think, that will be seen as 10k independent occurrences and will result in several thousand firings for no call/no shows with no other notice paid. Even if this wildcat general strike gets enough traction to be seen as an actual threat (which is unlikely as just a viral tumblr post), the government will simply respond with arrests and brutality as they have in the past, and no part of this post prepares people for that

Instead, participate in the Earth Strike on January 15th to demand corporate and government action against climate change

And don’t just decide to do it on your own – talk to your coworkers, get in touch with local unions and your IWW branch, talk to local chapters of climate activism groups like Rising Tide, 350.org, and Transition Towns to organize concurrent demonstrations and actions, and spread the word as much as you can so we can get some steam behind this in the 2 months we have to prepare

“Fuck Work Day” would probably just make things worse while scaring people off from participating in the real coordinated action less than a month later

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it’s easy to feel like the older generations have abandoned us

i know that if i had a dollar for every time some shitty baby boomer disappointed me, i could pay off all of your student loans and then some

but the more i get into offline activism, the more people i see who are 50, 60, 70+ and still fighting the good fight

i don’t know how to end this just like. it’s honestly nice to know that not all older people are the enemy and even if it feels like it a lot we’re not actually all on our own here

ladysparklefists:

idk I just love how we Young People Today use ~improper~ punctuation/grammar in actually really defined ways to express tone without having to explicitly state tone like that’s just really fucking cool, like

no    =    “No,” she said. 

no.    =    "No,” she said sharply.

No    =    “No,” she

stated

firmly.

No.    =    “No,” she snapped.

NO    =    “No!” she shouted.

noooooo    =    “No,” she moaned.

no~    =    “No,” she said with a drawn-out sing-song.

~no~    =    “No,” she drawled sarcastically.

NOOOOO    =    “No!” she screamed dramatically.

no?!    =    “No,” she said incredulously.