May 1st is May Day. A day to strike and boycott. Something Seattle has a beautiful history of doing.

General Strikes Gave Us Rights

Most don’t seem to know about our history of general strikes and how every day we use those benefits, but not to our advantage. We think we’re drained eight hours a day, but it used to be worse. And it’s going to get worse if we keep doing nothing but complaining online about dems every day. They are farming a labor force that is going to be pushed out in a few decades from automation. Non compliance is the answer. If you truly want to live in a world that’s anti-capitalism, then stop fueling it. Become less of a consumer. Unionize at work or join a union. Find out what’s happening locally. Vote. Giving up your voting rights is 101 classic alt right propaganda.

We see the problems. That’s why you’re here.

Let’s look at some solutions. That’s why more should be here.

[May Day Strike 1886](Link)

“On May 1, 1886, 350,000 workers staged a nationwide work stoppage to demand the adoption of a standard eight-hour workday. Forty thousand workers struck in Chicago, Illinois; ten thousand struck in New York; eleven thousand struck in Detroit, Michigan. As many as thirty-two thousand workers struck in Cincinnati, Ohio, although some of these workers had been out on strike for several months before May 1.

The purpose of the May Day Strike was to bring pressure on employers and state governments to create an eight-hour workday.”

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[The Seattle General Strike](Link)

“On the morning of February 6, 1919, Seattle, a city of 315,000 people, stopped working. 25,000 other union members had joined 35,000 shipyard workers already on strike. The city’s AFL unions, 101 of them, had voted to walk out in a gesture of support and solidarity. And most of the remaining work force stayed home as stores closed and streetcars stopped running. The city was stunned and quiet.”

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[General Strike of 1934](Link)

“In the depth of the Great Depression, in 1934, there were general strikes in San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Toledo. Industrial unionism was proving its mettle, and unions used audacious tactics, including sit-down strikes and roving pickets. When bosses compelled local governments to launch crackdowns or even summon the National Guard, many workers, both employed and unemployed, came to the defense of strikers. It was the ferocity and tenacity of those fighters that pressured Congress to pass the National Labor Relations Act in 1935, establishing the collective bargaining rights that so many are trying to preserve today.”

Non Compliance Is The Answer

It only takes 3.5% of people to change the worldOverall, nonviolent campaigns were twice as likely to succeed as violent campaigns: they led to political change 53% of the time compared to 26% for the violent protests.