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appalachiablue

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Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:26 PM 20 hrs ago

Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer. 'No Work, No School, No Shopping'🛑

- Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer. “No work, no school, no shopping. We’re going to show up and say we’re putting workers over billionaires and kings.” BRAD REED, Mar 28, 2026. Common Dreams.
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Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, said on Saturday that a nationwide general strike is being planned for May 1 that will be modeled on the day of action residents of Minnesota organized in January against the brutality carried out by federal immigration enforcement officials.

Appearing at the flagship No Kings rally in Minneapolis, Levin praised the strength shown by the Minnesota protesters in the face of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) siege of their city this year, and said his organization wanted to replicate it across the country.

The next major national action of this movement is not just going to be another protest,” Levin said. “It is a tactical escalation... It is an economic show of force, inspired by Minnesota’s own day of truth and action.”

Levin then outlined what the event would entail.

“On May 1, on May Day, we are saying, ‘No business as usual,’” he said. “No work, no school, no shopping. We’re going to show up and say we’re putting workers over billionaires and kings.” Levin added that “we are going to build on that courage, that sacrifice” that Minnesota residents showed during their day of action in January, and vowed “to demonstrate that regular people are the greatest threat to fascism in this country"...

More, https://www.commondreams.org/news/no-kings-general-strike

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Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer. 'No Work, No School, No Shopping'🛑 (Original Post) appalachiablue 20 hrs ago OP
May 1 is a Friday Fiendish Thingy 19 hrs ago #1
An impt holiday May Day. Hopefully people will turn out for such a vital event. Tx for commenting.. appalachiablue 19 hrs ago #3
A Dress Rehearsal for November! Chasstev365 19 hrs ago #2
Other nations participated in today's No Kings. usonian 19 hrs ago #4
Super, thanks for mentioning. appalachiablue 19 hrs ago #5

appalachiablue

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3. An impt holiday May Day. Hopefully people will turn out for such a vital event. Tx for commenting..
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:55 PM
19 hrs ago

Wiki. May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on May 1, around halfway between the Northern Hemisphere's spring equinox and midsummer solstice...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day

International Workers' Day observed on 1 May is also called "May Day", but the two have different histories...

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