General Strike, 9/11/07. No work. No school. No shopping. HIT THE STREETS. Who's in?

[backscatter712]

Yep, it's time to bring up http://www.strike911.org again.

The buzz around the general strike seems to be dying a little bit, so I thought I'd blow on the coals a bit.

A lot of folks on Kos seem to think that 9/11 is the wrong date for a strike, but y'know what? We have to pick a date sometime, and I'm sick of talking about strikes. I want to join a strike, and this one seems to be the one with the most promise of actually happening.

It's time to move beyond merely sending a message, and see if we can hit the corporate interests that are supporting the war and fascism in this country right in their wallets.

Who's in?

[iconoclastic cat]

1. I'll use a vacation day.

I'm in.

[backscatter712]

3. I'm taking a sick day that day myself.

Sick of Bush's bullshit, that is...

[bryant69]

2. Seems like more style than substance

I'll think about it though.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[backscatter712]

4. Maybe so, but I'm still in. n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

5. Duplicate thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1562370

[backscatter712]

13. Sorry about that, the first thread got buried.

If this thread's too much of a problem, I could kick that one instead.

[JDPriestly]

6. It's a very bad choice of day. 9/11 is important for reasons other

than a strike. A strike on 9/11 is likely to be overlooked. Also, it would be difficult to know whether people were staying home on 9/11 out of respect and love for the people who were killed on that day or out of protest against the abuses of the Bush administration and those in Congress who refuse to stand up to that administration for the American people.

[sueh]

7. A strike on 9/11 is no worse than Bush declaring 9/11 a holiday called Patriot Day.

I think we should use the day for something useful to make some positive changes on behalf of our fellow citizens who died senselesly that day.
Strike. On.

[pagam]

8. 9/11

Strike on ! ! ! ! ! Where is it taking place?

[backscatter712]

15. Good question.

Looking around on the strike911.org site, I saw a couple events in Seattle and New York City, but I'm hoping something gets organized here in Colorado, and a lot of other places throughout the nation.

[Balbus]

9. Not a good day for me. But...

I'll do my strike on 9/9 in support of your little protest thingy.

[RB TexLa]

10. Are they trying to take away from the rally and boycott on Sept. 12th?

In protest of US immigration policy?

[backscatter712]

14. There seems to be a whole bunch of activism that week.

There's the march and rally in DC on 9/15, as well.

Personally, I can't make it to DC, but I'll be out rallying back home in Colorado.

[The Blue Flower]

11. If you're in Seattle

9-11-07 : From Tragedy to Tyranny
SPEAK UP for Freedom on Tuesday, 9/11/07

Join with concerned citizens from the greater Puget Sound region who will come together on 9/11/2007 with two common goals:
1) To memorialize the tragedy of 9/11 and the loss of innocent lives
2) To voice our opposition to the tragic erosion of our Constitutional rights

We have much to mourn - and much to reclaim, including Freedom from Fear.


JOIN US ON TUESDAY, September 11, 2007
Schedule:
10:30 am: Meet at under the Space Needle across from Fisher Pavilion. Wear black.
11 am: March in silence to Seattle’s media centers to express our sorrow for all that has been lost as a result of 9-11 and challenge the media to do more to support democracy.
2:30: Westlake Center
: Banner-making, music
4:30: Silent procession through
downtown Seattle
Freeway blogging and sign-
waving
6:30: Celebrate our happening!

"Those who would sacrifice freedom for temporary security deserve neither. "
- Benjamin Franklin

Sponsored by the Freedom From Fear Campaign

[bdamomma]

12. well, it doesn't seem to be bad day for the Petreaus report to

come out, that is how disgusting this regime is, they will use this date to further their agenda, and fuck what anyone else thinks, and of course they will invoke this horrific event to continue the bloodshed in Iraq, and continually relate Iraq to 9/11, I can hear it now. Strike away!!!

[EFerrari]

16. Me. K&R

[seriousstan]

17. Why not? All the other ones have worked.

Not One Damn Dime really brought this economy to it's knees.