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I'm so tired (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 25 points 5 months ago (3 children)

What we need is labor movement power like work stoppages, but far more organizing is needed before we can do that effectively

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  • [–] -5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Well, according to the logic present in this very thread, some people have tried organizing, but they haven't single handedly stopped fascism, ergo organizing labor is useless, just like voting. There's nothing we can do that doesn't require a large amount of people to organize and invest time, effort and money. Of all the options, voting is (because of laws) still the cheapest, most legal, least likely to get you fired option. And we can't even manage that.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    I'm sorry but jumping to 'organizing is useless' makes absolutely no sense.

    Why do you think you even have a weekend or benefits in the first place? The gains made by the militant labor organizing in the last century.

    If organizing was useless, governments wouldn't spend all the immense time and money to break, weaken, and dissolve unions. They do so because they recognize the real threat organizing has.

    I'm not saying organizing is the one thing we need. There is no singular thing. A united front is needed. Every avenue both inside and outside the system. Co-opting the Dem party to be a party for the people, outside organizations like DSA to keep politicians accountable, labor organizing to wield our collective power to ensure our demands are met, voting, coalition building, mutual aid, International organizing, ect.

    This is a class war, we have no luxury of choosing a single angle of attack.

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