{"id":601,"date":"2011-10-28T14:23:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T19:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/http:\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/specific-suggestion-general-strike-by-garret-keizer\/"},"modified":"2016-12-26T14:16:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T22:16:47","slug":"specific-suggestion-general-strike-by-garret-keizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/specific-suggestion-general-strike-by-garret-keizer\/","title":{"rendered":"“Specific suggestion: General strike” By Garret Keizer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As for how the strike would be publicized and organized, these would depend on the willingness to strike itself. The greater the willingness, the fewer the logistical requirements. How many Americans does it take to change a lightbulb? How many Web postings, how many emblazoned bedsheets hung from the upper-story windows? Think of it this way: How many hours does it take to learn the results of last night’s American Idol<\/em>, even when you don’t want to know?<\/p>\n

In 1943 the Danes managed to save 7,200 of their 7,800 Jewish neighbors from the Gestapo. They had no blogs, no television, no text messaging—and very little time to prepare. They passed their apartment keys to the hunted on the streets. They formed convoys to the coast. An ambulance driver set out with a phone book, stopping at any address with a Jewish-sounding name. No GPS for directions. No excuse not to try.<\/p>\n

But what if it failed? What if the general strike proved to be anything but general? I thought Bush was supposed to be the one afraid of science. Hypothesis, experiment, analysis, conclusion—are they his hobgoblins or ours? What do we have to fear, except additional evidence that George W. Bush is exactly what he appears to be: the president few of us like and most of us deserve. But science dares to test the obvious. So let us dare.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When I heard that Oakland is planning a general strike for November 2nd<\/a>, I went and pulled up this fantastic article<\/a> written by Garret Keizer<\/a> for Harpers <\/em>magazine back in 2006. It is among the best essays I’ve ever read.<\/span><\/p>\n

I will post more excerpts from this on Subversive Soapbox but you should really just go read the rest of it right now<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Posted via email<\/a> from Future is Fiction<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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As for how the strike would be publicized and organized, these would depend on the willingness to strike itself. The greater the willingness, the fewer the logistical requirements. How many Americans does it take to change a lightbulb? How many Web postings, how many emblazoned bedsheets hung from the upper-story windows? Think of it this … Continue reading “Specific suggestion: General strike” By Garret Keizer<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[345,388,394,421,654,656,657,658,700],"series":[],"class_list":["post-601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-excerpts","tag-garret-keizer","tag-general-strike","tag-harpers","tag-oakland","tag-occupy-everywhere","tag-occupy-oakland","tag-occupy-wall-st","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17226,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions\/17226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}