My question is not "where is the outrage, why is no one resisting," and so forth.
There is always resistance. I know it's out there. It must be happening. But who is organizing what and where -- that's not visible from a distance.
Looking at mainstream media, we have the usual "hundreds rally", or overviews of one or two Democrats and a scattering of judges.
In the socialist and anarchist media, workers are always rising. The world is always on the brink of a workers' revolution. One fine day they might be right, but they are certainly not a barometer of anything.
I'm also not talking about the so-called #ResistanceTM. The Democrats are ciphers. Utterly absent. Kamala Harris has disappeared. A blatant and obvious reminder that Democrats gonna Democrat: Party Über Alles.
Some Republican voters are apparently angry -- and this is important. Will our side understand the imperative to work with disgruntled conservatives? Or are we too consumed with anger and blame to welcome temporary allies wherever we find them? If Trump and Musk are to be stopped, it will take the active participation of non-fascist Republicans.
Simple Sabotage Field Manual, a DIY resistance guidebook published by the OSS (precursor of the CIA) in 1944, is the number one search and download on Project Gutenberg. So there's that.
I've been wondering if some federal workers are planning a general strike. Talking on Signal or Discord, forming groups and coalitions. They wouldn't even have to risk their lives by demonstrating in the streets. They could simply stay home. A mass sick-out.
It could build from something barely noticeable to massive over the course of a workweek.
It could include all federal workers. Office workers. Lawyers. Lab workers. Tech writers. Accountants. Kitchen workers. System analysts. Mailroom staff. Janitors. Statisticians. It should (but of course it wouldn't) include defense workers, contractors, secret service guards.
Staying home as an act of resistance. Musk wants fewer federal workers, let's see what happens without them.
And then -- in my fantasy -- with federal workers showing the way, we could see a widespread general strike, calling for Trump's impeachment, arrest, prosecution, and sentencing.
Why the hell not. Every action begins with an idea. Every idea begins with a dream.
Of course it would violate Rule Number One of all serious activism. Has the groundwork been laid? Have coalitions been built? Are people prepared? I'm guessing no, no, and no.
But this is an emergency. Maybe it has to happen organically. Maybe the rules don't apply.
Or maybe it is happening.
How can I support?
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The drumpf ship is just getting underway . Civil unrest and absolute disruption of services IS the plan. When the cry is to restore order and the military can be deployed with martial law as the law and Trump et al above the law, the coup will be complete. Their unofficial official motto is "move fast and break things" Unfortunately disruption and making things not work (our first available weapon ) as a deterrent to a plan that is disruption and break things will probably backfire..
As a kicker
If trump made it to the G7 in Kananaskis arresting him and his entourage and holding him on a mental health warrant probably wouldn't be frowned on at this point or contested much.
Solidarity, my friend. I eagerly await, no matter what the outcome.
Lungta, I saw your second comment re G7 weeks later. That is a pleasant fantasy.
There's a Bluesky account that says it's organizing a general strike. There are also people on Bluesky saying you shouldn't sign up for that account because it's an op.
So I don't know if anything's actually happening, but, at a minimum, the idea is apparently popular enough to be a viable scam?
Thanks, Imp Strump. We can hope.
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