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A General Strike Might Be Closer Than You Think Pt. 2

A General Strike Might Be Closer Than You Think Pt. 2

FromIt Could Happen Here


A General Strike Might Be Closer Than You Think Pt. 2

FromIt Could Happen Here

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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Jan 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Part Two: The Road Ahead
Calls for a general strike go viral all the time - but what would it take for one to actually get organized? It's Going Down takes over It Could Happen Here in a special two-episode dive into the history of general strikes in the United States - from the Civil War to modern day. This episode includes an interview with activist and translator, Scott Campbell about Occupy Oakland and author and journalist, Kim Kelly about the potential for labor insurgency in 2023.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Jan 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Boy, politics really has gotten hideous, hasn’t it? And protests seem a lot more violent than they were a couple of years ago. Are things getting worse? Could the U.S.A be on the road to a second civil war? Robert Evans says ‘Yes!’ and by the time you’ve finished listening to ‘It Could Happen Here’, you will too.