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Topic subjectYes, please to *strike*
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2718684, Yes, please to *strike*
Posted by Walleye, Wed Aug-26-20 09:08 PM
Feels like we kind of subconsciously apply language borrowed from history (in this case, from the Civil Rights era) for certain protest action, so we say "boycott" for pursuit of racial justice and we say "strike" for pursuit of economic justice. Not sinister, and actually kind of interesting. But also not accurate, as you point out. Viewed the perspective of who is using their power and how that power is wielded, the players are acting as workers and bearing that against capital. That's a strike. And hopefully calling it that will validate and encourage workers joining in.

Or something. I'm really interested in what's happening but don't really have any better way to describe that except in history talk.