Again: I do NOT endorse the 6th of April "General Strike"

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23Mar2009

Monday, March 23, 2009 at 4:33AM

Here we again.. The 6th of April Youth are renewing their Facebook call for a "general strike" amid sensational media coverage both locally and internationally... While I respect the sincere intentions of those who are calling for this "general strike" I will NOT endorse it. Why? My reasons for not endorsing the April 2008 call (and the ensuing ones, how many were they? three or four "Facebook general strikes"? I lost count!) remain unchanged in April 2009...

I'll post more later...

Hossam el-Hamalawy |

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Oh God, not that bollocks again. When will the upper and middle class kids learn that it takes actual on the ground organizing to make a general strike. And not just that, a general high level of workers' militancy - and that's just not the case yet. Again it will most likely do more harm than good.

March 23, 2009 |

Atle

[...] Meaning, there is no general strike… [...]

April 3, 2009 |

Notes on the 6th of April, MBs

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