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from the mayor of Seattle, after the 1919 general strike there: “The so-called sympathetic Seattle strike was an attempted revolution.  That there was no violence doesw not alter the fact…The intent, openly and covertly announced, was for the overthrow of the industrial system; here first, then everywhere…True, there were no flashing guns, no bombs, no killings.  Revolution, I repeat, doesn’t need violence.  The general strike, as practiced in Seattle, is of itself the weapon of revolution, all the more dangerous because quiet.  To succeed, it must suspend everything; stop the … Continued

There has been a lot of discussion lately on the possibilities of an alliance between the Occupy movement and organized labor (i.e. the unions).  This sounds great, but what would such an alliance look like?  What are unions willing to do to advance our movement?  Will they want anything from us in return?  If we are going take this thing higher, we need to know what we’re getting into – we need an informed critique of how the union movement has developed, and mostly diminished, in recent years.People on the … Continued