Strikes do a few things.
1: they give workers what little dignity can be afforded to them in a capitalist system.
2: they show the flaw of our system.
When met with inflation that surpasses our wages what option is there other than to strike, and we can strike through many ways such as not paying our landlords on mass to impede plans to evict from or demolish our homes, we can strike paying utility's that raise our prices demonstrably, we can as civilian boycott all sorts of industry to demand change.
All strikes in one sence do fail, they'll give limited dignity ready to be steadily chipped away at giving way to a new struggle as we live in a system that function on indignity.
But in a socialist sense even the failed strikes are successful in other ways, they can show the inequality between worker and owner, renter and landlord, consumer and shareholder. Each strike is another nail in the coffin of capital and this is why we stand in solidarity with the people at Amazon, the ones working for Stagecoach and the G4S security at jobcenters earning near to minimal wage.
If you see a strike taking place then show them your civic support, bring drinks or have a chat, maybe even pick up a placard.
https://www.strikecalendar.co.uk/
Who is striking and when? Listing all regional and national planned strikes, find out the action will affect you with the UK Strike Action Calendar
https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/127571/17-07-2024/capitalist-climate-hypocrisy-who-should-pay-for-the-crisis/
https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/127336/10-07-2024/build-council-houses/
https://www.tusc.org.uk/21082/07-07-2024/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-ge-2024-but-were-afraid-to-ask/
https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/127135/05-07-2024/tories-smashed-build-the-socialist-opposition-2/
The book Manufacturing Consent and leaked secret service documents have been guiding forces for many to wake up to our reality. We are easily manipulated: manipulated to believe right-wing politics are on the side of workers, manipulated to see immigration as ruining our public services, and manipulated to believe our biggest issues are what might be in someone's trousers, so much so that we can tarnish political figures by asking, "What is a woman?" We openly see political parties practicing doublespeak, yet the media hardly reports on it or reports with bias.
The worst part is the new form of news: bot farms churning out tweets and Facebook posts with automated sharing, liking, and AI-generated comments. As social creatures, we follow the herd. We look to what seems to be grassroots movements without realizing who those movements benefit, like the anti-climate change rhetoric preached by red-pilled peddlers or the class wars we see between race, gender, and sexuality, along with the return to Christian values.
How we fix this: its no easy task, its a systemic issue and requires systemic change which wont be possible in a system that profits from our lack of media-literacy, our need for outrage; best i can offer is don't blame our brothers and sisters as they are victims instead seek to enlighten them.
https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/127052/05-07-2024/tories-defeated-labour-can-be-forced-by-workers-action/
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