A Flash of the Possible.(direct action)(Brief Article)

From: The Progressive | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: Zinn, Howard | Copyright information

In the year 1919, when the city of Seattle was brought to a halt by a general strike--beginning with 35,000 shipyard workers demanding a wage increase--the mayor reflected on its significance:

"True there were no flashing guns, no bombs, no killings. Revolution ... 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 entire life str...

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