January 6, 2005 -- The "We Count" General Strike

[Silent3]

On Thursday January 6, 2005 the President of the Senate, Dick Cheney, will open and read the electoral votes from the 2004 presidential election before both houses of Congress.

We need to send a message to President Bush and to the Congress which says that getting the majority of the electoral vote, with a mere 51% of the popular vote for the President, and picking up a few more seats in Congress does not mean that Republicans should get 100% of their way on everything. The other 49% of The People have not disappeared. The other 49% will not be ignored.

I propose a general strike and work stoppage on this day, January 6, 2005, as well as having all participants in this strike refrain from making any purchases that day. Strike participants should stay home for the entire day, or if not, to the maximum extent that is practical, and make their absence from the daily business of our country as conspicuous as possible.

We need to make the Republicans know and feel the force of the Democrats and liberals whom they vilify, make them know we are a large and powerful presence. We need to teach them that Liberal is a proud and noble word, and that they can't get by without Liberals. We need to demonstrate the value to our society and to our economy of the higher education and intellectualism that liberals cherish, but which many conservatives scorn.

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Does anyone else think that this strike could be a useful means of protest? Any guesses on whether or not we could build up sufficient interest and participation in such a plan to make it worthwhile?

[Sperk]

1. I'm on board! The American people have to fight for themselves!

n/t

[info being]

2. If that would work, then there wouldn't be a problem

You are correct, but Adbusters has been trying to organize this sort of thing for years and people just don't give a shit. Let's stop pretending we are a force to be reckoned with. We're not.

We will only be a force when we start to take charge of our own destiny and stop appealing to others.

[Silent3]

3. Adbusters?

Can you tell me about Adbusters? Have they tried targeting a single day like this? Do they have an agenda as powerful as frustrated Democrats now have?

[Nicky Scarfo]

4. Yeah, we've already been discussing it. Check it out...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=2580762&mesg_id=2580762&page=

pabsungenis is setting up a site (look at his posts), all the DUers interested should PM him your e-mails so we can get this started (as soon as the PM function starts working again).

[bamacrat]

5. Let's do it. We just have to get the word out.

[Nicky Scarfo]

7. like i said above, get with pabsungenis

[Capn Sunshine]

6. I REALLY LOVE THIS IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's really, ultimately all about money to these guys.

I should be over my projectile vomiting by then.