RISE UP
SHUT IT DOWN
A COALITION TO PROTECT OUR VOTE
ECONOMIC BLACKOUT
When Trump tries to steal this election, a historic coalition will protect the midterms through an economic blackout, including strikes, walkouts, sick-outs, consumer boycotts, and coordinated acts of civil disobedience.
See the full list of partners.
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Along with our partners, the focus being groups in the top ten metro areas by GDP, we are drawing a hard line to protect our rights and our future as a country.
Minnesota showed the power of a broad coalition. We’re working with labor, activists, faith leaders, businesses, artists, marginalized communities, and more in Seattle and across the country.
None of this will be easy. Please join us by signing up for our email action alerts and our secure chats on Signal where we organize. Your voice is needed!
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ECONOMIC BLACKOUT
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
A NATIONAL COALITION
When Trump attempts to interfere with the midterms, a coalition of Seattle area groups will be ready with our most potent tools - the overwhelming power of a strategic economic blackout in conjunction with coordinated, peaceful, mass civil disobedience.
Along with our partners, the focus being groups in the top ten metro areas by GDP, we will bring the American economy to a standstill until our demands are met. We are drawing a hard line to protect our rights and our future as a country.
Minnesota showed the power of a broad coalition. We’re working with labor, activists, faith leaders, businesses, artists, marginalized communities, and more in Seattle and across the country.
None of this will be easy. Please join us by signing up for our email action alerts and our secure chats on Signal where we organize. Your voice is needed!
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Seattle Strike, part of USA Strike, is a coalition of union members, activists, artists, faith leaders, business owners, and more who are committed to non-violent, economically disruptive actions on an unprecedented scale across the United States to preserve our democracy.
USA Strike is organizing in the top ten metro areas by GDP and beyond to coordinate a strategic general strike and civil disobedience campaign for maximum impact and negotiating power.We believe we must be organized in time to defend the midterms and that investing in diverse, representative partnerships within communities that give voice to traditionally marginalized groups is essential.
Our end goal is not the preservation of the current power structures but a disruption that leads to a more just, equitable United States that works for all, not just the wealthy and powerful.
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A General Strike is a coordinated, prolonged refusal to keep society running for the benefit of the ruling class.
It can consist of work stoppages across multiple industriesConsumer boycotts and other economic actions
Rent and loan payment strikes
Mutual aid networks to keep people fed, housed, and supported
Rolling strikes, work-to-rule, slowdowns or sector-specific walkouts
Public disruption (marches, occupations, etc.)
The term “Social Strike” may best fit our effort. While the US does not have a tradition of the people rising in defense of democracy, that tradition does exist in Europe. Read more about social strikes, here. -
History shows that General Strikes are:
Spontaneous
Contagious
Sparked by an external event that drives widespread outrage and disgust
Our job is to prepare for that moment. We will analyze different scenarios, prepare various responses, train for them, and develop rapid communication and mobilization plans capable of reaching significant portions of our partner metros’ population.
Ultimately, the decision to strike will be made by a vote across our national coalition.
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How can I help?
Individuals can help in many ways. A few areas include:
OUTREACH: Help our team reach any demographic or group that will make a positive contribution to the coalition.
MUTUAL AID: Prepare to support strikers who may lose income during the strike.
RALLIES & MARCHES: Organize events leading up to and during the General Strike.
SOCIAL MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS: Help spread the word!
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We will all determine specific demands together once we assemble the national coalition and all members and partners are represented.
The list of demands should reflect our objectives of ensuring free and fair elections and securing our ability to shape our future as a country free of authoritarian rule.
We believe the list of demands must be succinct and reflect those objectives rather than immediately attempting to achieve all of our policy goals if we are to be successful.
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Partner organizations are expected to:
Promote the coalition to its members
Participate in trainings, planning sessions, and events
Utilize all communication channels to mobilize a general strike upon a vote by the national coalition
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its mighty waters.”
— Frederick Douglass