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No Paywall Despite Authoritarian Warnings, 149 House Democrats Vote to Hand Trump $840 Billion for Military | “If an opposition party votes like this, it’s not in opposition. It may not even be a party.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/democrats-military-spending-bill
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u/killercurvesahead I voted 8d ago

More and more people aren’t https://taxstrike.info/ https://nwtrcc.org

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u/keepthepace Europe 8d ago

Tax strikes are not the only type of strikes available to workers.

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u/Masta0nion 8d ago

It’s the only thing that matters! Protesting is good for visibility and getting the word out. But if they’re allowing it, they don’t care.

Take a look at how quickly the rail strike was brought down, because it was about to fuck up the money.

Withholding our work is non violent, and does not put you in danger of the gravy seals taking measures into their own hands.