On Nov 9, 2011, at 1:39 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
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> On Wednesday, November 09, 2011 12:19 PM, "Doug Henwood"
> <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> In the case of the Oakland general strike, there's a pretty obvious
> logic behind the window smashing. The general strike was fairly openly
> intended to be coercive, that is, to involve forcing businesses to close
> to allow employees to take part. Oakland was covered in posters saying
> things like "all banks and corporations must shut down, or we will shut
> you down." One way to force a business to close is to break its windows.
> Whole Foods specifically was targeted because the store threatened to
> retaliate against employees who took part in the strike.
>
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> You're writing from very far away. WHO intended the strike to be coercive? What exactly would be gained by FORCING people to go on strike? You think that if a business closes workers will automatically go march? What are you using for brains?
Hey, I didn't write that!!!