# OWS plans "General Strike" for May Day
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-plans-general-strike-for-may-day/620126
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 27, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-plans-general-strike-for-may-day/620126 "2012-04-27T13:34:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-plans-general-strike-for-may-day/620126/41 "2012-05-01T13:12:53Z")
After being off for a month due to pneumonia, one more day would hardly be much of a statement. Besides, I didn’t learn of this strike until I was already at work.
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-plans-general-strike-for-may-day/620126/42 "2012-05-01T13:21:11Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#):
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> And a few days ago they had a "Free Mumia"protest. :smack:
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> As an Obama-supporting, card-carrying liberal, I want to like the Occupiers. But they make it so damn hard.
“Free Mumia” is not the sort of thing that should make that hard at all.
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### Author:  [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-plans-general-strike-for-may-day/620126/43 "2012-05-01T13:55:47Z")
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> The official OWS press release about May Day mentions the phrase “general strike” twice: once in the headline, and once in quotation marks in the first paragraph. Perhaps keenly aware of the likelihood that an across-the-board labor strike is not only unlikely but illegal, the day is now being described by organizers as a nationwide protest with themes of economic noncompliance. (Poster by Nina Montenegro, via Occuprint.)
“themes of economic noncompliance”? Like stealing stuff?
Anyone else wish **SmashTheState** still posted here? He’d be good for a laugh in this thread.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-plans-general-strike-for-may-day/620126/44 "2012-05-01T15:04:39Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> “themes of economic noncompliance”? Like stealing stuff?
To be fair, I think they mean not buying stuff. Unfortunately, the SF protest have already turned to vandalism.
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-plans-general-strike-for-may-day/620126/45 "2012-05-01T15:37:39Z")
[Guide to the May Day events.](http://www.thenation.com/blog/167622/guide-may-day)
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-plans-general-strike-for-may-day/620126/46 "2012-05-01T15:45:11Z")
[City-by-city events guide.](http://occupywallst.org/article/may-day/)
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### Author:  [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-plans-general-strike-for-may-day/620126/47 "2012-05-01T16:38:44Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#):
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> Not exactly manning the barricades at Les Halles, but I do expect to be fucking off while reading the Dope as much as possible that day.
Solidarity!
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### Author:  [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-plans-general-strike-for-may-day/620126/48 "2012-05-01T16:49:03Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> [City-by-city events guide.](http://occupywallst.org/article/may-day/)
They left out bombing a bridge in Cleveland, didn’t they?
😉
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### Author:  [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-plans-general-strike-for-may-day/620126/49 "2012-05-02T15:17:02Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> To be fair, I think they mean not buying stuff. Unfortunately, the SF protest have already turned to vandalism.
Huh - I didn’t buy anything yesterday. Does that make me an Occupier? Shit!
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### Author:  [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-plans-general-strike-for-may-day/620126/50 "2012-05-02T16:24:21Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> “Free Mumia” is not the sort of thing that should make that hard at all.
:rolleyes: “Spare Mumia from execution” is a perfectly reasonable stance to take. “Free Mumia” is only possible if you deliberately ignore every last scrap of evidence, or if you are such a racist that you don’t really care if he’s guilty or not.
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### Author:  [@Hi\_Medlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Medlo)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-plans-general-strike-for-may-day/620126/51 "2012-05-02T16:35:45Z")
I’ve seen lots about the protests yesterday, but nothing about closing down bridges and tunnels in New York, or the ‘general strike’.
Anyone know how those things worked out?
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