we have had yet again another call for a national strike... don't worry, unless you listened to Malloy who mentioned it on the way out of his show... you have good reasons to have missed it.

So here is the deal.

I am peachy keen that people are calling for them. This is the third after all... but there is a problem...

Oh and at this point I am going to reach for this little thing called organizational theory and history.

The last one was in 1952 and that one was organized in such a way that the UNIONS got involved, not only in the actual day, but in things such as organizing the pesky thing and the logistics.

Just calling for a strike... and I have said we need one... (that works) is not enough. People who are your targets of a strike, aka the strikers... NEED TO KNOW that you have one in the works. In other words, you need a MOVEMENT... with a clear organization, and as much as people hate it, a clear command chain (and that includes the IRS looking over everything you do, as well as the FBI and all that ok. After all organizing in this way can be hazardous to your health... or at least the leader's health... don't care how many times you cite the First Amendment... history is on my side on this one. )

So I am peachy keen that this is the third one to be called... means at least some people in the "fringe" have realized something has to be done... but there is much more to a movement than just a call to action...

For those of you curious about it... here you go

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu...

Just I figured it was time to point out that until there is a MOVEMENT that is more organized than a bunch of cats in a sack on to the river... well they will not work.

So here are the components that need to be worked on.

1.- Organization... an organizing committee is not out of the question.

2.- Reach to Unions... yes they are far from the union movement of 1952 and you can bet your sweet potatoes that they will be called commies et al... but that is a statement all on its own.

3.- Media... trust me, if oh 50% of the nation's workers staged a blue flu that lasted for more than one day... it would be a story. Oh and after a certain point firing people becomes not practical.

4.- It is not just about staying home... that is easy to ignore. People need to get out and protest during those strikes... make sure that people know why you are out there.

Now I am happy that this is the THIRD call for one... I know why it will fail...not being negative just realistic... so perhaps now people will realize it takes a little more than just going on the web and posting a call to action for that to happen.

That is all.

Oh and I am ready for the flame throwers...

PS: If we are going to actually go there, and as a nation we might have to... time to study both MLK and Gandhi... and ahem, see how exactly you use this, and to create and EFFECTIVE movement... against things such as NAFTA... oh and it takes more than posting on the web. At times I wonder if the American people have forgotten how to organize (yes) and if the web serves as a convenient binky (yes).