Join & Support a General Strike
Striking Works
Historically, striking has been one of the most effective methods the working class has used to achieve our goals.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calling for a General Strike at “No Kings 2.0” on Oct. 18, 2025.
video by @btnewsroom
How to Do It
Go to generalstrikeus.com/strikecard and sign your Strike Card, and commit to striking when we reach 3.5% of the population!
Share this idea with friends and get others to sign up too.
If you are unable to strike but you still want to help, donate to a strike fund. We are working now on investigating and arranging the proper strike fund(s) to post here. Check back soon!
Background
From generalstrikeus.com:
“We are living under a corporate oligarchy that has rigged our economy and our democracy to serve the ultra-wealthy, while working people, poor communities, and the planet are pushed toward collapse. From the violent deportations of American immigrants, to the stripping of trans rights, from the climate catastrophe to our constitutional crisis — these are not isolated crises. They are symptoms of a system that puts profit over people, control over freedom, and fascism over democracy.
We believe that the only way to confront this system is together. And the most powerful tool we have is the withdrawal of our labor.
That is why we declare our public support for a General Strike.
We believe it is time for a mass mobilization of working-class people across this country—not only to demand better wages and safer workplaces, but to build a new system rooted in justice, care, and collective power. A general strike is how we say: you cannot run this country without us.”
A general strike can be a powerful tool to resist fascism and executive overreach because it disrupts the normal functioning of a society and asserts popular power outside traditional political channels. Here's how:
Economic disruption = political pressure.
A general strike halts work across multiple sectors: transportation, manufacturing, education, healthcare, etc. This cripples the economy. Governments, especially authoritarian ones, often rely on economic stability to maintain control. Disruption of that stability creates leverage, which the strikers can then use to negotiate.Mass non-cooperation destroys authoritarian sources of power.
Fascism thrives on obedience, fear, and conformity. A general strike is an act of mass non-cooperation—millions refusing to follow orders, produce, or comply. This breaks the illusion of total control and inspires others to resist.It works when our traditional systems fail us.
When executive power overreaches (e.g., bypassing legislatures, silencing courts or media), traditional checks and balances may fail, as they are doing today. A general strike serves as a popular check—a form of direct action to pause the system and demand accountability.
The General Strike’s Demands
According to General Strike US, specific demands will come from leaders and experts of existing fights for racial, economic, gender and environmental justice once we have reached 6 million Strike Cards. The current working list of demands includes a broad range of left-wing populist measures that directly oppose fascism and authoritarianism, including a new Constitutional convention; enshrining of rights to help equalize treatment of Indigenous people, LGBTQ+ people, people of color, and people with disabilities; improving labor rights; repealing of Citizens United, and protection of voting rights. You can find the full list of preliminary demands here, at generalstrikeus.com/demands.
Workers Strike Back Demands
Eleven Demands for Real Democracy
Do Strikes Work?
Strikes can work remarkably well when there are clear and unified demands, widespread participation, strong leadership. public sympathy, and political or economic vulnerability.
Here are some examples of effective, large-scale strikes:
May 1968: The General Strike that changed France
A student revolt, which led to a general strike that eventually involved 10 million workers, nearly toppled the government of Charles de Gaulle and led to worker wage increases and labor reforms.The Poland Solidarity Movement of 1980-1989
A strike of shipyard workers led to the creation of a strike-based movement that forced the repressive communist government of Poland to negotiate and allow for freer and fairer elections. As a result, the citizens of Poland were able to vote out the communist-party insiders, leading to the fall of the communist regime in Poland and the Eastern Bloc.The South African Anti-Apartheid Strikes of the 1980s
This movement, which gradually escalated through the 1980s, culminated in a wave of protests and strikes of Black labor that shook the foundation of South Africa’s Apartheid-era economy. This movement contributed to the dismantling of South Africa’s apartheid in the early 1990s.
Learn more about this effort at generalstrikeus.com.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson explaining the power and possibilities of a General Strike.
from MSNBC