[WSMDiscuss] People's Strike June 1st Mobilization

[Melanie Bush]

*UPDATES ON THE “First of the Month” People’s Strike! actions*

Main website https://peoplesstrike.org/
To *list related events* *anywhere in the world*.
https://peoplesstrike.org/events/

To *endorse, support or align as an organization or individual*:
https://peoplesstrike.org/endorsements/

If you or your organization are interested to *participate in the
International Committee of the People's Strike*, email:
mayday2020generalstrike at gmail.com

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From: People's Strike <mayday2020generalstrike at gmail.com>

With everything going on right now, the People’s Strike coalition is
reaching out to communicate our solidarity  - and upcoming actions - in
achieving justice and changing the exploitative and harmful systems within
the US and internationally.

People’s Strike is a growing coalition formed around a preliminary set of
demands responding to the COVID crisis, but that encompass long-term and
multi-faceted organizing and struggle.

*June 1st marks the second “First of the Month” People’s Strike! day of
actions. This email is to make sure you know what is planned and how to
participate and support.*

*First off -*

·      this 90-second video from May Day captures the spirit and purpose of
this movement:  www.youtu.be/BiJi-HO6l7Y
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiJi-HO6l7Y>

·      This 37-minutes provides deeper understanding of the circumstances
and what we’re building: www.youtu.be/BiJi-HO6l7Y
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiJi-HO6l7Y>

·      Check this article on our June 1st actions from Truthout:
https://truthout.org/articles/organizers-of-2020s-may-day-actions-are-planning-a-peoples-strike-for-june-1/

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiJi-HO6l7Y>

*Second - WHAT IS HAPPENING JUNE 1st*

·      Actions across the United States, including: New York (NY), Oakland,
Sacramento, and Eureka (CA), New Orleans (LA), and Jackson (MS)

·      A livestream broadcast 9am-9pm EDT: It will incorporate action
updates and livestreams, plus analysis, discussion, and connection-making
(relational and conceptual) on what people are working on.

*Find details and links at the People’s Strike website:*

https://peoplesstrike.org/events/

*and also on our Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube event pages:*
www.facebook.com/PeoplesStrike/events

@PeoplesStrike

*Third - HOW TO BE A PART OF THIS MUTUALLY-UPLIFTING MOVEMENT*:

We can’t allow corporate media spin and distraction to invisibilize what we
are working for. Please help us ensure that this message reaches those it
needs to, in the next 24 hours.

·      Pass on this email to personal contacts, through listservs, and to
media contacts;

·      Use Facebook’s event page tools to invite friends, and share, and
add to any page you admin;

·      Post, tweet, gram with messages pushing the need for a multi-issue,
root-cause approach to the problems we face.

·      Use hashtags #PeoplesStrike, #GeneralStrike, #StrikeForOurLives,

·      Share our press release:
www.facebook.com/PeoplesStrike/posts/132889598393127

*Fourth - MOVING FORWARD*

We are building an ongoing page of upcoming actions and events.

Please add actions you’re organizing, or that you know are being put
together. You can also add links of media documentation and coverage of
actions, on the same page. *https://peoplesstrike.org/events/*
<http://www.peoplesstrike.org/>

Endorsements from individuals and organizations can also be made through
our website. If you do so - in case you haven’t already - you’ll be sure to
be included in our future plans.

*And be sure to tune in to our broadcast livestream tomorrow if you’re not
in the streets*!

We want to provide something comprehensive and relevant, to support the
work we’re all doing. We’ll send out another email, with any and all
last-minute info, when it starts, as a reminder.

*Stay connected with who and what is important,*

In solidarity, love, rage, and uprise !!

People’s Strike Communications Committee

*PS *also check out these aligned resources:

CoronaStrike website - www.CoronaStrike.us <http://www.coronastrike.us/> (look
at the Workers’ Strikes page)

Bail Funds & Organizers across the country (disclaimer: these may not be
verified)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SRl1HOoBC_RSI4X8e_O8W9yI-7E7WJfJgYpa3UAUY-o
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SRl1HOoBC_RSI4X8e_O8W9yI-7E7WJfJgYpa3UAUY-o/edit>

Twitter accounts to follow and retweet:

●      https://twitter.com/peoplesstrike

●      https://twitter.com/corona_strike

●      https://twitter.com/CooperationJXN

●      https://twitter.com/BlackSocialists
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