labor politics
Pelosi getting credit for ending the shutdown when it was the realistic threat of strikes and sick-outs by airport workers and flight attendants that actually did it happens because we understand politics in the US as drama between TV personalities we have nothing to do with rather than a struggle for power between people and the ruling class. if you think of it that way, it's easy to erase the sacrifices and risks taken by workers bravely carrying out stoppages
labor politics
@GayNiffler I'm under no illusions that we are ready to general strike in the US, but it's a damn fine goal to work toward