I truly don't understand why we keep going to work when the world is on fire.
Not even because we should be focusing on other things, though this is true, but because our presence at work is the ultimate bargaining chip of the masses.
Protesting and taking to the streets does nothing. They just pepper spray us and arrest us and nothing changes.
The most effective protest we could ever hold is to just stay home. Do not go to work. See how quickly the people's voice matters when we are no longer acting like well-trained cogs in their wheel of profit.
We want fair wages so we can afford to live? Gun reform so we don't have to fear being murdered while out on an errand? Access to safe abortions and birth control? Rent reform? Access to affordable healthcare? Affordable childcare? A social safety net?
DO NOT GO TO WORK. Everyone, all of us, SHUT IT ALL DOWN.
Zero profits for corporations without us.
And I know that most people can't afford to not work for a period of time, but if we all do this, if we all coordinate, the pay off will be far greater than the repercussions of missing one paycheck.
We all just need to STOP SHOWING UP.