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General Strike Montana
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The GSUS chapter of Montana, working to unite 3.5% of Americans to actively participate in a strike for economic and political reconstruction.

JOIN US: https://generalstrikemt.com/
RESOURCES: https://linktr.ee/gsusmt
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General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Apr 11
We made a new resource! This is for those who aren’t yet involved in GSUS, or are a little but maybe need some more info to get going. #MTpol #MTleg

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From #Missoula County Dems:

"Yesterday UFP Edge announced a layoff of about 100 employees from its facility in the Bonner Industrial Park. If you or someone you know is affected, they should know to not voluntarily resign before the layoff, so they stay eligible for unemployment assistance." (1/3)
July 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Interested in getting involved in Missoula ICE rapid response? Learn more at these upcoming events, hosted by @missoularesists.bsky.social and the #Missoula Coalition. We protect us! #MTpol #MTnews

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July 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Tomorrow morning! (Tuesday 8 am) Join us if you can!
July 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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We will be supporting @missoularesists.bsky.social this Thursday during the #Missoula Good Trouble Lives On event. If you'd like to volunteer to help local businesses access and hang signs making it clear that ICE cannot enter their building, sign up here!

www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0549AA...
White background with thick red border. Large monarch butterfly is in the top center with it's wings spread. Below it, the image of the monarch fades and the words everyone's welcome except ICE are in large text.
July 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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genstrikedetroit.bsky.social
We're teaming up with The Take It Back Movement for an online workshop.

We’ll cover beginner-level actions and language that resonates tools to plant seeds, provoke thought, and build collective power.

Jitsi Room Name- meet.jit.si/buildingresi...

www.thetakeitbackmovement.com

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We're teaming up with The Take It Back Movement for an online workshop built for those just waking up to the system’s lies. From sticker bombing to everyday resistance, we’ll cover beginner-level actions and language that resonates tools to plant seeds, provoke thought, and build collective power. Tap in and bring someone new to the movement. Jitsi Room Name- https://meet.jit.si/buildingresistance101 Date - July 18th @ 5 pm est / 8pm est http://www.thetakeitbackmovement.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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This is why you should join our LA chapter and all the partner organizations in their campaign to boycott Home Depot (among many other reasons)
Screenshot of GSUS Los Angeles’ bluesky post about their boycott against Home Depot in coalition with about 40 organizations. The post reads Hey Los Angeles! Union del Barrio @uniondelbarrio.bsky.social, General Strike LA and 40 other groups are joining together to boycott Home Depot. Sign the petition, pledging you will boycott Home Depot until the demands are met. The top of a photo below the text has a photo of a Home Depot with big red letters reading boycott. On a black background with white text below the photo reads GSUS LA, Union del Barrio and a coalition of about 40 organizations are uniting behind a boycott of Home Depot for 4 demands
July 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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angelamcewen.bsky.social
Little girls were swept away by the dozens & killed by the flood while at summer camp & without FEMA FUNDING bedridden & disabled American are going to die from natural disasters they could have been rescued from & warned against.

I have never seen a more incompetent government ever. It’s insane.
July 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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406randy.bsky.social
It took less than a year to get from “they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats” to “let’s feed them to alligators”.
July 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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‼️🚨 GENERAL STRIKE OPEN LETTER 🚨‼️

We call on labor unions, grassroots movements, student groups, tenant associations, and every person who believes a better world is possible to join us by signing onto this letter and declaring public support for a general strike.

generalstrikeus.com/openletter
Tan background. Black text reads Open letter in support of a general strike. Four emojis are underneath the text. The first is a raised fist, the second a brown bag with a dollar sign on the front, the third is earth, and the fourth is a sprout coming out of the dirt.
July 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Hey Guys! Pretty sure we don’t wanna give this billionaire another cent

Post a photo of what you bought and/or where you shopped instead of Amazon, using the
#BetterThanAmazon hashtag

👇Check Out the Thread👇
Boycott Amazon July 8th - 11th
July 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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montanademocrats.org
Protecting Montanans is a foreign concept to Daines and Sheehy. They don't give a damn about us - they proved it when they sold Montanans out with their "yes" vote. #mtpol
DAINES AND SHEEHY ONCE AGAIN FAILED TO STAND UP FOR WORKING MONTANANS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY VOTING IN FAVOR OF TRUMP'S DUMPSTER FIRE, BILLIONAIRE-FIRST BUDGET. MDP statement on GOP passage of budget bill: Daines and Sheehy know well that this budget will strip away tens of thousands of Montanans of their health insurance and food assistance. Hospitals and clinics in Montana will be forced to cut back service or even close their doors, disproportionately impacting rural Montana and indigenous communities. Not to mention, this bill will kill good-paying jobs and explode the national deficit all in the name of providing tax breaks for billionaires. Daines and Sheehy have proven once again they don’t give a damn about Montanans, but Democrats in Montana will not stop fighting and are mobilizing to hold Republicans accountable everywhere. The stakes have never been higher.” - Interim Executive Director, Justin Ailport
July 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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50501montana.bsky.social
Butte: Saturday July 5th 12–1 PM - Mike Mansfield Federal Courthouse | We will gather, rally and march in Butte, Montana on July 5th to express our love of our Canadian neighbors and say NO to Trump's tariffs and his idiotic remarks about annexing our northern neighbor.
Elbows Up for Canada - Butte MT · Mobilize
We will gather, rally and march in Butte, Montana on July 5th to express our love of our Canadian neighbors and say NO to Trump's tariffs and his idiotic remarks about annexing our northern neighbor. ...
www.mobilize.us
July 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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URGENT 🚨 ‼️

Protest happening at the #Helena Police Department. More folks are on the way.

It was only a matter of time until ICE got here. And they won’t stop with just one or two detainees. You want more than once a month protests? Show the heck up for your immigrant neighbors.

#MTpol #MTnews
Reddit post reading I am at the Helena Police Dept now (4:15, 406 Fuller). What I know for sure: There is an immigrant detained here There are ten citizens and a journalist, here in the lobby The mayor was here; I believe he went upstairs to talk to someone The desk sergeant came to talk to us about 10 minutes He said the lieutenant was upstairs trying to figure out what is going on, and that he would come down to speak with us at some point. Here is what the people who were here before me say they learned The man is an immigrant. His wife is a citizen. The only infraction anyone knows about are two recent traffic violations. If you can, please come down. Things are calm and friendly, the lobby is cool.
July 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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mt4choice-action.bsky.social
Early providers of abortion care in Montana saw women through 'devastating' experiences • Daily Montanan
Early providers of abortion care in Montana saw women through 'devastating' experiences, new reports share more recent stories.
dailymontanan.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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indivisiblebozeman.bsky.social
Medicaid covers nearly 1 in 5 Montanans. Gutting it would be bad for us, but that's what the #MAGAMurderBill would do. Call Sens Daines + Sheehy today.
June 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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indivisiblebozeman.bsky.social
And then there's this part of the bill: ICE would get more money than the Marines
dburbach.bsky.social David Burbach 🇺🇸🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · Jun 29
With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jun 28
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:

- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
June 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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50501montana.bsky.social
Come on, folks... let's let Daines and Sheehy know we're watching what they do on this abominable budget bill. As of this morning they both only had around 2k calls.
Steve Daines - Washington, D.C. (202) 224-2651
Tim Sheehy - Washington, D.C. (202) 224-2644
Clip of a spreadsheet showing total number of calls made to Sen. Steve Daines (2463) and Sen. Tim Sheehy (2069) about the Senate Budget Bill
June 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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montanademocrats.org
Overwhelmed by the news? Every Monday, we're breaking down one key issue in Montana or Washington into a simple message to send your elected officials. This week: Senators, protect Montanans for once by voting no on the budget bill. #mtpol
Monday Messaging. Take five minutes this week to participate in democracy. We made it easy! Message: Cutting trillions in funding for food assistance and healthcare is not protecting Montanans. Forcing rural hospitals to close is not protecting Montanans. Adding over $3 trillion to the national debt is not protecting Montanans. Raising taxes on working families to give billionaires tax breaks is not protecting Montanans. You are not protecting the people of Montana. And we are watching. Vote no on the budget bill or we'll find someone who WILL protect us. Call your elected officials! Demand a no vote on the GOP budget. Sen Steve Daines: DC: 202-224-2651, Helena: 406-443-3189, 30 W 14th St #206, Helena MT, 59601. Sen Tim Sheehy: DC: 202-224-2644, Helena: 406-441-1069, 208 N Montana Ave #104, Helena MT, 59601
June 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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mtmegaphone.bsky.social
Grassroots pressure works! The provision in the budget bill that would have sold off millions of acres of our public lands has been defeated. Public lands are not for sale!
June 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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We request that #Montana Rep. Steve Gist delete his comment and issue an apology, not only to his constituents, but to the families who are suffering in the wake of the violence in Minnesota. Use our toolkit to learn how to take action: tinyurl.com/RemoveGist.

#ShameOnGistMT
White background. Reads Shame on Gist. This week Montana State Legislator Steve Gist wrote this on facebook. This kind of rhetoric cannot be tolerated in our state. Political violence is not a partisan issue. This statement by Rep Gist highlights a hatred that has become commonplace in too many elected official one that we as constituents cannot allow to continue. Contact steve today. 406-253-8096 steven dot gist at legmt dot gov, 339 1st st N cascade MT 59421
June 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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generalstrikeus.bsky.social
Working class solidarity isn't just for unionized workers. When it extends beyond these categories, real change can emerge. Right now, @sn-media-guild.bsky.social is asking for support from the community. They have been negotiating their first contract for over 400 days. We must stand with them.
June 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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generalstrikeus.bsky.social
Why is community support important for union action ❓

Over the decades, successful labor action has typically included the support of community members outside of the union. This can look like signing petitions, going to picket lines and rallies, helping with food for strikers, and more. 🧵
June 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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So, not only did Mike Lee make abhorrent comments about the murder of one representative and the attack of another, but we have one here in #Montana who thinks that’s acceptable as well.

We cannot stand for this in our state. GSMT will be putting together action items for you. Stay tuned.
zoandbehold.bsky.social Rep. Zooey Zephyr @zoandbehold.bsky.social · Jun 18
On the heels of a political assassination, a Montana Republican legislator says it's "time to go after the head of the snake."

It's this type of rhetoric that emboldens the worst actors to commit violence. This type of rhetoric is always deplorable, but from a sitting legislator, it's inexcusable.
June 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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harlowsmusings.bsky.social
@kristenmayx Missoula, Montana really showed up today. So much love, unity, and strength in one place. 🩷 #NoKingsDay #MissoulaMontana #Missoula #Montana #CommunityPower
June 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Want to table for GSMT at community events and rallies?We’ve rolled out some NEW designs, like this table banner! Check out the resource drive in our link tree to find GSMT outreach materials.

linktr.ee/gsusmt
White background. Title reads general strike Montana in black font. The O on Montana is the circle from the MT flag with a black fist in the center. Two straight lines are on the top and bottom of the title. Under the title on the left reads build a better world for all. On the next line reads we’ve voted we’ve protested and still they ignore us. It’s time we took back our power. The next line reads learn more at generalstrikemt dot com highlighted by yellow. On the right side is a QR code to the website.
June 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM