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General Strike Detroit/Downriver

@genstrikedetroit.bsky.social

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We are a smaller node of a decentralized strike network uniting 3.5% of the population around 11 million Americans to engage in sustained participation as we prepare to take part in a general strike. https://linktr.ee/generalstrikeus_detroit

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 19d

GSUS Detroit/Downriver is looking for volunteers ready to build toward a grassroots general strike. Help with events, outreach, onboarding + more. Fill out the vetting form to get started:
👉🏾 forms.gle/BkD1Rry9eJ1H...
✊🏾 In solidarity.
#Generalstrikeus
#Detroit

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 1d

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General Strike US-MA @people4peace.bsky.social · 1d

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@generalstrikevt.bsky.social

National Call to Action, October 14, 2025.
Resistance Against Militarism and War at HOME and abroad!
#StopWarOnThePeople
#AllPowerToThePeople

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A National Call To Action On October 14 - Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

In Memory Of George Floyd -- Let's Build The Movement! Unified Resistance vs Militarism & War From Portland, Gaza to Venezuela! Troops, ICE: Out Of Our Cities! (Note: Trump tells recent meeting of gen...

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 2d

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🦋🧿Tempestori 🌬🌊 @tempestori.bsky.social · 2d

Contribute to the Black Solidarity Fund.

#BIPOC
#MutualAid
#CommunitySafety
blacksolidarity.org
@genstrikedetroit.bsky.social
@generalstrikeus.bsky.social
❤️‍🔥✊️❤️‍🔥

#BlackSolidarity

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 2d

Our 5 Core Demands are a condensed, shareable version of our broad list of demands on our Welcome Packet & 10-Point Platform rooted in the people’s needs. ✊🏾

Volunteer, organize, and help your community STRIKE BACK.
#GeneralStrikeUS

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 3d

Tonight | 5PM PST / 8PM EST
📍 [https://meet.jit.si/organizedsolidaritygsus]

Join our General Strike U.S. Teach-In to get introduced to General Strike U.S. tools and resources.
Learn how to prepare community, build power, and take action.

linktr.ee/generalstrik...

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Movement 4 Black Lives (M4BL) @movment4blcklives.bsky.social · 4d

As we continue to push for a vision of public safety that provides for sustainable and healthy communities, it is crucial to remember that the police, and the criminal justice system as a whole, have long denied people safety because of their sexual orientation, gender identity

Black Trans Texas Connection @blacktranstx.bsky.social · 5d

bail amount remaining is $1,000 arrested for “disturbing the peace” and “Disorderly Conduct”
PP blacktranstexas
Cashapp $bttconnection

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 6d

Ant-tifa here to remind us that a General Strike without preparation leaves our most vulnerable and marginalized communities at risk. We need 3.5% of the population not only to sign the strike card, but to volunteer their time, resources, and skills.
#Generalstrikeus

Illustration of a red ant wearing a purple bandana around its neck, carrying two large gold bags labeled “MUTUAL AID.” The ant looks determined, with a clenched fist and furrowed brows. A thought bubble reads: “Mutual Aid, Collective Power, General Strike!” At the top, bold text says “General Strike U.S.” with the website “Generalstrikeus.com” below. In the bottom right corner, there’s a black-and-white QR code with a raised fist inside a circle. The background is light gray with faint network-like patterns.

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 8d

Don't Panic, Organize.
Volunteer to prepare your community to strike back. Volunteer to take immediate actions to meet the people's immediate needs. Either we keep complying or organize.

Go to linktr.ee/generalstrikeus to learn more about GSUS
#Generalstrikeus

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🦋🧿Tempestori 🌬🌊 @tempestori.bsky.social · 8d

@genstrikedetroit.bsky.social
Catch!

midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 8d

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 8d

📊 Did you know? Since 2009, over 100,000 Detroit families have been displaced because of illegally inflated property taxes. 💔

It’s time for accountability. Detroiters deserve justice, not excuses.

#PropertyTaxJustice
linktr.ee/IllegalForec...

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 10d

Meet Ant-tifa 🐜✊✊🏾 Once unhoused, unemployed, exploited and oppressed just like us. Ant-tifa fights for the people. The system won’t save us. The bosses won’t give up power. The only solution is revolution. Together, we’re unstoppable.
#Generalstrikeus

Alt text:
An angry, but peaceful and determined red ant holds a black flag.

Ant Tifa thinks, "We've marched, we've protested, we've voted!" And holds a flag: "Strike Back G.S.U.S."
General Strike U.S.
Generalstrikeus.com .
QR code at bottom right.

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 11d

Feeding The Fight Open Mic
Calling All Poets, Wordsmiths, and Revolutionary Artists! 🎨
Step into the mic and make your voice heard.

Feeding The Fight Registration Form For Interested Groups, Orgs, Artists, Poets, Activists, & Revolutionaries
(Link in bio)
forms.gle/NCFdjPktvE6U...

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 11d

Feeding the Fight - Oct. 19, Detroit
Free food. Free store. Music. Skills. Community.
Not charity - solidarity.
We feed each other. We fight together.

📍 Stoepel Park | 1 - 6pm
📦 Donations: City Covenant Church
10363 Outer Dr W, Detroit, MI 48223
or bring day-of.
#FeedingTheFight

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 12d

You taught us
the state cannot kill the people’s dream,
that exile blooms into legacy,
and even in death
the fight lives on, in us, with you, forever.

Power to the people. ✊🏾
#Assatashakur Rest in Power

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 15d

Either we keep complying or organize.

Go to linktr.ee/generalstrik...

- view the welcome packet
- view additional resources
- sign the strike card
- start or join a GSUS chapter in your community
- subscribe to our YouTube and more
#Generalstrikeus

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 15d

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 16d

Strike Back With General Strike U.S. #Generalstrikeus

generalstrikeus.com
Sign the strike card

linktr.ee/generalstrik...
View the welcome packet
View additional resources
Join Our Discord
Subscribe To Our YouTube & More

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 17d

“There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.” - Stokely Carmichael

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 17d

They tell us to follow the law…
But whose law? The same settler colonial system that made slavery legal, Jim Crow legal, and the theft of this land legal now demands our obedience as it writes laws to cage us forever.

Join us. Organize. Strike back.
#GeneralStrikeUS ✊🏾

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 19d

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 19d

September 21st| 5PM PST / 8PM EST
📍 [https://meet.jit.si/organizedsolidaritygsus]

Join our General Strike U.S. Teach-In to get introduced to General Strike U.S. tools and resources.
Learn how to prepare community, build power, and take action.

linktr.ee/generalstrik...

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General Strike US - Tulsa Chapter @gsustulsa.bsky.social · 19d

#Solidarity
#GSUS4ThePlanet
#GSUS4ThePeople

a fist with the words solidarity with strikers written above it

ALT: a fist with the words solidarity with strikers written above it

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 19d

We strike because this empire feeds on our labor, our lives, and our silence. We refuse. We strike to break the chains of colonial capitalism, to build power for the people, and to make the world ungovernable until justice, liberation, and dignity are ours. Get Involved!
#Generalstrikeus

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · 22d

We Take Care Of Us 🤞🏾💯

Learn more here - Detroit Community Fridge on FB/IG

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