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You already know.

> What are your demands?

> Our broad list of demands includes, but is not limited to: Climate action. Universal healthcare. Racial justice. Reproductive rights. LGBTQIA+ rights. Living wage / raise the minimum wage. Immigration reform. Education reform. Gun safety. Tax the rich. Affordable housing. Disability rights. Welfare and child support reform. Voters rights. Constitutional convention. Paid family and medical leave. Criminal justice system reform. Workers’ rights. Permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

> Specific demands will come from leaders and experts of existing fights for racial, economic, gender and environmental justice.

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I don't want to disparage any of these specific demands, I agree with a lot (not all) of them, but put together they're so overly broad as to be a pipe dream. They might as well say they want to start a new political party that's slightly to the left of the Democrats.

The one thing that does stick out to me though is the Constitutional Convention. This is a bizarre ask, and it must be how they see their demands being passed into, not only law, but an amendment to the Constitution. The problem is calling a convention is so difficult† that their strike will last, essentially, forever. The last and only time we had a convention was in 1787.

† This graphic illustrates the difficulty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_to_propose_amendmen...

Well guns are already safe as long as you follow the rules.

https://www.nssf.org/articles/4-primary-rules-of-firearm-saf...

And there is a permanent ceasefire in Gaza since 01/19, which will last until someone decides to start firing again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Gaza_war_ceasefire

So they're already 2 for 19 on their demands. Impressive progress, and they didn't even have to actually strike!

When you see racial/women's/LGBTQ rights and Gaza in the same sentence you know how out of touch these organizers are.

Yep, I know exactly what kind of person wrote this.

With such a wide set of goals, this won't go far. They are limiting themselves to people that agree with all of that.

"> Our broad list of demands includes, but is not limited to: Climate action. Universal healthcare. Racial justice. Reproductive rights. LGBTQIA+ rights. Living wage / raise the minimum wage. Immigration reform. Education reform. Gun safety. Tax the rich. Affordable housing. Disability rights. Welfare and child support reform. Voters rights. Constitutional convention. Paid family and medical leave. Criminal justice system reform. Workers’ rights. Permanent ceasefire in Gaza."

Lol.

"Hey, Johnny, what are you striking against?"

"What've you got?"

Is it just "We refuse to work until the country conforms to our left-wing ideologies"?

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