Dan La Botz, Wildcat strikes across the US as pandemic spreads, 1 April 2020, Red Flag
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Leftists have sometimes romanticised the wildcat as the authentic expression of the workers’ will, an act that developed spontaneously out of the workers’ resistance to the boss. Some see it as the harbinger of the general strike that will overthrow capitalism and bring the workers to power.
— Dan La Botz on General strike
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About Dan La Botz
Daniel H. La Botz (born August 9, 1945) is a prominent American labor union activist, academic, journalist, and author.
About Dan La Botz
Daniel H. La Botz (born August 9, 1945) is a prominent American labor union activist, academic, journalist, and author.
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