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{{DISPLAYTITLE:2021–22 United States strike wave}} | {{DISPLAYTITLE:2021–22 United States strike wave}} | ||
The '''2021 strike wave''' or '''Striketober'''<ref name=":0">[https://truthout.org/articles/nearly-100000-workers-authorize-work-stoppages/ “Striketober” Roars as Nearly 100,000 Workers Authorize Work Stoppages] on [[TruthOut]]</ref><ref>[https://whogetsthebird.substack.com/p/weekly42 The week in US unions, October 9-16] by Jonah Furman on substack</ref> refers to a series of [[Strike action|labor strikes]] in the [[United States of America]], which is indicative of a heightened sense of [[class consciousness]] inside the | The '''2021 strike wave''' or '''Striketober'''<ref name=":0">[https://truthout.org/articles/nearly-100000-workers-authorize-work-stoppages/ “Striketober” Roars as Nearly 100,000 Workers Authorize Work Stoppages] on [[TruthOut]]</ref><ref>[https://whogetsthebird.substack.com/p/weekly42 The week in US unions, October 9-16] by Jonah Furman on substack</ref> refers to a series of ongoing [[Strike action|labor strikes]] in the [[United States of America]], which is indicative of a heightened sense of [[class consciousness]] inside the imperialist west.<ref>[https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/10/14/pers-o14.html The strike wave in the United States heralds a new stage in the global class struggle] by [[World Socialist Web Site]] on Oct 13, 2021</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/BernieToVest/status/1448646680371351553?s=20 Thread of current US strikes on Twitter]</ref> This class consciousness could very well be due to the high inflation rates in 2021.<ref>[https://abc7ny.com/inflation-rate-gas-prices-housing-costs-us-economy/11125213/ US inflation sees largest annual increase in 13 years as prices of gas, cars, food surge] by [[WABC-TV|ABC7 NY]], owned by [[The Walt Disney Company]]</ref> | ||
Nearly 100,000 | Nearly 100,000 workers are involved in these strikes.<ref name=":0" /> These demands for better conditions, while not centrally organized by a revolutionary party, could indeed lay the early basis for the establishment of proletarian power over the bourgeoisie dictatorship of the United States. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||