A general strike is an incipient revolution. It can end in all the ways in which incipient revolutionary struggles can end, from bloody suppression through various compromises to collapse of the current regime.
The general principle governing its legality was expressed in an EliZabethan epigram: Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason, For if it prospers, none dare call it treason. If a general strike prospers, all concerned forge legal technicalities. If it doesn't, it doesn't matter whether it is technically legal or not -- its leaders and some of its participants are in trouble. Like other forms of incipient revolution, general strikes are rather rate & each is one of a kind. Carrol _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
