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Fucking Knut Hamsun. I have so many feelings on Knut Hamsun, most of which are HIGHLY disdainful.
For those who aren't aware, Hamsun wrote Hunger, a genuinely very good and highly important 1890 novel that, alongside the writings of Dostoevsky, laid the groundwork for basically all of modern psychological fiction.
...and then you get to the rest of his catalogue.
If you've read anything he wrote after that point, it becomes immediately apparent that he has what seems at times to be an almost pathological hatred for women, Sámi, and urban folks. And then, ofc, he becomes Hitler fan #1, and thinks he can reason with him about the few points of disagreement that they had (it goes about as well as you'd think).
Fuck Knut Hamsun, all my homies HATE Knut Hamsun.
...and then you get to the rest of his catalogue.
If you've read anything he wrote after that point, it becomes immediately apparent that he has what seems at times to be an almost pathological hatred for women, Sámi, and urban folks. And then, ofc, he becomes Hitler fan #1, and thinks he can reason with him about the few points of disagreement that they had (it goes about as well as you'd think).
Fuck Knut Hamsun, all my homies HATE Knut Hamsun.
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Again, don't usually love sharing the tragic tales, but it's really important in this climate to see what *exactly* they're doing to people, especially because so many in America want to treat this as normal.
Forwarded from CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
A general strike is called for January 23 in response to the campaign of kidnapping and murder that ICE is carrying out in the Twin Cities.
This is a powerful step forward for resistance. But in the 21st century, a general strike must assume new forms to succeed.
To understand the ways that the economy has shifted and how our strike tactics must also shift, we compare the last two general strikes that took place in the US—both of which, conveniently, occurred in Oakland, California—in 1946 and 2011:
https://crimethinc.com/TwoGeneralStrikes
When industrial workers are no longer the backbone of the economy, a general strike must begin outside the workplace as well as within it. That means interrupting the economy "from outside" via blockading and similar tactics.
The blockade of the Port of Oakland in 2011 offers an example of this.
This is a powerful step forward for resistance. But in the 21st century, a general strike must assume new forms to succeed.
To understand the ways that the economy has shifted and how our strike tactics must also shift, we compare the last two general strikes that took place in the US—both of which, conveniently, occurred in Oakland, California—in 1946 and 2011:
https://crimethinc.com/TwoGeneralStrikes
When industrial workers are no longer the backbone of the economy, a general strike must begin outside the workplace as well as within it. That means interrupting the economy "from outside" via blockading and similar tactics.
The blockade of the Port of Oakland in 2011 offers an example of this.
Something worth mentioning here is that, unlike many of the recent attempts at this sort of effort, this one is backed by multiple unions, increasing its chances at success.
Oh, I should mention that this is a Minnesota specific general strike, but feel free to participate regardless