GSUS: an open letter in support of a general strike. ✊🏻

Hello, I’m an (if not the only) international moderator for the official General Strike US Discord server — This is an open letter in support of a general strike.

If you want to access the open letter on the official GSUS website, you can follow this link and view it here: https://generalstrikeus.com/openletter 

‘We, the undersigned organisations, represent millions of people across the United States united in the fights for racial justice, economic justice, climate justice, gender justice, and LGBTQ+ liberation. Our memberships span every generation, race, gender, and geography—but one thing is clear: the systems we are fighting are not separate. They are one.  

The root cause is capitalism.  

We are living under a corporate oligarchy that has rigged our economy and our democracy to serve the ultra-wealthy, while working people, poor communities, and the planet are pushed toward collapse.   

From the violent deportations of American immigrants, to the stripping of trans rights, from voter suppression to climate catastrophe — these are not isolated crises. They are symptoms of a system that puts profit over people, control over freedom, and fascism over democracy. We believe that the only way to confront this system is together. And the most powerful tool we have is the withdrawal of our labor.  

That is why we declare our public support for a General Strike. We believe it is time for a mass mobilisation of working-class people across this country—not only to demand better wages and safer workplaces, but to build a new system rooted in justice, care, and collective power. A general strike is how we say: you cannot run this country without us. 

We know that organising a general strike is not simple. It will require courage, coordination, and strategy. It will require education and risk. But history shows us that no liberation has ever been granted without mass resistance. Now is our time to rise.  We call on labor unions, grassroots movements, student groups, tenant associations, and every person who believes a better world is possible to join us by signing onto this letter. Let us build together. Let us strike together. Let us rise together for the world we all deserve.‘ ~ The General Strike: US

You can sign the General Strike Card HERE!

You can find our demands from GSUS linked here, and you can find the GSUS chapters (Discord servers for each state) here.