A.J. Schumann is a Writer from New Mexico and a former Henry A. Wallace Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. His Labor Perspective appeared recently in The St. Louis Labor Tribune. It reads, in part: In the absence of representation in formal political circles - and in the face of repression by those same circles - Workers turned to mass walkouts to assert their will. We can think of General Strikes, then, as a kind of ‘people’s veto.’ It is the means by which Workers harness their collective power to stop business-as-usual when ballot boxes and legislatures prove unresponsive. Strikes are not born of ideal conditions. They arise precisely because conditions have become intolerable. Which makes now - with economic inequality rapidly accelerating and authoritarianism knocking at the door, exactly the right time to revive the General Strike. That, more than anything, is what General Strikes demonstrate: Workers can reorder the terms of civic life when they organize en masse.

To Read This Labor Perspective In Its Entirety, Go To: OPINION: America is overdue for a general strike - The Labor Tribune