Open letter from Operation Table Flip

Give me a chance to win you over.

Come see what I'm up to.

I've got big plans.


I intend to conduct a mock trial in front of the capitol building next month to charge our highest leadership with a pattern of malice and dereliction of duty on behalf of _every_ citizen.

Special interests have cultivated a climate of cronyism on capitol hill that has deceived and deprived each of us of faithful representation.

Our leadership serves capital at the expense of labor. And I'm through sitting idly by.


We're going to strike right at the dark heart of our federal government: the genesis and nexus of all injustice we've been made to suffer.

We're going to indict the very structure and fabric of the system itself.

It's a massive project and monumental undertaking.

But I only have the same 24 hr/day as the next person.

I truly cannot do this on my own.

If you want to see mountains moved, you're going to need to grab a pickaxe.

I'll be over here swinging my sledgehammer.

Rally around me and I'll be John Henry up in this mother.


Through our coordination, we can chip away at the workload until our case against systemic tyranny is rock-solid.

This can be crowdsourcing at its best and set an example for further action.

But we have to act quick.


We have one month until Congress is scheduled to return to full session (9/20).

I can't promise this'll work, but I see a unique window of opportunity in the current political climate.

Between the current Covid flare-up & hospital crisis, the eviction moratorium & looming housing crisis, hitting the debt ceiling & impending gov't shutdown, the stock market throwing dangerous signals & the spectre of hyperinflation, and infrastructure bill negotiations hobbled, the last thing Congress needs is us bringing the entire economy to its knees.

They've never been more vulnerable.

If we don't hurry, we'll miss the moment.

And with as few advantages as we've been afforded, it'd be a damn shame to squander it.

Let's leverage The Perfect Storm to swing the balance of power back in our favor.

Let's call for Congress to enact a $30/hr minimum wage through Eminent Domain and/or Civil Asset Forfeiture against the sickest offenders: Bezos, Zuckerberg, Gates, and the rest, until we can negotiate a suitable arrangement.


Congress's natural instinct will be to recoil in horror, then balk at the thought of the little guys & gals actually sticking up for themselves.

We need to show them we're not bluffing.

But it's not enough to shout our demands.

We need to plead our case.

We need to justify our cause.

Lay it all out on The Table and make the whole world see the emperor's dong is wide out.

It needs to be succinct and damning testimony that no one from the complacent and distracted masses to the ivory tower elites can deny.


In order for enough of the working class to participate in a general strike, they must feel _compelled_ to it.

We need to convince them it's their civic and patriotic duty to wrest control of our leadership back from the cronies.

We have to show them that day-in and day-out they're being taken advantage of and cheated.

And that every single laborer deserves _so_ much more than they've been led to believe.


Understand I'm working like a demon on this effort.

I don't have time to bark orders.

I need you all to organize amongst yourselves and distribute the workload.

There's no shortage of work to be done.

I've been throwing out all my ideas through daily reports located [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Political_Revolution/comments/p4ysmv/you_say_you_want_a_revolution_operation_table/)

Dig through it and you should find a lodestone or two to guide you.

Take the initiative to bring ideas to The Table.

Publish often.

Remix and critique each other.

Polish our product 'til it shines like gold.


I know some of you are already organized.

I don't want to disrupt any existing command structures (aside from the obvious exception).

This can be a collaboration amongst equals.

Operation Table Flip can be my thing and you can

keep doing you.

I'm confident our interests are aligned enough that we're all yanking on the same rope.

Let's tug-of-war this house of cards.

Work within your groups and we can parley through /r/Political_Revolution

I look forward to working with you all.

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Spreading this here since more people need to be aware of this. We need this passed. It's good for everybody regardless if some work junkies think otherwise.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/08/gay-congressman-introduces-bill-mandate-4-day-workweek/

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Agitating for the “General Strike”: a shortcut to nowhere | puntorojo
https://www.puntorojomag.org/2021/08/12/agitating-for-the-general-strike-a-shortcut-to-nowhere/

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This is what we're up against
https://redd.it/p7kqbu
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Which side are you on?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iAIM02kv0g

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If you are bad at articulating your point of view here is a good educational video about the awful american labor machine!

https://youtu.be/yhBkeAo2Hlg

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together we are many
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Bad Faith Podcast: Richard Wolff gives his take on the October Strike at about 14:00 mark
https://youtu.be/83VvbrAYRao

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Now that's leverage. Supermarkets can't get food

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-food-suppliers-having-trouble-183524384.html

"(Bloomberg) -- Some of the largest U.S. food distributors are reporting difficulties in fulfilling orders as a lack of workers weighs on the supply chain.

Sysco Corp., North America’s largest wholesale food distributor, is turning away customers in some areas where demand is exceeding capacity.

In July, the incidence of suppliers limiting or putting a cap on orders from customers was more than double what it was in January, its data show."

https://news.yahoo.com/grocery-chain-says-receiving-just-110230114.html

"Rouses Markets, a grocery chain, has struggled to stock its shelves in recent weeks, it told the WSJ.

CEO Donny Rouse said that it sometimes received just 40% of its orders from suppliers."

https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1429552719824625666?t=xaBhpODIT9myVRNmE2L9sQ&s=19

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To anyone still considering this as an option....

Don't risk your livelihood on poorly organized stunt. For the record I've been doing my best to drum up support and help in any way but it is more than abundantly clear at this point that this particular attempt at a general strike is dangerous at best.

We need something better. Where you might find it, idk? But if you do let me know and don't say labormovementx either (looking at you mods) because I want nothing to do with these clowns.

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Threshold petition

What if a petition is made for the 15th of every month with the understanding that the strike only happens if the signature goal is reached? If it fails then we start a new petition for next month and so on. Old signatures would not roll over so fresh petitions would help gauge current awareness.

The point is to take action only if and when we have the numbers. It also keeps the movement going into the future and increases potential for growth in numbers.

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Make sure not to make this about communism

If people have not experienced living in a post-soviet country or a communist state, I don't really expect them to understand but communism is not and never was the answer.


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Sonic Sez
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My friend has to move into my living room

He's living with someone under the table while on Unemployment. That person is getting evicted 9/30 when the Moratorium ends.

He's been interviewing and has gotten close but no job yet.

He can't get a rental w/o a job and he can only spare $500/mo anyways. Approx 40 years old. Graduated from a pretty prestigious university.

He said he would have to live in a homeless shelter. "Under a bridge". His mom is homeless too.

Welcome to America. The Land of the Free and the Homeless?

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Updated demands: now with more detail. Constructive criticism is welcome.
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/pdjp3w

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Should I picket outside of my local Fox News station?

I live in Florida, been wondering about picketing outside the local Fox News station but wanted to know if it was or wasn’t a good idea.

Should I bring up October 15 , general strike etc? Is it too early? Lmk

In solidarity,

Slice

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White House Taking steps to make, sell 100,000 affordable houses

It's not really high on the group's list but I think this is #2 behind student loan write offs imo.

If 100k renters now own, that will create a bunch of vacancies in the rental market that should drive down rents.

https://news.yahoo.com/white-house-taking-steps-create-215933086.html

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration is taking steps to address a severe housing shortage in the United States by creating and selling 100,000 affordable homes over the next three years using existing funds and authorities, a White House official said.

The moves, to be announced on Wednesday, will focus on boosting home sales to individuals and non-profit organizations, while limiting sales to large investors, who scooped up one in six homes sold in the second quarter, the official said.

Rental prices, which typically follow the lead of house prices, are also a big concern, given that even before the pandemic 11 million families - or nearly a quarter of all renters - were already spending more than half their income on rent, according to administration officials."

More info in the link.

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Inspiration for the fight

https://redd.it/pg1yg0
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Small actions lead to big changes. Use your voice and your dollar while shopping to tell these companies you won't stand for child slavery, plastic pollution, pay cuts, mandatory overtime, illegal sourcing, or deforestation. #boycott
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/pg8gu5

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Nabisco worker calls for boycott of company’s snacks amid strike
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nabisco-worker-asks-consumers-to-boycott-companys-snacks-amid-strike-145630994.html

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