031 - Meanwhile in India: 250,000,000 Workers Strong

We discuss the heartening news of what is likely the largest general strike in history: 250 million farmers, laborers, unionists, etc, have united in a courageous march upon New Delhi and it gives a glimmer of hopeful possibilities of mass labor movements and general strikes as an effective tactic in the future (though the lot of us probably have to get a lot more desperate first).

General Recommendations

• JD's Recommendation: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
• JNM's Recommendation: Super Flat Times by Matthew Derby

Further Reading, Viewing, Listening

• Over 250 million workers join national strike in India
• "This is a Revolution, Sir"

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