Hundreds of Events Planned for Friday's 'General Strike'

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5. This was a mistake...

The post-inauguration marches were successful in large part because they didn't promise millions of people in advance; they promised A march, and things grew and spread organically. A few weeks ago a local demonstration of a target demographic (NYC Yemenis) turned out thousands, again not over-promising the outcome.

I was outside this afternoon and saw no signs of a "general strike"; streets were full, restaurants and stores were buzzing, and nobody skipped work.

You should NEVER overpromise or promote a protest event if you can't deliver the outcome, because THAT then becomes the story. Right now there are a LOT of protests being organized, and if they don't have impact, they're going to set back the anti-Trump movement.