The General Strike in the United States

The first large scale example of a general strike occurred in the midst of the americans of the war and w e b deboy's famous book black reconstruction he explains how it was a general strike of the enslaved black proletariat that brought down the plantation system not present link in her union bullets. The idea itself in its application u.s history is much older throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s interka socialists and everyday members of the working class all promoted and carried out multiple general strikes as a means to win political and economic concessions for some. This battle thrust millions of everyday working class people directly into conflict with the american state and its military in u.S history.