The State Is a Tool of the Leap

Robert Ovett is the author of When Workers Shot Back and We the Elites. He says we see various examples in these general strikes of tensions developing between more radical elements and reformers ones that want to contain revolutionary expressions or stop workers from really taking over a society. Also sees positive examples of these strikes spilling out across lines of race, gender, and age and profession one thing we see of course again and again is the state responding to these strikes with the combination of militias police and of course the national guard. Many of these strikes lead to the passing of legislation which is interesting because far from this sort of progressive arc towards justice instead we see constantly the state either reforming itself to become