Date announced for national strike aimed at crippling Trump: 'No work, no school'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

March 28, 2026 5:02PM ET


Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, said on Saturday that a nationwide general strike is being planned for May 1 that will be modeled on the day of action residents of Minnesota organized in January against the brutality carried out by federal immigration enforcement officials.

Appearing at the flagship No Kings rally in Minneapolis, Levin praised the strength shown by the Minnesota protesters in the face of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) siege of their city this year, and said his organization wanted to replicate it across the country.

“The next major national action of this movement is not just going to be another protest,” Levin said. “It is a tactical escalation... It is an economic show of force, inspired by Minnesota’s own day of truth and action.”

Levin then outlined what the event would entail. “On May 1, on May Day, we are saying, ‘No business as usual,’” he said. “No work, no school, no shopping. We’re going to show up and say we’re putting workers over billionaires and kings.”

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[luv2fly]

1. That leaves almost five weeks...

... for those supporting the billionaires to figure out how to stop doing so on May 1st (or sooner should one be so inclined).

Cancel that Amazon membership, quit Facebook, delete the Xitter account, stop shopping at Walmart... the list goes on.

Too "inconvenient?" Money talks.

[OldBaldy1701E]

2. But, that is just it.

We don't seem to be willing to be 'inconvenienced'.

We don't seem to be willing to be 'slightly interrupted'.

[leftstreet]

3. It's to inconvenience our overlords, not ourselves

Why would anyone cancel or quit the very social media necessary for organizing?

[RamblingRose]

4. We booked a Road Scholar trip to Scotland last year & leave May 2nd. It's on The Ocean Albatros & only offered 1x/year

[ybbor]

5. I was thinking this needed to happen

While listening to the speakers at the protest/march in Ann Arbor talk about how WE drive the American economy, I was like, we need a national strike. No one spends a dime, and no workers show up to their shifts. I know it may be tough for some to consider, but isn’t the other option worse? I must say that while the gathering was moving, I couldn’t help but to feel sad, and even slightly fearful that we are at this point. When that POS shot those folks in La Crosse a few years ago, I wondered if they were the first shots of a civil war. I haven’t been convinced otherwise yet. Hard to believe. Stay strong America! Together we stand! Well, you know the rest. I prefer the former. Which makes me remember what the fella running for mayor was saying. I don’t want to go BACK to how it was. That was still not great. We need to go FORWARD! Health care for all, no homelessness, no starvation, no fear of leaving your house. We were far from ideal, we can and should be better! Fuck the oligarchs currently running roughshod over us! Stand proud, and stand strong. Our Republic demands it! ☮️❤️✊🏻

[CarolinaNC]

6. i don't see how this would help, and many would ignore it.

[Polybius]

7. So what do we actually do that day, call out of work?

Does it matter what excuse we give, or does it have to be the truth?

[llmart]

8. My thought is that, at the very least, pick something you can do to help.

There are an awful lot of people who have essential jobs and they aren't expected to call off work. If nothing else, make a pledge to stop buying anything on Amazon. If you're on Facebook because you are part of a group or groups that democrats use to plan and organize and publicize then no one would fault you for keeping your Facebook account. I'm retired so have no work to call off from, but I did make a pledge to myself not to buy anything from Amazon and it's been almost two years now. I don't miss it one bit. I've never been on Twitter. I'm a minimalist and about the only shopping I do is for my weekly groceries. I try to do what's practical for my particular life situation. It's not an all or nothing proposition.