A GENERAL STRIKE to Stop Trump?

Former U.S. Congresswoman Marie Newman thinks so. Our new reporter JT Cestkowksi will be LIVE with her from outside Chicago-area ICE Prison where border patrol and ICE have been assaulting protesters

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As the curtain gets pulled back further on the economic hunger games we’re all living under—wrought by the collision of 50 years of neoliberalism with Trump’s megalomaniac fascism—many distraught Americans are wondering:

Outside of protests, how do we actually stop this madmen before the 2026 midterms and 2028 presidential elections?

Well, one former member Congress has a bold idea: a general strike now!

Former Illinois Congresswoman Marie Newman, who was a progressive member of Congress before losing reelection in 2022 due to redistricting, has been out partaking in Chicago protests against ICE (unlike our current elected leaders).

And our new reporter JT Cestkowksi is interviewing her LIVE at 12:45pm est (LIVESTREAM VIDEO ABOVE) outside of the Broadview ICE detention center near Chicago—the site in which our Jon Farina recently reported ON-THE-GROUND as Trump’s border patrol and ICE agents assaulted unarmed protesters with tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper balls, stun grenades, and more (while illegally arresting reporters). In case you missed our gruesome livestream of the protest, here’s our recap below:

Newman, who has criticized Congressional Democrats for not offering stronger opposition to Trump, is now calling for us to organize a general strike to stop Trump’s accelerating fascism and illegal crackdown on Americans and journalists exercising their first amendment rights.

From Newman’s Substack:

It is obvious, he is not doing what those who voted for him wanted him to do.

What is the lesson here? Money talks. To that end and immediately, the Democrats must shutdown this corrupt administration and budget on September 30th. If the Republicans will not reverse the healthcare cuts, it should be game over and shut-it-down time. For the record, I would have never supported a shut down until these precarious times.

After that, we must escalate and prepare to send a louder and more pervasive economic message: A General Strike.

Who Will Lead the General Strike?

Likely, Indivisible.org, other activist groups such as Project 50501 and labor leaders will show us the way.

This administration has left us with no other choice.

I will be sharing more each week as this measure matures. In the meantime, remember, nobody is coming to save us - join the fight: October 18 is No Kings Day.

No excuses - get out there:

As I’ve always told Status Coup viewers—although I’d love to tell you we can snap our fingers and launch a general strike overnight, it’s likely unrealistic. However, I do agree with Newman that a general strike is likely the only thing that could crack a dent in Trump’s meglomania and autocratic DNA. Is it possible to launch a real general strike—in a matter of months—in a capitalist country whose government officials have been purchased by the very corporations we need to strike against?

I would normally say I wouldn’t hold my breath BUT…we are living in unprecedented times and as we have consistently reported, we’re living in an economic hunger games now worsening due to an AI apocalypse.

TUNE IN for JT’s interview with former Congresswoman Newman:

Jordan