{"id":20531,"date":"2019-06-11T14:05:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T06:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/?p=20531"},"modified":"2019-06-11T16:52:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T08:52:54","slug":"hong-kong-build-for-a-political-strike-to-stop-the-extradition-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2019\/06\/11\/20531\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong: Build for a political strike to stop the extradition law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>After\nthe historic June 9 demonstration, how can the mass struggle go forward?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Leaflet issued by Socialist Action\n(CWI in Hong Kong)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The struggle against Carrie Lam\u2019s\nevil extradition law is now in a critical stage. Even after one million people\nhave marched in anger, filling the streets for eight hours on Sunday, the\ngovernment says it will not back down. On Wednesday June 12 the amendments go\nto the Legislative Council (Legco) for debate. Many like us will go to\nprotest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/June-9_4-600x339.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Xi Jinping&#8217;s fear<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the Chinese dictatorship (CCP) under Xi Jinping\u2019s rule is more authoritarian than in 2003, when mass protests defeated the government and stopped Article 23 national security legislation. The CCP fears that if it allows a victory for the Hong Kong democracy movement this would spread as an example to China\u2019s masses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the escalating Sino-US conflict makes the stakes even higher for Xi Jinping \u2013 making the extradition law a symbol of the CCP\u2019s power in Hong Kong and against \u201cforeign interference\u201d. The people of Hong Kong have already seen that a protest march alone, even a gigantic one, is not enough to force the government to make concessions, so what is the next step? Now, spontaneous strikes and and discussions about strikes are spreading from below and this can take the struggle to a new stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Political strike<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many including teachers, social\nworkers, bus workers, students and others are discussing the need for a\nstrike.&nbsp;This can be the biggest change Hong Kong politics has seen. One of\nthe reasons the Umbrella Movement failed in 2014 to force concessions from the\ngovernment was that strike action was never discussed, a fatal\nweakness.&nbsp;While the government can \u2018ignore\u2019 even the biggest demonstrations,\neven occupation, when the economy stops and working people show they are the\nreal power in society this is a much greater challenge to the government\u2019s rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Socialist Action has campaigned for a\nHong Kong-wide political strike since the start of this struggle. We were the\nonly organisation demanding a strike on the June 9 demonstration. Now\nthankfully the idea of a strike is gaining in popularity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This can be the equivalent of a dam\nbursting. In the past, many have felt that a political strike against the\ngovernment\u2019s policy is \u201ctoo difficult\u201d but this view is changing. The current\nstrike rumblings open the possibility to escalate this struggle and could set\noff a wave of further actions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/June-9_2-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Strike needs organisation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But strikes cannot rely just on\nspontaneity, they need to be organised. The spontaneous movement for strikes\nhappening now is a vital start, but to be truly effective more and more\norganisation, preparation, coordination is needed. On the one hand the leaders\nof the Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) need to take their full\nresponsibility and give a lead to this process. On the other hand, in big\nsectors of the Hong Kong economy there are no unions, or unions are\ntraditionally weak, so there is an urgent need to immediately set up workplace\ncommittees, to call meetings and put the issue of strike action to a vote,\nusing petitions, posters, social media to organise and get employees to join\ntogether. Striking is a not an individual but a collective action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On social media posts are circulating\nabout the general strike in Sudan, which the working people in that country\nhave organised as they battle to bring down the military dictatorship. Hong\nKong\u2019s mass struggle is learning and catching up \u2013 looking to International\nexamples of mass struggle. This is also a positive change, compared to\nharbouring blind hopes in Western \u2018democratic\u2019 governments. These governments\nvalue their business deals with the Chinese dictatorship too highly to offer\nany more than verbal criticisms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Socialist Action believes the next step in the struggle should be the calling of a one-day political strike with the aim of a total or at least significant shutdown of the local economy. Plans for a one-day political strike begin with naming the date, which should be decided at the mass rallies today, to give workers and students plenty of notice to organise in their workplaces and classes. A big strike rally and march should be organised on the same day as the strike to bringing everyone together in a show of force and to decide the next step. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This would be a warning to Lam\u2019s government, that an even bigger and longer strike will follow unless the extradition law is abandoned.\u00a0A Hong Kong-wide political strike will echo around the world and across China, and shake this brutal regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the historic June 9 demonstration, how can the mass struggle go forward?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":20525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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