There is this old poem by some dead European guy from 1925 that coined the now famous phrase which has ever so eloquently summed up a generalized hopeless feeling that gripped his generation after World War 1, and seems to describe the position of Radicals within the heart of the World's Economic Empires. The poignancy of the poem, which, ends with the line that says "this is how the World ends, not with a bang but a whimper".
Now, 100 years after this abstract thought was first put out into the World in print, Radicals who are looped into the news cycle are surely reflecting upon that idea now more than ever. Why? Well, the one thing that Radicals have been clamoring for since the tragic outcome of France's short-lived, and ultimately failed Revolution of May 1968, the General Strike, has, as of the time of writing this report, again, proven to not be enough to kickstart a fundamental change in the Socioecopolitical order. We are specifically referring to the short lived Minnesota General Strike of 2026.
While the Minnesota Strike was undoubtedly an act of true courage by all of the thousands of participants who got out into the semi-arctic conditions of those crucial January days, the simple and singular demand of ending and removing all ICE presence from the state proved not to be a catalyst for a larger, more disciplined, and rapidly spreading strike that effected the rest of the nation.
While there are numerous analyses about the Minnesota Strike and what lessons should be learned from the failed project, the aim of this report is to produce a list of demands that would've been not only been unable to be ignored by the federal government at the risk of undergoing a catastrophic collapse in legitimacy, but would've also rewired how Radicals think about attempting to gain back power from the state when it finds itself in a time of crisis.
Demand #1: Abolishing ICE
The majority of Americans now back abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement forces unconditionally. Despite what rhetoric you might hear from our critics on the "Center" or the Right, this demand is extremely practical because, firstly, ICE has no democratic accountability mechanism like regular police officers do since they are a department of the federal government. And, the only hope we have of reigning their lawlessness in is via weak, ineffective, and incremental "reforms" proposed by Democrats that mandate the masked Gestapo say your pronouns before they send you to the government blacksite. and secondly, their jobs can be performed by local police units, so, their entire inception is superfluous. Not only that, but, ICE has only existed since 2003. Should we really believe that an institution younger than Ice Spice is somehow too long established to get rid of?
Demand #2: The Creation of a Local/State System of Credit to Indefinitely Sustain a General Strike
The purpose in establishing a local/state system of credit would allow Strikers to pay their bills, manage debt, and reduce collective financial hardship while participating in General Strikes. Does it not strike anyone else as odd that, if the government's job was to represent and help the public, that it doesn't do anything to help the public gain any real power or concessions from the employer class and simply act powerless to affect our work lives? If the World's Economic Empires are primed and poised for a wave of strikes that will rival the brutality and intensity of the 1984 UK Miner's Strike like this publication thinks that they are, forcing the political class to establish a local/state version of credit is indispensable for ensuring that the people get what they want. And, we stress the importance of the local-only application to this credit system because anything else would swiftly be struck down in court for violating the federal reserve act of 1913.
Demand #3: A "Snap Election" on the Federal Level with Hand Counted Ballots
The prospect of a "snap election" (the name for special elections around the World other than America) would not only be historically significant and put added pressure upon a unpopular administration, but it would basically be a move of tactical genius on the part of protesters if they demanded it. Laying out when it would be held, and putting the current administration on the defensive as it is sure to unilaterally reject this ultimatum if this call was coming from the crowds and lean further into into the blatantly Fascist offer of easing ICE presence in favor of voter role info from the states, yet, their stubbornness on insisting for their "Devil's bargain" would quickly delegitimize the government so much that further demands from the crowd, electoral or otherwise, would make the administration's position untenable.
Demand #4: National Referendum on the 1807 Insurrection Act, Posse Comitatus Protections, and, The President's Role as Commander in Chief
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Links & Sources:
1. May 68: When France took a stand -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVWcHxMsMg8&t=460s&pp=ygUGbWF5IDY4
2. Minnesota Tried a General Strike. Now What? -https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/minnesota-tried-a-general-strike.-now-what
3. Six Vital Lessons From Minnesota’s General Strike -https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/minneapolis-minnesotas-general-strike-ice-border-patrol-trump/
4. Support for abolishing ICE reaches 50% -https://yougov.com/en-us/articles/54225-support-for-abolishing-ice-reaches-50-percent-february-27-march-2-2026-economist-yougov-poll
5. US Rep. Joyce Beatty introduces ICE reform bill as Homeland Security leadership is shaken up -https://www.wosu.org/politics-government/2026-03-06/us-rep-joyce-beatty-introduces-ice-reform-bill-as-homeland-security-leadership-is-shaken-up
6. How The 1984 Miners' Strike Changed Britain Forever | VICE -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJCQr5s9uAw
7. Federal Reserve Act -https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/fract.htm
8. Bondi Links Minneapolis Violence to Voter Data -https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/bondi-links-minneapolis-violence-voter-data
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