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The GSUS chapter of Montana, working to unite 3.5% of Americans to actively participate in a strike for economic and political reconstruction. JOIN US: https://generalstrikemt.com/ RESOURCES: https://linktr.ee/gsusmt @generalstrikeus.bsky.social

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General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Apr 11

We made a new resource! This is for those who aren’t yet involved in GSUS, or are a little but maybe need some more info to get going. #MTpol #MTleg

BECOME AN ORGANIZER ⬇️

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General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Jul 29

"that #Montana will be affected more strongly by tariffs than other states. Ranchers, farmers, and the tourism industry are expressing concerns -- and asking for relief and stability. These are tough times, and important times to look out for one another however we can." (3/3)

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General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Jul 29

"The Department of Labor and Industry is holding a rapid response event Aug 6 at 9 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn. Please attend if you're affected, and support your neighbors if you're not. The University of Montana's Bureau of Business and Economic Research's current report shows..." (2/3)

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General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Jul 29

From #Missoula County Dems:

"Yesterday UFP Edge announced a layoff of about 100 employees from its facility in the Bonner Industrial Park. If you or someone you know is affected, they should know to not voluntarily resign before the layoff, so they stay eligible for unemployment assistance." (1/3)

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General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Jul 17

August 13th at 7pm: Attend the first verifier training for the #Missoula ICE rapid response team. These folks will be tasked with verifying reports of ICE presence in the area. Learn the processes and guidelines needed to be an effective verifier. Location TBD!

Stay tuned for more updates 💥

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General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Jul 17

June 23rd at 7pm: Find out more about what it means to be a dispatcher or verifier on our upcoming ICE rapid response team and get your questions answered from individuals who know about you and your immigrant neighbors' legal rights. 1806 South Avenue West, #Missoula MT

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General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Jul 17

Interested in getting involved in Missoula ICE rapid response? Learn more at these upcoming events, hosted by @missoularesists.bsky.social and the #Missoula Coalition. We protect us! #MTpol #MTnews

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Indivisible Bozeman ❌️👑 @indivisiblebozeman.bsky.social · Jul 15

Tomorrow morning! (Tuesday 8 am) Join us if you can!

Indivisible Bozeman ❌️👑 @indivisiblebozeman.bsky.social · Jul 12

8 am, Tuesday July 15, Gallatin co courthouse: Rush-hour resistance! More upcoming events in 🧵

www.mobilize.us/indivisibleb...

Rush Hour Resistance! · Indivisible Bozeman

Join a group of Indivisible Bozeman volunteers for an hour of community-building and sign-waving. Meet on the public sidewalk in front of the Gallatin County Courthouse on Main Street. Bring your sign...

www.mobilize.us

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General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Jul 14

P.S. enjoy the sneak peek of the signs will will be distributing above, made by an incredibly talented local Missoula artist.

#MTpol #MTnews

General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Jul 14

We will be supporting @missoularesists.bsky.social this Thursday during the #Missoula Good Trouble Lives On event. If you'd like to volunteer to help local businesses access and hang signs making it clear that ICE cannot enter their building, sign up here!

www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0549AA...

White background with thick red border. Large monarch butterfly is in the top center with it's wings spread. Below it, the image of the monarch fades and the words everyone's welcome except ICE are in large text.

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General Strike Detroit/Downriver @genstrikedetroit.bsky.social · Jul 10

We're teaming up with The Take It Back Movement for an online workshop.

We’ll cover beginner-level actions and language that resonates tools to plant seeds, provoke thought, and build collective power.

Jitsi Room Name- meet.jit.si/buildingresi...

www.thetakeitbackmovement.com

#GeneralStrikeUS

We're teaming up with The Take It Back Movement for an online workshop built for those just waking up to the system’s lies.

From sticker bombing to everyday resistance, we’ll cover beginner-level actions and language that resonates tools to plant seeds, provoke thought, and build collective power.
Tap in and bring someone new to the movement.

Jitsi Room Name- https://meet.jit.si/buildingresistance101

Date - July 18th @ 5 pm est / 8pm est

http://www.thetakeitbackmovement.com

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General Strike US @generalstrikeus.bsky.social · Jul 6

This is why you should join our LA chapter and all the partner organizations in their campaign to boycott Home Depot (among many other reasons)

Screenshot of GSUS Los Angeles’ bluesky post about their boycott against Home Depot in coalition with about 40 organizations. The post reads Hey Los Angeles! Union del Barrio @uniondelbarrio.bsky.social, General Strike LA and 40 other groups are joining together to boycott Home Depot.
Sign the petition, pledging you will boycott Home Depot until the demands are met.
The top of a photo below the text has a photo of a Home Depot with big red letters reading boycott. On a black background with white text below the photo reads GSUS LA, Union del Barrio and a coalition of about 40 organizations are uniting behind a boycott of Home Depot for 4 demands

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⭐️Angela 🐿️ McEwen⭐️ @angelamcewen.bsky.social · Jul 5

Little girls were swept away by the dozens & killed by the flood while at summer camp & without FEMA FUNDING bedridden & disabled American are going to die from natural disasters they could have been rescued from & warned against.

I have never seen a more incompetent government ever. It’s insane.

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Randy in Montana @406randy.bsky.social · Jul 3

It took less than a year to get from “they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats” to “let’s feed them to alligators”.

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General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Jul 2

‼️🚨 GENERAL STRIKE OPEN LETTER 🚨‼️

We call on labor unions, grassroots movements, student groups, tenant associations, and every person who believes a better world is possible to join us by signing onto this letter and declaring public support for a general strike.

generalstrikeus.com/openletter

Tan background. Black text reads Open letter in support of a general strike. Four emojis are underneath the text. The first is a raised fist, the second a brown bag with a dollar sign on the front, the third is earth, and the fourth is a sprout coming out of the dirt.

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General Strike US @generalstrikeus.bsky.social · Jul 2

Hey Guys! Pretty sure we don’t wanna give this billionaire another cent

Post a photo of what you bought and/or where you shopped instead of Amazon, using the
#BetterThanAmazon hashtag

👇Check Out the Thread👇

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General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Jul 2

www.ktvq.com/news/federal...

ICE arrested a Helena man after mistaking him for another person

Helena resident Christopher Martinez, who is a citizen of Mexico, was taken into federal immigration custody on Tuesday after being mistaken for another person law enforcement was looking for.

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Montana Democrats @montanademocrats.org · Jul 1

Protecting Montanans is a foreign concept to Daines and Sheehy. They don't give a damn about us - they proved it when they sold Montanans out with their "yes" vote. #mtpol

DAINES AND SHEEHY ONCE AGAIN FAILED TO STAND UP FOR WORKING MONTANANS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY VOTING IN FAVOR OF TRUMP'S DUMPSTER FIRE, BILLIONAIRE-FIRST BUDGET.

MDP statement on GOP passage of budget bill: Daines and Sheehy know well that this budget will strip away tens of thousands of Montanans of their health insurance and food assistance. Hospitals and clinics in Montana will be forced to cut back service or even close their doors, disproportionately impacting rural Montana and indigenous communities. Not to mention, this bill will kill good-paying jobs and explode the national deficit all in the name of providing tax breaks for billionaires.

Daines and Sheehy have proven once again they don’t give a damn about Montanans, but Democrats in Montana will not stop fighting and are mobilizing to hold Republicans accountable everywhere. The stakes have never been higher.” - Interim Executive Director, Justin Ailport

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50501 Montana @50501montana.bsky.social · Jul 1

Butte: Saturday July 5th 12–1 PM - Mike Mansfield Federal Courthouse | We will gather, rally and march in Butte, Montana on July 5th to express our love of our Canadian neighbors and say NO to Trump's tariffs and his idiotic remarks about annexing our northern neighbor.

Elbows Up for Canada - Butte MT · Mobilize

We will gather, rally and march in Butte, Montana on July 5th to express our love of our Canadian neighbors and say NO to Trump's tariffs and his idiotic remarks about annexing our northern neighbor. ...

www.mobilize.us

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General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Jul 2

Video from an on-the-ground organizer. The man detained was denied access to his lawyer before he was shuffled out the back door.

General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Jul 1

Big thanks to @wakinggiant406.bsky.social for showing up!

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General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Jul 1

UPDATES: www.reddit.com/r/helena/com...

We will also post if we get any further information.

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General Strike Montana @generalstrikemt.bsky.social · Jul 1

URGENT 🚨 ‼️

Protest happening at the #Helena Police Department. More folks are on the way.

It was only a matter of time until ICE got here. And they won’t stop with just one or two detainees. You want more than once a month protests? Show the heck up for your immigrant neighbors.

#MTpol #MTnews

$Reddit post reading I am at the Helena Police Dept now (4:15, 406 Fuller). What I know for sure: There is an immigrant detained here There are ten citizens and a journalist, here in the lobby The mayor was here; I believe he went upstairs to talk to someone The desk sergeant came to talk to us about 10 minutes He said the lieutenant was upstairs trying to figure out what is going on, and that he would come down to speak with us at some point. Here is what the people who were here before me say they learned The man is an immigrant. His wife is a citizen. The only infraction anyone knows about are two recent traffic violations. If you can, please come down. Things are calm and friendly, the lobby is cool.$

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Montanans for Choice - Take Action @mt4choice-action.bsky.social · Jun 27

Early providers of abortion care in Montana saw women through 'devastating' experiences • Daily Montanan

Early providers of abortion care in Montana saw women through 'devastating' experiences, new reports share more recent stories.

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Indivisible Bozeman ❌️👑 @indivisiblebozeman.bsky.social · Jun 29

Medicaid covers nearly 1 in 5 Montanans. Gutting it would be bad for us, but that's what the #MAGAMurderBill would do. Call Sens Daines + Sheehy today.

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Indivisible Bozeman ❌️👑 @indivisiblebozeman.bsky.social · Jun 29

And then there's this part of the bill: ICE would get more money than the Marines

David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · Jun 29

With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jun 28

If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:

- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.

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