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General strike
A general strike is a form of protest, usually employed either to obtain political or economic concessions. It has famously been used by Communists in a variety of contexes, most prominently in opposition to the Kapp Putsch.
Definition and Practical Application
A General Strike can be defined as a strike which is composed of not a single "category" of workers but rather the working masses as a whole. It can involve lumpenproletarians to a lesser extent as well. It is organized under the belief that the wider the strike the bigger the possible concessions.
It has also been defined as "stoppage of work by a substantial proportion of workers in a number of industries in an organized endeavour to achieve economic or political objectives."[1] and "A coordinated work stoppage by a substantial proportion of the workers of a particular city, region or state, normally to achieve economic or political goals."[2]