| A general strike, Leon Trotsky once wrote, poses the question of power point-blank. |
| On the second day of his arrival in Kashmir there was a general strike in protest against his visit. |
| The stoppage was the second major general strike to be held recently to protest the changes. |
| The protests followed a general strike organised by the General Labour Confederation against rising fuel prices. |
| A general strike of workers saw militant pickets defy the law and shut down major industrial and transport centres. |
| They believed that the power of workers mobilised in a general strike could overthrow capitalism. |
