Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Look up the whole history of Solidarnosc. Polish ship workers upset with working conditions so they go on strike and form a union which was illegal to do. Caused a whole bunch of problems for the Polish state.
Only if we assume that the USSR was indeed a government of the workers organized in soviets, which it was until Stalin came about. holy shit you're posting under a trot flag you should know this
The Soviets were absorbed by the government and transformed into a tool of state power in the span of a few years. By the early '20s they were no longer a collection of organizations defending workers and their rights, but merely a relay of bureaucrats in enforcing official policy. Workers were not allowed to form independent unions and strike actions were mercilessly put down.
workersliberty.org
In socialism, a strike fucks up other workers because surplus is already equally allocated. Can't have more of the cake just because you feel like it.
In capitalism, surplus goes to the private owner, so there is a reason to strike because the owner withholds the value of the labor product from the workers.
I'm just countering the flawed premise that the ability to form unions and strike is somehow the basis on which a workers' state should be judged. At which points and whether the USSR was a workers' state is a different matter entirely.
Then what the fuck is the "basis" on which a state can be considered a workers' state if workers have no autonomy? A bunch of bureaucrats solemnly declaring that it is?
Have you considered the pursuit of the class interest of the international proletariat in suppressing the international bourgeoisie and liquidating it as a class?
Interesting website. Some of their other articles:
The last article unironically defends the Bay of Pigs invasion because it targeted a "totalitarian regime". "Critically support the CIA against Cuban imperialism" is what they literally believe.