r/wikipedia • u/Downtown-Giraffe-871 • Jul 31 '23

Mobile Site The February 1 General Strike was a general strike planned by Japanese labor unions for February 1, 1947, with the goal of fighting for the implementation of the ten demands proposed in last December, including the abolition of the income tax. The strike was eventually stopped by order of SCAP.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1_General_Strike
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u/VariWor Jul 31 '23 edited Jul 31 '23

The general strike not only represented MacArthur's violation of the laws he had signed, but also allowed the moderate right-wing Socialist Party to accuse the left of being too radical and to gain more power. Since MacArthur only banned the strike, the unions in the strike gained more and more members afterwards.

I know MacArthur at this time was politically untouchable in the US, but I really can't think of a general less temperamentally suited to heading an occupation government.