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Many times, over the radio, TV, magazines or websites, one can get news of people involved in a strike action demanding one thing or the other from their “superiors”. Angry people use strike actions to present their problems and call for a solution. I was very surprised when I learned that strike actions are “legal” within certain conditions and limits. But I keep asking myself. Is a strike action the most suitable means of communication in the midst of anger and despair?

Getting involved in a strike action is some sort of habit that one nurses right from childhood. A child, as young as three, is already aware that he/she can refuse to eat so that his/her problem can be taken serious. Maybe because the child needs a new doll, he/she decides not to eat until his/her parents provide one. This habit is gradually developed as the child grows up. Students in secondary schools can be found using a strike action as a means of telling the public that their laboratory or library is not well equipped, or that they don’t want a particular instructor. This continues when students get to the university. They may use a strike action to declare their rights of forming student bodies, or condemning teaching and evaluation methods. At job sites, workers use strike actions to ask for better working conditions or salary increment. At the level of the nation, citizens don’t hesitate to go on the streets marching, shouting or singing with placards carrying demands for the government to fulfill them. Most of these demonstrations are usually for human rights or development.

“All diplomatic measures have failed, nobody wants to listen to us, so we saw the streets as our last resort”, said a perpetrator of a strike action. Most strike actions usually start as a peaceful demonstration but latter turn into violence for one reason or the other. This violence is always characterized by destruction of property and even killing. Sometimes, government officials make things worse by sending the forces of law and order to suppress the people involved in a strike action.

Most officials claim that responding positively whenever people get on the streets is not correct because the people will always be encouraged to do so whenever they have problems. This might be true to an extent, but it does not justify armed policemen shooting at unarmed citizens. Is it easier to attend to their problems when they cry or stand against them when the get on the streets?

Strike actions are no good since they usually result in loss of live and property. Humans of the 21st century must be informed enough to prevent them. However, the fight for freedom still remains a vital tool for development and better living.