For activisits

[WilliamGreen]

I want to run something by everyone.

What does everyone think of a non-aligned non-centralized activity group.

Imagine waking up one morning and the news headlines are "Every major city in North American and Europe Given a Message"

And the story goes that a non-voilent activist message has taken place. A graffiti of some kind and a simple one word message.

The art could be something all groups agree upon and the sentence as well. Leaving it open for the public to interpret and provide content/context but at least allowing for a strong activist presence.

I'm just spit balling here. We have to move away from small protests that no one knows about or cares about. It's time for revolutionary thinking ;)

(I got the idea when I was walking and some street activist had spray painted on a major building right in the heart of downtown "Wake up! You know this isn't right!")

The message was vague and universal and it provided motivation for what I believe in.

I'm thinking if we all in our various outfits started doing things like this the general ethos of positive things that all people, cultures, and groups share might actually start getting a push of motivation ;)

[BIXX]

I'd be interested in this as a possibility, and I would certainly participate if it came to fruition. However, I have a hard time believing that one could mobilize a group large enough to make this work. Also, I don't believe it should be focused on the USA and Europe.

[WilliamGreen]

I'd be interested to know what you think would be a good geographical area to work in?

I think it could be quite simple. Simply a site or something that everyone could visit and it would say on this date do this.

The only thing is we'd have to find some kind of signature that everyone would be okay with

I.e.

Everyone faces troubles, without help troubles doubles

Signed - The Revolution

As more and more of these messages went across the world the news stations would pick up on it. With all of the sayings being ambigious yet on a moral/ethical context it would be hard to associate with a group and or a certain ideology and thus would make it harder for opponets to nail down an attack as well as preventing the biased media from being ridicilious in it's coverage.

Could be a good momentum deal.

[WilliamGreen]

I like this one better to deal with poverty

A better place for you and me is a poverty free society

- The revolution

;)

[consuming negativity]

I don't mean to be Debbie Downer, but if we had the numbers and organization to pull something like this off, I feel as though it could be used for much more important purposes than tagging walls.

[WilliamGreen]

No worries your making a good point.

To be honest I don't think numbers are the problem. In every town and city there are the numbers to do a lot more than tagging walls but the problem is most don't have the motivation to undertake coordinated large actions due to disillusionment and the fact that they don't feel any groups represent what they stand for and offer a reality of action on the ground.

With a non-aligned, non-centralized group you can at least undertake small actions that people can go for and they don't have to fear large punishments, etc.

As momentum builds those same people tagging the walls may in turn act as cells and personally undertake larger operations. But that's here nor there.

Tagging walls that hundrends of thousands see is not the end all but it's a lot better than sitting at home watching jon stewart or wanking off to xvideos lol ;)

[BIXX]

I don't mean to be Debbie Downer, but if we had the numbers and organization to pull something like this off, I feel as though it could be used for much more important purposes than tagging walls.


While I agree that there are things that are more important, it still has it's areas of usefulness (getting new people interested, primarily). However, more important things can be done.