In a message dated 9/2/00 2:40:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< for me the real dilemma is how to build the foundations to
implement any plan big or small. I'm very much hoping that the activism we
see around the WTO and IMF/WB is the beginnings of that foundation.
>>
Do you have in mind something like the sort of thing the religious right was
using to organize grass-roots groups? Because they used local churches as a
base, they had a safer and more focused staging mechanism. I say safer,
because you will have a great number of persons who are motivated and on your
side, but who also remember vividly the paranoia of the sixties and
seventies, who stopped protesting because of the 'goons with cameras'
everywhere they went. Also the harrassment in their homes...(Also my memory
goes back to the McCarthy days, when people actually hid in their homes from
their neighbors. The witch-hunting became a neighborhood sport. THAT was
paranoia.)
You need a community focal point that offers this canopy of protection (well,
somewhat) in order to get these folks out from in front of their toobs.
Otherwise, they will lurk to watch you with the TV as an interface.
Body-count is what will matter for you from the outset. And commitment. And
some way to rouse it.
Joan
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