Forum Post: 5th Nov - White Flags / Armbands
Posted 11 years ago on Sept. 25, 2013, 11:28 a.m. EST by MarkinEngland
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5th Nov - Blank Banners / White Flags / Armbands
As it is a global day, to get beyond V for Vendetta /masks one idea is to link it to a colour white, as a uniting emblem eg the suggestion for white as a global symbol of peace anti-war. Turkish solidarity protests recently used white and of course it is good for anti-war / imperialism.
White armbands could become a potent symbol of the movement - see eg
Two thousand years ago, a Roman Senator suggested that all slaves wear white armbands to better identify them. "No," said a wiser Senator. "If they see how many of them there are, they may revolt."
See also http://www.whiteflag.info which is a web-site written by a supporter of the Spanish indignados
Also white is the symbol of the Nigerian people's movement against Shell and other corporates plundering in the Niger Delta and also it signifies the Russian democracy movement. All colours together make white
Blank banners / placards can also symbolise a new start / blank canvas for the writing / drawing of the new society.
This is not to say we cannot call for and use flags of all colours but perhaps they should be plain (to avoid sectarian symbols etc) and perhaps with white in the majority and foregrounded ( for the above reasons as the symbol of truce between nations, peace, surrender to the power of love - while at the same time we stand, up for justice, community, freedom and dignity the world over.
Nov 5th actions planned worldwide http://millionmaskmarch.org/locations http://occupylondon.org.uk/events/opvendetta-millionmaskmarch-nov5th-2013/
IN Solidarity
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Nope. Just Catholic.
Maybe the new pope will sport the mask this Nov 5th.
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Guy Fawkes and his companions
Did the scheme contrive,
To blow the King and Parliament
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Shit, after hitting my enter key after every line I figured it was searchable. I should have posted the link.
I'm over here watching this little thingy: “Ted talked about healthcare, compared it to Nazis,” Stewart read to his audience. “As comparisons go, he was off by a lot-zi. Healthcare, he said, would end this great nation. A point made after hours of mouth masturbation.” http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/26/jon-stewart-uses-dr-seuss-to-mock-ted-cruzs-hours-of-mouth-masturbation/
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Absolutely.
Ok. I have got my reading for the moment down. Back to the topic. I have always found the rhymes of this time period fascinating. I think it was much like how the French would create rhymes to pass along messages. Especially, with rhymes like rock a bye baby.
That said, Fawkes was a monarchist and it was after the fact. Something that I find rather puzzling about the use of him.
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More lately.
The problem with that elasticity is that one can never tell who is doing the hijacking or the agenda.
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here is some suggested text:
We, the people will rise up on the 5th of Nov
On the 5th of November we will take to the streets and we'll show that the Net is ours. We will reclaim our rights and claim for civil disobedience, we will reject violence with non-violence actions. It is time to checkmate each and every Government.
On the 5th of November we will be anonymous, but we know each other, we are the people, we are in the system, we can collapse it. Since we have the knowledge, we can build a new one.
On the 5th of November each one of us will find a way for collective disobedience, it is the time to hack our lives. The networks will be our path, from the streets to the cables, we are on both sides, we are everywhere.
Global Civil Disobedience and Mass Social Strike
5N - #BillionsMaskMarch
DID YOU HEAR? It is the sound of your world collapsing. It is that of ours rising anew. The day that was the day, used to be night. And night will be the day, that will be the day.
And remember We are legion!
Freedom! Justice! Democracy!
You might want to correct the "all colors mixed make white".
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Will_all_colors_mixed_together_make_white#page1
that's the case with light and red blue green screen pixels