Forum Post: AWARENESS IS LACKING! General public are still ignorant! Here's an idea to open their eyes.
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 11, 2011, 2:56 a.m. EST by 1ofthe99percent
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The media is keeping you small. Coverage that the general public sees is NOT whats going on. We know this.
The media is representing that no one knows why they are protesting, and are not covering the arrests or the brutality happening nationwide.
The vast majority of the general public is BLIND TO THIS!
Here's my idea.
The burma-shave roadside billboard technique.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma-Shave#Roadside_billboards
I assume each city is protesting on the side of a major street with lots of visibility. If its anything like it is here, then there are about 1000+ signs, all with a different message, all of equal importance, none of which are conveying to the public the depth and severity of what is going on here.
an attempt should be made, to make these signs the only ones being offered to passing traffic for a period of time. 10-15 minutes, etc.
It would also be beneficial if this were a nationwide campaign, happening in multiple cities.
first set -:
Sign #1 - <Black>IF YOU DONT KNOW WHATS GOING ON Sign #2 - <Black>OR WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT Sign #3 - <Red>TURN OFF THE NEWS Sign #4 - <Black>AND TUNE INTO THE MOVEMENT Sign #5 - <Black>WWW.OCCUPYWALLST.ORG Sign #6 - <Black>--your city's site here-- Sign #7 - <Red>WWW.OCCUPYTOGETHER.ORG
Sign #8 - <Black>TWITTER| FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE
second set:
Sign #1 - <Black>IN CASE YOU DIDNT KNOW Sign #2 - <Red>THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD Sign #3 - <Black> NEW YORK | D.C Sign #4 - <Red>PORTLAND | SAN FRAN Sign # - <Black>LOS ANGELES | CHICAGO Sign #5 - <Red>DENVER | SAN DIEGO | PHOENIX Sign #6 - <Black>VANCOUVER | TORONTO Sign #7 - <Red>LONDON | PARIS | ZURICH Sign #8 - <Black>MADRID | ATHENS | SYDNEY Sign #9 - <Red>TOO MANY MORE TO LIST Sign #10 - Set 1 Sign #5 Sign #11 - Set 1 Sign #6 Sign #12 - Set 1 Sign #7
third set:
Sign #1 - <Black>THE NEWS IS MISREPRESENTING THIS Sign #2 - <Black>PEACEFUL PROTESTORS ARE BEING BEATEN Sign #3 - <Red>WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES Sign #3 - <Red>A >GLOBAL< REVOLUTION >IS< HAPPENING Sign #4 - <Black>AND THEY'RE KEEPING YOU BLIND TO IT Sign #10 - Set 1 Sign #5 Sign #11 - Set 1 Sign #6 Sign #12 - Set 1 Sign #7
Sign #8 - <Black>TWITTER| FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE
more sets can come later if this works.
Also Need: "plants". Need people in cars with video cameras. A Go Pro Hero Cam attached to a grill of a car/truck. Passengers with handhelds etc. Drive down And film the multi-part message from a drivers perspective.
cameras for said plants
On standby - Internet/comm team for youtube/facebook etc upload. Android & iPhone devices to be used as mobile hotspots. This needs to go up online instantly. twitter movement to blast the results. Hash tags to be used.
Next, break into smaller 4 person groups at various other busy streets in the city and do this.
Do this everywhere.
AWARENESS IS KEY
Please circulate this to the other cities. Get it into Anon's hands. Blast this around the world.
push congress to end bush tax cuts , rebuild America bridges and roads , invest in middle class not banking class thats the occupy wall street message
All those of you who camp out in the wind and rain and cold...you are heroes. Lets keep showing the pundits and naysayers that we are not just a flash in the pan. We will remain, we will occupy this city!!! I think we should make a request to the media and general public, that they put up information (phone numbers, emails, addresses, form letters, petitions and websites) of our local/regional elected officials and publish that we are asking for specific reforms regarding the creation of an equitable tax structure, anti corruption laws and corporate regulation. If we have specific demands attached with specific instructions on how members of the general public can get involved in this process (even from home...without coming down and protesting, which is honestly what most of the 99% will be willing to do).We need to be the change that we would like to see in the world, and we need to remind the public sitting at home, of this notion. If we outline some very specific, yet broadly inclusive actions (by this i mean, no "radical" demands for abolishing the DEA or saving the whales....or whatever other causes may also seem important to many of the factions within our movement. We need to reform our nation one thing at a time...one by one, checking things off our list of grievances and then moving on to our next demand. To do this most effectively we should start with demands that include the most members of our movement as possible...ie; something to address the Wealth Gap, Corporate Accountability or Tax reform. Once one demand has been met we will have far more credibility in the eyes of the public, not to mention in the eyes of the 1% and we will make some tangible progress, while building exponential momentum. ), we will make real progress. We will have people willing to be arrested en mass and engage in civil disobedience in an entirely new and even bigger way than they are currently) I think the sooner we have some basic demands and calls to action (like the facebook organized plan to switch enrollment from the "big banks" and to join a local credit union this week) then the larger this movement will get. people are simply apathetic and overwhelmed as a whole. We need to empower the 99% and create an outline for real, measurable, social change. I am willing to participate in any peaceful civil disobedience for this purpose and would love to see others give me some input on this idea. Give the occupiers a productive reason to get arrested hehe. If you agree with my ideas, please try and suggest this course of action to others so we can discus it at the GA soon. Thanks for listening, Alex
This is awesome! Burma-Shave, yes! Copied, pasted, in the workshop.