Forum Post: Forget encampments
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 28, 2011, 7:21 p.m. EST by wavefreak58
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They're to vulnerable to specious actions based on things like "sanitation" and "public safety".
Time to switch tactics. How about continuously rolling flash mobs?
When I was younger, a church I went to did 24 hour prayer vigils for days at a time. The members of the congregation would sign up for a time slot and someone would always be praying for the entire vigil. Sometimes many people, sometimes only one or two at 3:00 AM. Take this time slicing and apply it to flash mobs.
Set up a website that divides the day into 30 minute periods of time. People sign up for a time slot. The location of the flash mob is not given until 30 minutes before it is supposed to happen (to prevent pre staging of police). At the designated time a few hundred people show up some where, bang their drums, give a few short speeches and after 30 minutes disappear.
No sanitation problems. No need to feed people. Just a continuous rolling protest at various places all over the country,
I like the idea, doable with minimal risk. Park cars on street hoods up and drive off when cops show up.
That would work in some places. I'm not familiar with Manhattan but the traffic issues could make cars problematic.
After thinking about this some more, I put up a similar idea earlier but the response was that OWS didn't want to alienate the 99% who have to work for these Bankers and other places. Valid point. Would have to target the homes of the 1% that work on Wall Street and make them late for work and getting home or to appointments, would take some skillful planning and research, may not be doable.
The 1% runs a million+ strong. Most don't live or work near Wall Street.
Skillful planning is going to be necessary if this movement is going to turn into more than a curiosity.