KILL THEM W KINDNESS (Principle):
My mother has always told me you get more with honey than with vinegar. I’m an advocate for the method "killing them with kindness.” But I believe this offers a great challenge to a protester. It can become too passive— You keep getting kicked out happily singing a song as the police lead you away. Sure you look like the good guy and the police bad. But that’s not a new story and I don’t think very effective. This is where I think repetition plays a key factor. That is how the civil rights movement and flower power movement made this strategy so popular; repetition. They practically took over the 60’s.
BLOCKADE (Tactic):
We see a perfect example of a blockade in Les Miserable. The French middle class makes a barricade in the street to create a common space and protect their people and make it a point of entrapment against the government. This blockade, as should all, have unified significant meaning or symbolism for those participating. Blockades often call to the public for members or support so it’s important to understand all the power dynamics within the group. This means race, gender, sexual identity, age, and physical appearances. Unlike the French Revolution nowadays it’s important to get your message out to the public, this can be done by insuring you have media coverage.
THE COMMONS (Theory):
Commons could be used if we were a mere tribe of humans… perhaps a few thousand. Not that the Earth’s population is so big and people mainly function off of altruism having a commons space seems nearly impossible to maintain without proper government enforcement. I strongly support that by the law of nature air and water are common spaces. Thus I believe that big corporation should not be able to buy out pollution controls. There needs to be fines or else these big dogs will never invest in better machinery that produce less pollution. Because the earth is a common space for everyone, everything, we need to try and preserve it the best we can and make sure the next generation has the same opportunities. But this is one of the biggest struggles in the United States.
My mother has always told me you get more with honey than with vinegar. I’m an advocate for the method "killing them with kindness.” But I believe this offers a great challenge to a protester. It can become too passive— You keep getting kicked out happily singing a song as the police lead you away. Sure you look like the good guy and the police bad. But that’s not a new story and I don’t think very effective. This is where I think repetition plays a key factor. That is how the civil rights movement and flower power movement made this strategy so popular; repetition. They practically took over the 60’s.
BLOCKADE (Tactic):
We see a perfect example of a blockade in Les Miserable. The French middle class makes a barricade in the street to create a common space and protect their people and make it a point of entrapment against the government. This blockade, as should all, have unified significant meaning or symbolism for those participating. Blockades often call to the public for members or support so it’s important to understand all the power dynamics within the group. This means race, gender, sexual identity, age, and physical appearances. Unlike the French Revolution nowadays it’s important to get your message out to the public, this can be done by insuring you have media coverage.
THE COMMONS (Theory):
Commons could be used if we were a mere tribe of humans… perhaps a few thousand. Not that the Earth’s population is so big and people mainly function off of altruism having a commons space seems nearly impossible to maintain without proper government enforcement. I strongly support that by the law of nature air and water are common spaces. Thus I believe that big corporation should not be able to buy out pollution controls. There needs to be fines or else these big dogs will never invest in better machinery that produce less pollution. Because the earth is a common space for everyone, everything, we need to try and preserve it the best we can and make sure the next generation has the same opportunities. But this is one of the biggest struggles in the United States.
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