tips for an effective MayDay
A joyous MayDay to you all,
Traditionally, Chicago's Anarchists and Socialists have used MayDay to protest local corruption and poluce brutality. Today, they join the growing immigrants rights movement.
The bfd, major league thing going on today is the march. Feeder Marches are taking place in the North, South, West, Near-North, South Loop, East-West, and Downtown neighborhoods that will eventuially lead to a big rally in Grant Park. If you go there, know that this is important, even if its effectiveness is dubious.
There is a built-in television audience, and the event will get more coverage today than all of the anti-war protests of the last three years combined. So be on your best behavior.
1. If the police push, don't shove. Chicago police live for that type of shit.
2. Try to look American. Try to look Middle Class. Your position is diminished if you're wearing a balaclava, if you're wearing nothing but black, if you're brandishing politicians in effigy. You look more like a protester, or a professional rabble rouser, than an impassioned person.
3. Leave your flag at home, unless you've got the stars and stripes. Unfortunately, your position is also diminished if you're wielding the flag from your old country. Fox news has made this an issue, and made it look as if you're just utilizing this country, rather than trying to join it. This isn't St. Patrick's day.
4. Go before you leave the house. Seriously, I've been there. Think about it. 300 people packed in together like sardines, you don't want to be the guy pissing in the bottle in the middle of that.
And if you can't afford to miss work or school today, yoy can contribute by participating in the one-day boycott. Don't suffer if your blood sugar is low or you have no food, but don't give up either because you bought something. Don't buy more than you need, today. For the first time since the Civil Rights movement, a lotr of people are energized and small boycott may send a real message today.
See you at the March!
Traditionally, Chicago's Anarchists and Socialists have used MayDay to protest local corruption and poluce brutality. Today, they join the growing immigrants rights movement.
The bfd, major league thing going on today is the march. Feeder Marches are taking place in the North, South, West, Near-North, South Loop, East-West, and Downtown neighborhoods that will eventuially lead to a big rally in Grant Park. If you go there, know that this is important, even if its effectiveness is dubious.
There is a built-in television audience, and the event will get more coverage today than all of the anti-war protests of the last three years combined. So be on your best behavior.
1. If the police push, don't shove. Chicago police live for that type of shit.
2. Try to look American. Try to look Middle Class. Your position is diminished if you're wearing a balaclava, if you're wearing nothing but black, if you're brandishing politicians in effigy. You look more like a protester, or a professional rabble rouser, than an impassioned person.
3. Leave your flag at home, unless you've got the stars and stripes. Unfortunately, your position is also diminished if you're wielding the flag from your old country. Fox news has made this an issue, and made it look as if you're just utilizing this country, rather than trying to join it. This isn't St. Patrick's day.
4. Go before you leave the house. Seriously, I've been there. Think about it. 300 people packed in together like sardines, you don't want to be the guy pissing in the bottle in the middle of that.
And if you can't afford to miss work or school today, yoy can contribute by participating in the one-day boycott. Don't suffer if your blood sugar is low or you have no food, but don't give up either because you bought something. Don't buy more than you need, today. For the first time since the Civil Rights movement, a lotr of people are energized and small boycott may send a real message today.
See you at the March!
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