tactics
Looks like it worked, Joe.
Opposition wins Polish Election
Everybody, go do some homework and see what they did. I doubt the text messages caused a landslide, but it had to have helped. Do some reading, then meet back here and see if we can apply anything new toward getting a good government.
Black Armbands -- May 1st: Chain Invite
This is a tactic meant to create explosive, exponential growth for the "Black Armbands -- May 1st" project Jerome started. I have no idea if this will work, but I'm trying anyway. There's nothing to lose.
First, the straightforward part.
- you RSVP for the event.
- I make you an admin
- you invite 100+ people
That's when it gets more complicated.
Boycotts circa 2007
I think we should organize some boycotts.
We’ve had some conversations about consumerism lately and how it relates to the overall problems in society, and we all rail against this stuff but that’s usually where it ends. Words are exchanged and nothing happens. We’ve also been talking about how to promote Lose the Label and how great what Tricia’s doing with RED is and how that Facebook group has grown so fast and… well...
Let’s just combine it all.
Delia’s been making posts about how no one’s doing anything in the Feminists Unite group. Well, I have an idea. What if y'all launched a boycott of a beauty supplies company using stick figure anorexic models, demanding that they stop idealizing such an unhealthy standard of beauty, and… I’ll cap off my thoughts on the cause there because I'm sure you can come up with better demands than I can.
Thoughts on tactics after the jump...