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by Anonymous User on Tuesday December 23, @06:53PM EST (#1)
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These guys in the U.K. have reached a level of cohesiveness and participation that I only dream about here in the U.S.
Perhaps they have social events, barbacues, and other events with a big sign at the door: "LADIES FREE b4 10:00 P.M."
What does it take to get a group of guys to come together in a common bound for the benefit of their own self preservation?
I like the costume idea and a couple of weeks ago was on Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood in an Uncle Sam outfit with a protest sign. I was underdressed, and routinely saw people dressed up as: A Star Wars Storm Trooper, Superman, Charlie Chaplin, Rambo (with AK47), Jim Carrey's character from "The Mask," Santa Claus, and others.
I like the costume idea. The one thing we men's activists don't do enough of is get together and have fun. I like the idea of getting together to protest and have fun.
Ray
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There are photos of the London protest at
Santa protest
and also at
John Levi's Site
There's also news of protest in Dublin and Antwerp at
more protest news
and there are currently 4 Santas up on the Tower Bridge
The costumes certainly help, what's really new about Fathers 4 Justice is the publicity driven ideas. The basic recipe is a little disruption (not too much though), a little razzmatazz(like the costumes) and a lot of press managements and press releases.
Raymond Cuttill
Men's Hour Blog - http://wolves.typepad.com/menshour
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There has been quite the "lively" argument over on MND forum while MANN was down. Quite a few simple and powerful ideas have been put forth, and the real problem (as always) is that they just don't seem to catch hold and fire men's imaginations.
Except a few, that is. Some of us old-time campaigners have gotten our blood stirring again and are going after david and goliath t-shirts in a big way. The goal is to drive them into total bankruptcy to make the point that people cannot advocate violence against males with nary a care in the world.
I have also proposed "Operation Rock the Boat" which would simply involve getting men to make some unified decisions on where to spend their money, and demonstrate a little financial clout. The question remains whether we can get enough guys behind it to make a difference.
But, the handfull of us so fed up that we are ready to put on war paint and have a Boston Tea party style bit of civil disobedience can probably have some impact even if we can't pry many more guys away from their remote controls.
http://3works.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=10
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rocktheboat/
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by Anonymous User on Tuesday December 23, @10:20PM EST (#4)
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I have 100 protest signs in the room in back of my garage waiting for men to carry them. I was just thinking as I was shopping in the store a while ago that my new years resolution will be to build stability, and a solid base in the men's movement in my location (west coast). As people come to the movement we want to be ready to supply them with what is needed to communicate our grievances effectively. We are working on more projects to do that as we speak, but getting people into the movement is a real challenge when so many men are disenfranchised, beatdead/dead broke, or on the other hand ignorant and apathetical.
The web is one of the most powerful tools we have to stay in touch and build our movement. I look forward to the coming year as an opportunity to try new ways of interacting with the public and getting the word out. We can learn from each other, and we can borrow from each other if we see things that work that we would like to try, but we don't have to do things just like everyone else. We can try new and innovative things too. We need to tailor our activism to our resources and our areas in ways that are most effective.
I have plans for this summer to get one of those small portable patio shade tents, then setting it up down the street in my local park on the weekends when there are lots of people there. A nice banner on each side will say who I am and what I'm about. I can set it up in the morning, take a good book, and recliner lawn chair with me, then stretch out and read.
Ray
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