[Street] Occupy the 'T' Campaign--healthcare focus?
Ben Janos
ben at occupyboston.org
Fri Jan 13 16:16:34 EST 2012
Hey y'all,
Personally, I do not agree with having this campaign be about more than the
T cuts. This is already going to be a really huge project. We will have to
make fliers that catch the eyes, organize amongst all the occupations and
like-minded organizations where the T runs, including the commuter rail,
set up mic checks and informational campaigns at community meetings, create
art that reflects our views, and think about alternatives to what the MBTA
is proposing. *And*, we have to do this before the budget is decided on in
April. That's already gonna be a lot to take on, and to make this about
more than the T is going to be hard.
With that being said, having street theatre and other actions unrelated to
the T in T stations or public transportation vehicles, where you have a
large captive audience is a great idea, and should be pursued. I just don't
want to see us make a manageable project fail at the expense of making it
too broad in scope.
In Solidarity,
Ben
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Joseph Ramsey <jgramsey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Love the idea of making "Occupy the T" more than an anti-T cuts campaign.
>
> Seizing the public space for various sorts of politically inflected
> theater and speech...awesome!
>
> Join "Occupy the T" on facebook, please!
>
> -Joe
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Aria Littlhous <aria at littlhous.net>wrote:
>
>> ...I guess I was wondering about "our story"...and I think this would
>> be a great moment to push for single payer health insurance! I have a great
>> guerilla theatre skit called, "The Waiting Room" where all the
>> industrialized countries are represented by patients who get seen before
>> the very sick US. I'll google share it with Ridgley...T stations are great
>> stages...
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Ben Janos <ben at occupyboston.org> wrote:
>>
>>> this can also be found here:
>>> http://www.mbta.com/about_the_mbta/?id=23567
>>> BJ
>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Patricia Downer <
>>> patricia.downer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I got this from some MBTA folks this morning. http://bit.ly/OccupyMBTA
>>>>
>>>> Some one else sent something they put together after one of the MBTA
>>>> meetings. It was a few emails back.
>>>>
>>>> Patricia Downer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Aria Littlhous <aria at littlhous.net>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Does OB have a MBTA fact sheet? Can someone send it to me?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> IRC is internal relay chat -
>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
>>>>>>
>>>>>> basically a chatroom
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Ravi
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Patricia Downer <
>>>>>> patricia.downer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't know. I was hoping that I was just clueless and someone
>>>>>>> else would know. I just assumed it was another WG. :[
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Patricia Downer
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Ben Janos <ben at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What is IRC?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Patricia Downer <
>>>>>>>> patricia.downer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Was talking in OB Radio chat about Occupy MBTA. Someone from IRC
>>>>>>>>> said they're working on that stuff too. Wants some one to coordinate with
>>>>>>>>> them. I honestly don't have time. :( Can some one please reach out to
>>>>>>>>> him/her(not sure) to coordinate: smant at occupyboston.org
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Patricia Downer
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Patricia Downer <
>>>>>>>>> patricia.downer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Well, where is the Sunday Action Summit? (I forget where our
>>>>>>>>>> Sunday meetings usually are) Preferably somewhere within walking distance
>>>>>>>>>> from there.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Patricia Downer
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Ben Janos <
>>>>>>>>>> ben at occupyboston.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> yeah, let's have a street meeting sunday at 4 to work out what
>>>>>>>>>>> we will talk about at the Action summit on Sunday! I'd love to get as many
>>>>>>>>>>> people involved as possible! OB has been really buzzing about this, let's
>>>>>>>>>>> get some people to start working on it and make this campaign really happen!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Location suggestion anyone?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Ridgely Fuller <
>>>>>>>>>>> ridgelyfuller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Folks..
>>>>>>>>>>>> .I thought the T riders U mtg last night was really good (
>>>>>>>>>>>> though left at 7:30) and it doesn't seem to me, at least up until I left
>>>>>>>>>>>> that OB would be stepping on anyon orgs. toes by initiating Free Charlie
>>>>>>>>>>>> strategy...i am wondering whether 'street' should offer that up as an
>>>>>>>>>>>> initial Action idea at this Sunday's Action Summit..that way we might get
>>>>>>>>>>>> all workgroups working on the campaign in their own way..eg we wouldn't
>>>>>>>>>>>> have to have our few members go to CASA ..we could get CASA right there on
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sunday night and ask them to consider our ideas but come up their own..same
>>>>>>>>>>>> for media..etc etc..'street' might then have more of a coordinating role
>>>>>>>>>>>> among groups on the Free Charlie Strategy rather than have to round up all
>>>>>>>>>>>> the resources and do all the wrok ourselves..seems like an easy way to get
>>>>>>>>>>>> all of OB involved in this really exciting idea..one of the things I liked
>>>>>>>>>>>> best about the TRU mtg was the incredible
>>>>>>>>>>>> diversity..age,ethnicity,city/suburb......etc
>>>>>>>>>>>> if you all like the idea of it being part of OB action summit
>>>>>>>>>>>> this Sunday at 5, maybe we should get together at 4 to see what components
>>>>>>>>>>>> it might have and how we would help organiize it..i really want these
>>>>>>>>>>>> Action Sunday's to work!!!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ridgely
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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