[Street] Occupy the 'T' Campaign--healthcare focus?
Aria Littlhous
aria at littlhous.net
Fri Jan 13 16:36:57 EST 2012
So, are we protesting the banks charging so much interest that the T can't
pay their debt? That people don't buy enough stuff so that there's not
enough sales tax revenue? What *solution* are we proposing? (Or that paying
the healthcare industry and the banks is just too much for one subway fare?)
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Joseph Ramsey <jgramsey at gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 to Ben as well.
>
> We should keep focused on what it primary here, while still finding ways
> to work in other creative approaches, and other content that relates (and
> so much of it does when you keep that 99%/1% frame in mind.
>
> -Joe
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Eli Cohen <elcoh002 at mail.goucher.edu>wrote:
>
>> +1 to Ben's comment. Street theatre in T stations about health care is
>> awesome, and I'd definitely encourage you to pursue it. Calling it "Occupy
>> the T" may confuse people, though.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Ben Janos <ben at occupyboston.org> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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