[Street] Action goals - a brainstorm
Ridgely Fuller
ridgelyfuller at gmail.com
Thu Dec 8 07:33:07 EST 2011
I really like all the goals for actions that folks have outlined
..especially clear messaging, fun, and bringing folks in to the Occupy
movement,and that Katie has given us a time line (Sunday around 2 Encuentro
5) for us to come up with more ideas..is the mtg tonight still devoted to
Star Wars for Sat?..I have to work til around 8 tonight so please keep me
posted. Meet Sat night to brainstorm for Sunday mtg? with media?..feels to
me that the court stuff makes this weekends planning really key
Ridgely
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Ravi Mishra <ravi at occupyboston.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Writing that last email made me think that it might be fun (and useful) to
> have a theoretical discussion of what various goals of action should be? In
> my mind (please chime in here), a valid goal for an action is any
> ideal/value or outcome that aids our overall movement. For example,
> education is a very obvious goal - if people know more about the issues,
> they're more likely to support our cause, which makes it easier for us to
> change the status quo. Conversely (and this could be controversial, again
> please chime in), something like "agitation" if often thought of as a goal
> in of itself, but I think it probably needs more qualification to be truly
> accepted as a goal. Shutting down a street in a financial district could
> definitely be a goal because it hurts the operations of those who are
> behind the problems that plague our society
>
> Anyway, without further ado, some goals off the top of my head - please
> discuss and add yours!
>
> 1) Education - teaching people about the issues and what is going on
> today, for example
> 2) Fun! We're not going to be here in the long run if we're not enjoying
> ourselves. :)
> 3) Targeted systems disruption - making it harder for the opposition to do
> stuff in a manner that helps our cause
>
> Any particular action can aim to achieve one, some, or all of these goals.
> The point of this thread is to create a list of what action goals should
> be, and the hope is that we can use these later to more effectively analyze
> actions and their efficacy.
>
> Finally. this article by author John Robb frames some basic Conflict
> Theory quite well and could serve as a framework to think about what goals
> of actions should be.<http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2011/11/how-to-win-a-modern-conflict.html>
>
> Thoughts?
>
> --
> Ravi
>
>
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