Random one that could be a tactic or a goal:<div><br></div><div>8) To shock the viewer or somehow create an alternate sense of reality in which an outside's mind becomes more open to accepting a truth or leaning about a situation. (Ex: a mass "playing dead" demonstration to visualize the scope of war casualties or something like that.)</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>PS - I'm a firm believer in a very open, accepting brainstorming process. All ideas should be thrown out there, and we can weed through what we like and don't like later.<br clear="all">
<div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Ravi</div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Rachel Plattus <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rachelbp@gmail.com">rachelbp@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
All of these fall under the broad heading of ORGANIZING:<br><br>4) Outreach: to bring more individuals into the movement and activate those individuals<br>5) Outreach: to show organizations why they should want to work with us long term<br>
6) Community building: to identify groups and individuals within the movement who are uniquely suited to working on a given action as a way of expanding our base of those who work their asses off<br>7) Internal education: to use actions as an opportunity to make ourselves better at what we do (organizing, media, interpretive dancing, etc)<br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Ravi Mishra <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ravi@occupyboston.org" target="_blank">ravi@occupyboston.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi all,<div><br></div><div>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</div>
<div><br></div><div>Anyway, without further ado, some goals off the top of my head - please discuss and add yours!</div><div><br></div><div>1) Education - teaching people about the issues and what is going on today, for example</div>
<div>2) Fun! We're not going to be here in the long run if we're not enjoying ourselves. :)</div><div>3) Targeted systems disruption - making it harder for the opposition to do stuff in a manner that helps our cause</div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2011/11/how-to-win-a-modern-conflict.html" target="_blank">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.</a></div>
<div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts?</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>--</div><div>Ravi</div><br>
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