[Street] Occupy the 'T' Campaign--healthcare focus?
Joseph Ramsey
jgramsey at gmail.com
Fri Jan 13 16:23:43 EST 2012
+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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