r/worldnewsvideo • u/PlenitudeOpulence Plenty 🩺🧬💜 • Apr 29 '24

Live Video 🌎 Woman tries to interview pro-Palestine protesters without speaking to the media liaison.

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u/Fed-Poster-1337 Apr 29 '24

They've definitely learned since occupy wallstreet

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u/Wanjiuo Apr 29 '24

Now they should go for another round

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u/EngagedInConvexation Apr 29 '24

Occupy Wailing Wall Street.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

I'd rather they Occupy Republican Party.

Imagine if the party was forced to contend with new base of people filling committee member slots, setting party rules, and controlling nominees? Once in my life, I would fucking love to see a protest get political within a party instead of being a hostile outsider. Instead of busting into speeches, get people on the campaigns with time to present their message officially. Protests don't have to be antagonist in nature. The point is to get change to happen, not piss people off. Pissing people off is just one way to get attention, but it's by far not the only way.

Collect donations, field candidates, support ally campaigns, and take control as much of the political party as possible. Make their secrets public, air their dirty laundry, and run decent candidates.

EDIT: Operation Dumbo Drop. Isn't it ODD how the Republican party is changing?

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u/Lighting Apr 29 '24

This is exactly right. It's also a strategy that MLK recommended of direct action.

Unfortunately oligarchs have changed MLK's message. See How Corporations reversed MLK's messages on how to be an effective activist to remove the "direct" part of his recommendation of "direct action."

The mis-telling encourages people to learn a "movie" version of "make noise and get media attention." MLK said, those specific kinds of protests weren't working and suggested changing from the "methods of persuasion" to "methods of coercion." See the book "A 'Notorious Litigant' and 'Frequenter of Jails': Martin Luther King, Jr., His Lawyers, and the Legal System" noting that

Starting with [the Birmingham movement and Letter from Birmingham Jail], Dr. King and his organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), turned to more aggressive forms of nonviolent direct action—moving entirely from persuasion to coercion [legal/economic/political challenges]

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u/DunkityDunk Apr 29 '24

No, OWS is still the better push both parties are shit right now neither one listening to their base just old money. Tackle the problem at the source.