The Writing on the Wall by, Jonathan Dedering Lately, I have engaged in numerous discussions on what tactics should be used to get our message out. Some ideas include billboard messages and bumper sticker campaigns. But after much deep contemplation my feeling on this matter is that much more drastic measures must be taken. We must begin a campaign of guerilla indoctrination. A new popular media must be created; the purpose of which will be to educate by any means necessary. Stop hiding in the bathroom stalls; get out into the open and onto the streets. Hang from bridges and paint your beliefs on overpasses. Get sticker paper, print off a proclamation, and stick it on mirrors and doorways – especially stickers of war casualties. Title them: “This is Your War!” If at a restaurant with drink or desert menus put stickers in them. Put them on “W” cars, Hummers, military and police vehicles, and above all your our car. The more cunning guerilla should attempt large spectacles, displaying both relevant quotes and notable symbols. For example, “Our boys were sent off to die with beautiful ideals painted in front of them. No one told them that dollars and cents were the real reason they were marching off to kill and die.” - General Smedly Butler, 1934. Large solidarity fists are also effective due to their eminent legacy. The use of these tactics will allow for a fast and cheap form of direct broadcasting. All care and precision must be undertaken to insure the operation is successful. Bicycles are the most efficient form of transportation for these types of guerilla attacks. Weather can also be a valuable ally. Fog and rain can allow for hours of work to be done unseen. Put your message in the most visible places. Write on sidewalks or buildings. Good mediums include chalk, paint, oil, or mud. Talk to sympathizing business owners; set up a chalkboard, paint a face with a thought bubble and hanging piece of chalk on it. Guerilla Indoctrination will be our new media. It will be the writing on the wall. www.savewisconsin.org
Obviously I'm not going to advocate anything illegal or harmful but I will say this. People need to pressure and resist at every turn. The way reactionary forces have gotten where they are is by exerting power and force. Everyone who doesn't care for the way things are going needs to fight back 24 hours a day in every forum. I printed up a bunch of 6" peace symbol stickers that say "Bring Home Our Troops" as a countermeasure to the yellow ribbons one sees everywhere. (As one journalist put it "I hope they strangle themselves with those..." or words to that effect.) They look really good and are instantly recognizable from a distance (then when you get close you can read what it says). As far as I'm concerned they need to be on the back of every vehicle in Amerika of Bush nonsupporters. Bottom line: they're not selling well. I'm beginning to think people just don't care. Another matter. Churches across the nation are fascist bigot indoctrination centers. To say nothing of all the fundamentalist televangelicals. The Left has nothing like it. There is no comparison between the respective powers being wielded. Grass roots action needs to be taken. But who will do it and through what organizational means? The Cultural War must go on.
where can you get those stickers? i'm all for protesting the war with power and force. it does seem a bit disappointing when people really don't seem to think they can make a difference by voicing their opinions and beliefs. i think it seems like such a large challenge that that will bewilder their hopes of bringing the troops back, but a simple sticker like that would be very easy to obtain and show their views on the war. o yes and of course flyers and messages in public are very helpful as well, which I have planned on doing myself before I read this message
Go to any local print shop they will print stickers for cheap. Especially if you do it in one color. They may have to order them but they arrive usually in about five days.
If you get a lot printed off and need to get rid of some; go to www.savewisconsin.org where you can find my email. Send me a picture of what they look like and I maybe would buy them off of you. Depending.
for "do-it-yourself" bumperstickers, try www.stickerjunkie.com for direct forms of non-violent activism, check out www.ruckus.org
