- Don't protest FOR capitalism, but AGAINST!
- Use every way you can (eg. don't only go on the streets to show that you're against capitalism, but also don't use Hotmail and Windows to boycot capitalistic Micro$oft; don't only create a petition against wars and governmental lies but also boycott USA-governmental services)
- Use sites like Indymedia, Punk Page Eventor and public message boards to call for people to come to a protest, and posters and other media ofcourse.
- Make sure your protest is more than just a mars with signs and flags, it can be nice but after a while people will get bored. Make sure you have music and animation in your protest too, this also gives you a less 'criminal' look on tv.
- Make sure there is tv filming your protest.
- Make sure the organisation of the protest has cameras too, this is usefull if things run out of hand and the police starts doing nasty things - using that film you'll have evidence you can use against the police.
- Organise your protest there where it's effective. When you want to protest against the president's decision of bombing irac, protest in Washington dc, not in New York, since the president is in the white house in Washington dc, not in New York.
- If you think we Europeans are so good at protesting, spend a while in Europe and see if you can join the organisation of protests in Europe.
- Don't plan a protest that will take place in two weeks or so. Give yourself enough time to let people know about the protest so that people can come and join you. The D14 protest on 13-14-15-16 december in Brussels was already planned one year ago, when it was announced that there would be a summit in Laken, Brussels during this time. This way, the D14 organisation had enough time to let everybody in the European Union know about this protest.
- Make sure you'll have fun protesting. This will keep you going.

Interesting on the media side. Being a small country the full sweep of national media is easily available for all to see. which I guess means as a %, an individuals actions is 'more' here than in larger countries, like the US. Maybe that means things are more visable here? doesn't mean the organising is any different.

The media climate has been interesting with things like the daily mirror's (a tabloid) coverage being quite a good surprise. Media Workers Against The War ( http://www.mwaw.org) is a bolt of sanity from within the established press which I highly recommend.

Having said that the UK press has been one of the worst in the whole of europe in spinning lies against demonstrators and campaigns.

Maybe if there's one thing to do it's to make more fuss about media ownership and community access.

You're taking the piss, right?

If you are opposed to the war, how about using the absurd for a day. Switch sides and vehemently argue for the war, the media black-out of what is going on in Afghanistan, and promote the genocide that will take place this winter due to exposure and starvation. Call the switch-board to your local radio or TV station and congratulate them on their none existent coverage. They will say that that is not case and you can say "no,hey, you're doin a fine job. Anyways there's too many people here on this Gods earth". I tried it yesterday and today they reported that no aid has been getting into southern Afghanistan for the last three weeks.

Some of the best work is usually un-glorious work but hey thats just how it is. If you are from small town America then they have probably got good social conections. Use those conections and social forums to put forward your view or start something less radical/political and get people involved in recycling or just cycling. Educate people about their environment (the kyoto protocall, global warming) and about their food (G.M crops) as long as people in america know there's another world out thier perhaps they will start doing stuff on their own initiative or at least be sypathetic to other causes.

If you are going to use the war which could be very tricky as I gather, then don't be confrontational but be contraversial, don't be exclusive but be exciting, don't be intimidating but be intelligent and people will always trust people that they talk too, more than those who they see on a T.V. screen.

Some of the best work is usually un-glorious work but hey thats just how it is. If you are from small town America then they have probably got good social conections. Use those conections and social forums to put forward your view or start something less radical/political and get people involved in recycling or just cycling. Educate people about their environment (the kyoto protocall, global warming) and about their food (G.M crops) as long as people in america know there's another world out thier perhaps they will start doing stuff on their own initiative or at least be sypathetic to other causes.

If you are going to use the war which could be very tricky as I gather, then don't be confrontational but be contraversial, don't be exclusive but be exciting, don't be intimidating but be intelligent and people will always trust people that they talk too, more than those who they see on a T.V. screen.

a can of spray paint, decide what you want the world to know (my current favorite is: eye for an eye = blindness), draw the graphic on the card with message, cut out stencil, leave the house in darkness with a hat on (dont carry ID) go to site, and spray (and dont get caught). repeat