Very hastily arranged, but featuring a local worker from green electric supplier Ecotricity, a local Green Party councillor, the local Labour & Cooperative (backbench & rebellious) MP David Drew, and a random bloke who turned up and joined in because he agreed with us. Not to mention myself of course, the local Bicycological Anarchist troublemaker ;-) ~150 leaflets given out during the day, to a receptive public...
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13.08.2009 09:01
LHM
Occupy, Resist, Produce
13.08.2009 17:01
The other purpose, of course, is to talk to members of the public and spread the word, and idea of factory occupations as a form of action. Protest might be futile, but resistance alone without awareness raising fluffy events is pretty futile too...
Re: the slogan Occupy, Resist, Produce - in case anyone doesn't know this comes from the Argentinian movement of Dec 2001 - Present, where in response to economic collapse and the flight of rich managers and associated closure of factories, hundreds of businesses from factories to health clinics have been taken over as worker coops and successfully managed as such for, well, 7+ years. The film 'The Take' by Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis is worth a watch (and half of it was shown outside the factory using the Bicycolohy pedal-powered cinema (with subtitles read out by a willing assistant for the benefit of the occupiers...)
Glad you liked it. I'll post it up below...
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interesting (though mainstream media) article on Argentine Occupations
13.08.2009 17:03
PeterPannier