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Why some protest demonstrations succeed and others fail

posted by [personal profile] rfunk at 01:10pm on 14/04/2006 under ,
This diary at Daily Kos caught my attention: Antiwar Marches Don't Get No Respect
I could've written the first two sentences:
Even though I take part in them now and then, I am ambivalent about antiwar protest marches and demonstrations. On the whole, I don't believe they have any tangible effect.
The writer goes on to look at the recent immigration marches, the civil rights marches of the 50s and 60s, and the antiwar demonstrations of the last few years (and, to some extent, those of the 70s), and gives some rules to follow for effective protesting.

Of course, not enough antiwar people will pay attention to these rules for anything to change....
Mood:: 'pessimistic' pessimistic
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posted by [identity profile] the-shampoo.livejournal.com at 03:09pm on 15/04/2006
I often question marches and petitions as to whether they will actually do any good.
That doesn't mean that I don't take part in them. However, there is a fair amount of cynicism I have there. But, its like my philosophy on giving money to homeless people. Even if they are lying, and are totally scamming me (which I'm not naive enough to think hasn't happened) it doesn't matter to me, because in my heart I think I'm doing the right thing.
That may not make sense, I just woke up (ahhh weekends).
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posted by [identity profile] kateryndraper.livejournal.com at 07:23pm on 18/04/2006
I thought the article was very good, especially on the points of staying on message (which means articulating the message before the protest), staying calm and professional, taking the high road when it comes to counterprotesters, and most importantly not getting angry at the people you're trying to convince. The function of a march or demonstration is to get a certain point across, and I think they can be effective.

However, I like the pink ladies. ;-)
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