Reply #32: time to start putting the fear of gawd back. boycott co., make deposit runs on banks, &c

[NuttyFluffers]

pop a few "precious allies" and leave a message as to why, and watch things change.

instead of boycotting only Wal*Mart (which is admirable...) target problematic corporations that are a bit more vulnerable. i'm thinking having an organized day to run on a particularly noisome bank; have as many protestors as you can, who have accounts in said bank, withdraw all at once. if they ask why, say, "because we're tired of playing games... please inform your CEO that he may want to start more negotiations on foreclosed homes."

or pick Mexico gov't as an insurance provider. have people go en masse to get Mexican visas so they can opt to pay into the Mexican health care system. if it's better than your current over-costed, outrageous deductible insurance, drop your provider and tell them that Mexico now has a better system. if they try to put bullshit provisions into HC bill in response, threaten to go ex-pat and brain drain this nation.

continue our "Buy Nothing for the Holidays from Big Box Stores" campaign. tell people why you do it. explain that yes, you're mad, no you are no longer interested in listening to "reason" -- you want positive action you want, and you want it now. act like a spoiled Veruca Salt, apparently that's the only language power now understands. time to be the squeaky wheel.

instead of buying people gifts for the holidays, offer to help pay off their debts and help them to the switch to cash only. starve the CC beast.

ideally i'd love a massive general strike. if we could get truckers and cars in general to just... park and lock out a whole city, that would be wonderful. but, perhaps we are too unorganized for such a thing right now. so let's practice small...

instead of having another "March of Washington" to be ignored, why don't we save all those travel $$, figure out its cost, and dump it on primaries with particularly vulnerable -- and wholly irredeemable -- Dems and/or Repubs. better yet, since we are quite good at research, let's find viable candidates to primary challenge districts we want change in.

if real civil disobedience, such as the student protests at California, are desired, let's commit to clogging a particularly noisome "red" county or district (instead of targeting DC every time), and run out their vulnerable coffers instead with police overtime and jail costs. states are truly vulnerable budget wise lately. if coordinated, and really, really pissed into civil disobedience, we can help push several states into the brink by massive protests in previously unlikely locations.

if you're really, really pissed, and want to metaphorically break some wallets during this time, there's many ways to do it. you just have to be creative and organized.