Needed: One Big Idea
With less than a month left to go, supporters of the McKinney/Clemente ticket face the final push before election day without a lot of money, media attention or a network of professional politicians with favors to call in.
So…what to do?
Hold mass protests at the last Presidential debate, with the inevitable mass arrests?
Hold a coordinated series of demonstrations at the various branches of the Federal Reserve?
Demonstrate outside the offices of all the nation’s banks on the same day?
I hope some of you will have ideas to share.
Here’s one idea:
Green Change has the email addresses for Commission on Presidential Debates board members, who are disregarding the popular will by refusing to open the debates to qualified candidates like McKinney, Nader, and others. Tell the CPD that you want open, democratic debates: http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/1488/t/689/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2330
Most Americans recognize that it is unfair for parties to control the debates… but the corporate media ignores this issue, leaving it to us to spread the truth. Become the alternative media by sharing this action link with your colleagues, friends and family.
I think it’s important to protest outside the debates, but it’s hard to get it covered by the media. I was at the St Louis protest in 04 where both Cobb and Badnarik (Libertarian prez candidate) got arrested for trying to get included in the debate. Barely a peep from the media.
How about staging informational protests at debate viewing events? Lots of colleges have large viewing events that we could crash and educate the viewers about the Greens.
here’s an idea.
create a series of short PSAs for the Green Party, that are positive, accessible, proactive, well framed and informative. provide responses for all the skeptics, challengers, and naysayers.
our hip hop group is working in collaboration with Green Members in Northern California, and the National Party to create the content and then film these PSA clips.
we are looking for help with the responses, help with refining them to create sciprts, and a diverse group of people to be on camera presenting our responses.
please contact me, joe truss, member of some of all parts (run, historical moment), to get involved. we need help. not many days left, but we have a final knock out punch.
contact me for more info
(blog moderator, if you can feature this comment as an official post, we can could get more of a response and more help to actualize this project in the next 2 weeks, thanks)