*New ideas for protest. Contact raskache at yahoo dot com.
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*Call-out: JUNE 25 PACHANGA in BP*
This is a call-out to activists, partiers, lowriders, and other
revolutionists who could help to organize a social, celebratory,
carnival event for June 25 in Baldwin Park.
This is a call-out to activists, partiers, lowriders, and other
revolutionists who could help to organize a social, celebratory,
carnival event for June 25 in Baldwin Park. I am contacting the mayor
and council people of Baldwin Park to find out some of the logistics,
but I have no experience in putting together something like this and I
don't live in BP, so I need help!!! MECHistas, Food not Bombs, musicians
and bands, sound system people, artists, performers--let's get it
together! I'd like to set up a meeting this weekend maybe, so contact
me, pass the word along, send suggestions and contacts, etc.
My email is: RASKACHE-AT-YAHOO-DOT-COM
here's some background info:
Somebody on an IMC post about the first BP demo suggested we have a big
carne asada cookout instead of another big confrontation with the SOS
people. I think that was an excellent onda!!!
Based on SOS's own strategizing etc., what they want is a big media
event, another confrontation, violence, arrests, etc. etc. We should not
be playing into their spectacle.
This is my suggestion: have a community cookout and carnival either on
the other end of the train platform where the monument is, or maybe on
that street that was closed off last time, right next to them, and just
let them do their thing, don't play into their shit, invite the
neighborhood to come have some cheap tacos (MECHA folks out there, I
know you can make this happen!), some ice creams, some jugos frescos,
etc. Pass out information, talk to people, have some
dancing, some teatro maybe (I was saying some of us could dress like
pilgrims and grill some elote (corn) and take it as an "offering" to the
SOS "natives", funny stuff like that). Let their shit fizzle out.
Let's beat them with an army of taco vendors and paleteros and
IG-NORANCE--as in, let's just ignore them and make a vibrant, festive,
communal space instead!!! Somebody bring some phat banda music, some
nortenyas, some rancheras. hell, let's stop off in ELA and pick up some
mariachis on the way!!! Hip hop artists, rappers, punkeros, too. There
was a lot of cool sexy people at the last demo--I say we get some good
music going and some dancing, some charla...much more fun than yelling
at a bunch of tontos with their heads up their culos.
oh, and we should try to make un monton de potato tacos or something for
all the vegetarianos don't get left out---food not bombs peeps, you out
there??
This could be just one component of other actions. just some ideas. we
have to remember to always stay creative, don't let them rope us into
predictable roles and games, and don't let other groups on "our side"
get their grubby sectarian paws into trying to organize and "lead" this
according to their agendas and party platforms--I've already heard some
of you
grumbling about how the last demo lacked "organization" and we need
"leadership" in the future (all that icky spontaneity and chaos is just
too much for some folks). No, we need to have FUN, PEOPLES!!! Love, joy,
desire, laughter, humor--these will always be our most powerful weapons
against domination from all sides.
So let's have some fun!
By the way, May 15 was the one year anniversary of Gloria Anzaldua's
passing; maybe we could make this a celebration in honor of her.
*Author:* raska che
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*Posted:* Thursday June 02, 2005 04:07 AM
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