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>From Robert Norse Sun Jan 14 23:41:32 2007
 Tenderfoot Tim Rumford recently posted this story on
indybay.org/santacruz
[http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/09/18345207.php?show_comments=1#18347013]

I know its easy to say and hard to do, but I really feel its time for
some
real direct action with the homeless and concerned activists and people

to
get involved. Its hard to get anyone to take such action and with the
homeless its even more difficult, they are busy surviving or may have
warrants -- there are many issues that make convincing the homeless to
stand
up against the war on poverty, which is what it is. I do not believe
that
ending the sleeping ban or changing ordinances will happen through
using the
system, its a war. It does help to fight it anyway you can but its been

long
enough. I do believe the homeless can stand up and what we need to is
something like this, please bare with this, it is an idea and not a
perfectly thought out one I use it to make a point.
1) Organize a camp out at Pogonip; we make a camp in plane sight.
We name it and have clear goals with a mission statement. It will be a
protest camp and as large as possible. We have clear goals, a posted
mission
statement.
2) We fill it with activists and homeless with cheap disposable cameras

for
all. Some will bring better cameras and video.
3) We post signs to make it clear we are protesting. We have things
there of
value... Eventually we will get kicked out but we stick it out until
they
force us, we all take the tickets or go to jail so we can fight them.
If
they destroy property we take pictures. If we have to go to jail we do
-
unless during organizing we find it would benefit us more to use
sleeping
ban tickets better then resisting arrest.
3) We watch ranger Wallace who has given out more sleeping ban tickets
then
all the city cops combined, mostly in the Pogonip while were camping.
We
document and get evidence of property abuse and civil and human rights
abuse
as they did in Fresno, which Robert and Mike Rhodes have written about
here
on Indybay.
4) We camp responsibly and help and teach / promote others to do the
same.
We have teach ins on camping responsibly and campers forming there own
clean
up crews who become sort of stewards of this beautiful area.
5) We clean up trash while were there
6) We get as much media as we possible can
7) We use tactics such as handcuffing yourself to a tree or whatever
your
willing to do.
Getting the homeless to do this is hard but I have faith and have
talked to
many who are willing to take such an action. It will take allot of
willing
people.
I am wiling are you?


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