[sklyarov-chicago] July 30th Protest

Michael Cannon korbomite@yahoo.com
Mon, 30 Jul 2001 15:54:00 -0700 (PDT)


Can't (WON'T!) do it alone...don't have the energy
anymore and don't have the contacts for music, food,
drink, etc.

Anybody else out there?  Or maybe we deo this through
the International...kind of like 'First Night'

Mike
--- "Peter A. Peterson II" <pedro@tastytronic.net>
wrote:
> Quoting Michael Cannon:
> > Has anybody thought of another way to do this:
> > 
> > the protests are cool and we should also be
> thinking
> > about co-ordinating smaller-scale leafletting and
> > viral marketing (free dmitry URLs in every mail
> > message anyone sends, that link to the site) but:
> > 
> > how about we put on a show, gang?  or a charity
> > dance...say a 'Surrender Your Freedom Ball' or a
> > 'Bread and Circuses Anti-DMCA Cotillion' or a
> street
> > party?  I'm sure people in this list and others
> know
> > some DJs and Mixmasters/club guys/gals that could
> do
> > the music (maybe even some bands...GOD, if we
> could
> > get Billy Corgan, or James Iha who've expressed
> some
> > sympathy for the movement...but I'm
> fantasizing...)
> > anyway, there HAVE to be SOME bands/DJs who
> support us
> > rather than the Korps...anyone up to help me
> organize?
> >  Say, all profits to the 'Dmitry Defense Fund' or
> the
> > EFF or EPIC?
> 
> This would be cool, but I don't have the energy to
> do something like
> that AND coordinate these things. But we've been
> delegating
> responsibilities of late, and Michael, I think if
> you want to do
> something like this, I really, really think it could
> be _fantastic_.
> 
> pedro


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