The Strategic Pincer.
Alright all you existential diggers and expectant souls out there,
Defying all cynicism, the passion on the streets keeps
burning … with the crisis of capitalism intensifying people’s rage only
grows, erupting in unexpected places like Quebec, Moscow, Mexico, Tel
Aviv, Khartoum, Addis Ababa … meanwhile we keep learning new tricks in
Madrid, Los Angeles, Greece, Palestine, Manhattan and Hong Kong.
The Zuccotti encampment model may have had its day, but the spirit of
our movement lives on in the hearts and minds of hundreds of million of
people around the world who know in their gut that the future does not
compute.
Now a new operational model is emerging: the strategic pincer —>
We attack the global financial system from above with big bang protests,
uprisings and revolts —> concurrently we attack the global financial
system from below with hundreds of daily move-your-money actions at the
35,000 branches of megabanks worldwide.
The Bank of America has 6,200 branches, Wells Fargo 6,600, JPMorgan
Chase 5,500, Citigroup 1,300; Barclays has 4,700 branches in 50
countries, Deutsche Bank 3,100 in 72 countries, HSBC 7,200 in 85 and
Goldman Sachs has over 70 offices worldwide … in front of these outposts
of global capital we pitch our tents, bang our pots and pans, hold our
credit card cut ups … we hand out pamphlets to the customers going in
and out … we engage them in passionate conversation and convince them to
move their money … we trigger a chain reaction and move $1-trillion
away from the megabanks before yearend, changing global banking for
good.
With our strategic pincer we beat the shit out of global capitalism
over the next few months — metaphorically speaking of course — and then
we escalate towards a series of global solutions: a Robin Hood Tax,
pushing through a binding accord on climate change and launching hybrid
Blue/Green Pirate political parties in the U.S., Canada, Australia, the
UK, Japan …
Stay loose, play jazz, keep the faith … Capitalism is heaving and our movement has just begun.
for the wild,
Culture Jammers HQ
Labels: Adbusters, cacerolasos, capitalism, climate change, criminal banks, nonviolent protest, Occupy Wall Street
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