June 19 - National Day of Protest Against Health Insurance Companies
I don’t know how effective any protest like this one really can be… If it’s just the usual ritual of people walking around carrying signs, being herded by the police. Protests can be effective these days only if people are willing to do something different, which means some people have to take bigger risks. But I’ve gone into that in other blogs, and I’m not going to get much into it right now/here. Protests for single issues, and to support certain legislation, can be a little more effective if people pledge to follow up on such protests with appropriate actions in the electoral arena (or refusal in the electoral arena, as the case may be). That means, if you want H.R. 676 and you want a national single-payer healthcare system, it would be better if you made it clear that you are not going to support the politicians who oppose these things.
Actually it is more important to reward your friends than punish your opposition.
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It's a point
but I'm not sure it's such a good point. True, given how well our antiwar demos worked out, one might be tempted to skip it. But part of the purpose of going, for me, is to make contact with other people who are committed to acting on this. And another part is to increase my own personal commitment. "The more you do it, the more you do it."
That about rewarding friends is an excellent reminder.
please go
I think this particular series of demonstrations could be very influential, esp. if LOCAL TV news covers them.
I am hoping participants will blog about their experiences here at Corrente.