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I guess definitionally if it was about the actual material effects being wrought it would be direct action not merely protest. but I feel like theres overlap
Yeah, big grey areas, but I still think a big reason you do protests is to be seen to recruit others to your cause, influence change etc.
I do not think a total indifference to whether action is seen at all is the way forward
yeah. it kinda has to be both
Our protests are pretty small here and have stopped getting much coverage :( We stop the zim ship from docking once every couple of weeks though
tbf the size and amount of coverage arent always even related. the nearest campus encampment to me got like a couple articles before it was even established that were pretty shitty and fatalistic, once it started to to take off and repelled police threats for the better part of a week it was radio silence like they were hoping it would fail if they didnt cover it. I think its getting some again now though finally
Yeah, I think it can work, but if the protests get big enough that people who watch news question why a protest doesn't get covered it doesn't work.
I've been to protests of like... 40 people before and it does work and kill energy.
In my city, if you have more than a thousand people going for weeks in a row, it's harder to ignore, but we don't get multi-day protests where people camp out at all. Also, you have to register your protest with the cops, and they can reject it and plan your marching route. Dogshit.