Black Friday Bulletin #3 - Baywalk Makapili Protest
Designated time and place of flash protest for March 17:
BAYWALK, Roxas Blvd - 6:30 to 7:15 PM
Plan of action:
1) Wear BLACK. BRING ALSO HAT, SHADES, AND IMPROVISED HOOD similar to the hooded witness of DOJ (see attached photo).
2) Assemble in front of the Aristocrat Restaurant, Roxas Blvd. between 6:15 to 6:30pm
3) Wait awhile for other groups in black. Take a snack, if you wish, while waiting for others to arrive
4) At 6:30pm, cross Roxas Boulevard in single file towards Baywalk.
5) Put on your "Makapili" hooded outfit and mingle with the regular Friday strollers on Baywalk.
6) When the signal is given, line up single file along the road and face the street.
7) Do the "thumbs down" sign to passing vehicles.
8) On cue, disperse quietly.
Suggested preparations:
9) Invite as many friends or officemates as possible
10) If you're an employer or a manager, invite all your subordinates to join you. Offer to "treat" them after the flash protest, if you can afford it. Hey, it's Friday after pay day. So you can have your regular "gimmick" after this.
11) If you're from the same office, arrange for carpooling going to the Aristocrat restaurant.
12) If you're outside of Metro Manila, and there are enough of you to organize a protest action, just select your own area of protest, but follow the "MAKAPILI" theme.
For feedback on last week's MRT flash protest, please visit our blog: www.blackfridayprotest.blogspot.com
We're finalizing details of the International Black Friday Protest that should happen sometime in April. Abangan...
Forward this message to as many friends, relatives, colleagues, and e-groups. I've also included below a brief description of the Black Friday Protest Movement, so those receiving your forwarded mail and hearing this for the first time will understand what we're trying to accomplish.
Let's paint BAYWALK BLACK on Friday.
God bless,
Enteng
http://blacknwhitemovement.blogspot.com
http://www.blacknwhite-movement.com
BLACK FRIDAY - A NEW FORM OF PROTEST
The Black Friday Protest Movement was launched by eLagda on March 1 to give professionals, students, businessmen, and other sectors a venue to express their protest against the continuing and escalating acts of repression of the GMA administration as manifested in its series of proclamations – CPR, EO 464, and PP 1017 – all designed to curtail basic rights and oppress the people. Even after PP1017 has been lifted, the repressive measures continue.
Patterned after the flash mob concept, the Black Friday Protest calls on people to gather at a designated time and place every Friday while wearing black as a symbol of protest. There will be no programs or speeches. Instead, people will be given specific instructions on what to do, and the whole exercise should last about 30 minutes at most. It’s safe, non-confrontational, and within the bounds of the law, even under a repressive one like PP 1017. The mere “flash” gathering of people is an expression of protest.
Where will people get instructions?
Details of the Black Friday Protest action for the week will be published at its blogsite – http://www.BlackFridayProtest.blogspot.com every Wednesday evening. Those who would like to receive instructions directly can also subscribe to the movement’s bulletin service by sending a blank email to BlackFridayProtest-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
BAYWALK, Roxas Blvd - 6:30 to 7:15 PM
Plan of action:
1) Wear BLACK. BRING ALSO HAT, SHADES, AND IMPROVISED HOOD similar to the hooded witness of DOJ (see attached photo).
2) Assemble in front of the Aristocrat Restaurant, Roxas Blvd. between 6:15 to 6:30pm
3) Wait awhile for other groups in black. Take a snack, if you wish, while waiting for others to arrive
4) At 6:30pm, cross Roxas Boulevard in single file towards Baywalk.
5) Put on your "Makapili" hooded outfit and mingle with the regular Friday strollers on Baywalk.
6) When the signal is given, line up single file along the road and face the street.
7) Do the "thumbs down" sign to passing vehicles.
8) On cue, disperse quietly.
Suggested preparations:
9) Invite as many friends or officemates as possible
10) If you're an employer or a manager, invite all your subordinates to join you. Offer to "treat" them after the flash protest, if you can afford it. Hey, it's Friday after pay day. So you can have your regular "gimmick" after this.
11) If you're from the same office, arrange for carpooling going to the Aristocrat restaurant.
12) If you're outside of Metro Manila, and there are enough of you to organize a protest action, just select your own area of protest, but follow the "MAKAPILI" theme.
For feedback on last week's MRT flash protest, please visit our blog: www.blackfridayprotest.blogspot.com
We're finalizing details of the International Black Friday Protest that should happen sometime in April. Abangan...
Forward this message to as many friends, relatives, colleagues, and e-groups. I've also included below a brief description of the Black Friday Protest Movement, so those receiving your forwarded mail and hearing this for the first time will understand what we're trying to accomplish.
Let's paint BAYWALK BLACK on Friday.
God bless,
Enteng
http://blacknwhitemovement.blogspot.com
http://www.blacknwhite-movement.com
BLACK FRIDAY - A NEW FORM OF PROTEST
The Black Friday Protest Movement was launched by eLagda on March 1 to give professionals, students, businessmen, and other sectors a venue to express their protest against the continuing and escalating acts of repression of the GMA administration as manifested in its series of proclamations – CPR, EO 464, and PP 1017 – all designed to curtail basic rights and oppress the people. Even after PP1017 has been lifted, the repressive measures continue.
Patterned after the flash mob concept, the Black Friday Protest calls on people to gather at a designated time and place every Friday while wearing black as a symbol of protest. There will be no programs or speeches. Instead, people will be given specific instructions on what to do, and the whole exercise should last about 30 minutes at most. It’s safe, non-confrontational, and within the bounds of the law, even under a repressive one like PP 1017. The mere “flash” gathering of people is an expression of protest.
Where will people get instructions?
Details of the Black Friday Protest action for the week will be published at its blogsite – http://www.BlackFridayProtest.blogspot.com every Wednesday evening. Those who would like to receive instructions directly can also subscribe to the movement’s bulletin service by sending a blank email to BlackFridayProtest-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
posted by Leah Navarro at Wednesday, March 15, 2006
19 Comments:
Yo Ma! Can you make pancit, too? :-)
Hope you could post some pictures of the event later. :)
sayang black shirt ko today, di man lang ako nakasali...
seriously, though -- might want to find a way to spread the idea to other blogs, through other bloggers, after what happened today.
fight on, kabayan!
Patalsikin na? Now na?
You can do better than that!
anong magulo sa ginawa nila? nagsama sama lang silang nakasuot ng t-shirt na Patalsikin na, NOW na ang logo. magulo na ba yun? ni hindi nga nakaharang sa kalsada. paanong nakakahinder sa ekonomiya yun?
don't fall for the GMA trap.
pinoyako,
may ebidensya naman sana, hindi lang hinyaang ipalabas kasi nga pinatay agad ang impeachment process courtesy of JDV and other GMA allies.
What I can't take is that Mrs. Soliman denied that they we're staging a protest when they were stopped by the cops. What was it she said? "Naglalakad lamang kami dito." Or something to that effect. C'mon, be brave enough to admit that, at least.
I'm all for freedom of expression but what she did was pretty much a coward's way out. Just like what the President, the Opposition, and pretty much every crook does when caught red handed. Deny everything. *sigh*
Rhochie, what Dinky said is essentially correct - we were out for a walk, not a march. We were to cross the street to Baywalk from Aristocrat. There were 22 of us. No banners, no megaphone, no chanting of slogans. We even had a three year old boy with us, brought freely by his parents. We did not disrupt traffic at any time.
Dinky denied nothing. Truth is, the cops denied us the opportunity to even cross the street. Dinky and Enteng are far from being cowards. They were arrested for defending our, yes, our rights. This is the right you have to express exactly what you feel. Unless you live in a repressed society, like one under martial law. If it were declared, would you be brave enough to stand up against it?
^ hindi ako kasama sa black and white movement, pero pare naman. anong lugar sa isang demokrasya ang isang mandaraya sa eleksyon?
so kung ayaw mo pala sa mga kandidato, ok lang na mandaya sa eleksyon yung gusto mo o yung "lesser evil"? kung ganun paniwala mo, ikaw ang dapat lumipat ng bansa, dahil ang pagkakaalam mo, nabubuhay tayo sa isang demokrasya.
i thought word about this "movement" was just a joke. now, i know why people say your "plan of action" beats anything woody allen has written. it's really the absurdest, most hilarious thing i've ever read. dang.
Helga, you have a point there. The cops went overboard, good thing they didn't resort to violence.
It's just that I don't want people like her to cheapen what we're fighting for. For that matter, I'd rather not have any 'personalities' involved in this movement. I'd prefer that we do it by ourselves. It's hard to explain, but I hope you get my meaning. Perhaps, I felt I've been fooled once too often by our leaders, enough to prevent me from trusting any of them fully (read: at all).
You ask me if I am willing to stand up and be counted, I was in both EDSA's; the first one, I was still in grade school (Grade 4), but that doesn't make my participation any less important.
Rhochie, I understand your suspicions in regard to "personalities", but please do not lump all of them in one basket. We are blessed that we don't only have the newspapers or Palace propaganda to rely on for information on those who are part of our group. Not every "personality" has a hidden agenda, not all of them are in this for popularity. Dinky doesn't need this harassment, she could have faded into obscurity save for one thing - she's fully aware of her shortcomings and is doing all she can to make amends by standing up to the woman she once considered a friend. We are proud of her friendship, and we know her heart. We have very few sincere allies in this fight to get our country back, so we are grateful for every ounce of support. We are not cheapened by her, nor by anyone else we count among us. Trust only happens if you give it a chance to be proven.
I am not accusing you of lack of participation, please don't get me wrong. I asked the question in regard to martial law. It was asked in the spirit of trying to understand you more. Yun lang.
Popsj, we hope to get more of the tee shirts done by Friday. If you both join us at the next Black Friday Protest, you'll get them for free. :-) We've been asked by quite a few people for them, so we're thinking about making more to sell. For now, we're giving away the ones we have left.
Artemio de la Cruz, I remember those protest jogs very well. They were well attended and effective. Most importantly, they were non-violent forms of protest.
The chilling reality today is that the police have been given blanket authority to do anything, as long as it's Gloria who benefits from their actions. We're on the way to becoming a police state. It's sad that more than half of our population has no memory or knowledge of the oppression we went through. And only 20 years have passed.
Bagong Bayani, suggest you look beyond those you have listed as alternatives to your president. We have never mentioned any of them as alternatives because we know we can look to others. About time you stopped complaining and started looking.
Jester-in-exile, it seems that any black shirt can be understood as a sign of protest, wherever you are. But especially in the city of Manila. Seriously, our bulletins suggest that you can organize your own silent, blackshirted, silent protests anywhere. Go for it!
"Isn't it Election is part of the democratic process."
at ang problema, kahit na nagkadayaan pa sa eleksyon, wala kayong pakialam. so do you really care about democracy? hindi. basta yung ayaw niyo ay di makaupo, ok lang sa inyo na babuyin ang demokrasya.
who says protesters like us are not doing anything to push for the modernization of the next elections? for the revamp of COMELEC? hindi naman contradicting yung goals na yun at yung pagtawag na mag-resign yung nandaya sa nakaraang eleksyon. para naman kasing pag ginawa mo na yung isa e hindi mo na kakayaning gawin pa yung isa.
para yan yung panawagan na "magtrabaho na lang tayo." kagaguhan. ako, nagtatrabaho ako at nakakahanap ng oras na magprotesta rin.
"It seems that any black shirt can be understood as a sign of protest, wherever you are. But especially in the city of Manila. Seriously, our bulletins suggest that you can organize your own silent, blackshirted, silent protests anywhere. Go for it!"
i don't know if it counts, but i protest often on my personal blog, and i try to make time to join rallies when i can (shame laguna is far enough away to arrive on time). besides, i don't think a rally of one counts (unless you're wearing a slogan shirt).
where can i get one of those shirts? the slogan's pretty catchy, and wearing it is a pretty good method of information dissemination, i think.
jester, we're gonna post an announcement on both our blogs and website regarding how the tee shirts and other collaterals can be made available to all for free. Will have it posted by early evening.
At this point, we've ordered more shirts, and if you're in Manila this Friday, will be more than happy to give you one if you meet up with us. But just check out the blog tonight for our announcement.
You may be interested in checking out our posts on our 8 Point Reform Agenda and the Frist 100 Days after Gloria on our partner blog:
http://blacknwhitemovement.blogspot.com
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