Day #51, July 3: If FIGHTING TO WIN we would be planning...

Yesterday's post, Day #50, July 2: If we do not Rescue, IT IS BY CHOICE, explored the type of "no holds barred" actions various parties would take "IF IT WERE THEIR/OUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY, IF IT WERE AMERICANS."

THE QUESTION IS: HOW DO WE CAUSE KEY PARTIES/FACTIONS TO ACT AS THOUGH THESE WERE IMMEDIATE FAMILY / AMERICANS?!?!??!?!

When I tried brainstorming this (why are there not rooms full of us brainstorming this??!?!) what occurred to me was:

To unleash Bush as though it were his family, to help him connect with the pain…
• I could:
– Vigil in front of the White House round the clock
– Hunger Strike
– Lobby the Nonprofits
– Lobby the faith leaders
• Save Darfur Coalition could:
– Engage Org. leaders/followers in Hunger Strike/Vigil
– Rolling arrests at Wt House to cry for Peacekeepers
– Mass demonstration / Arrests at the UN 9/17 including faith leaders


To unleash US (We the People) as if it were our American family, to help us connect with the pain…
• I could:
– Vigil 22/7 at the White House
– Hunger Strike
– Support/radicalize nonprofits
• Save Darfur Coalition could:
– Threaten to shut down the UN
– Mass Hunger Strike / Vigil
– Shut down Congress until resolution
– Risk Mass/Rolling Arrests
– Self-sacrificial mass exhortations by Faith Leaders
– Radical Demonstrations at Chinese Embassy - rolling arrests/BAD PRESS


To unleash Congress as though it were their family; to help them connect with the pain…
• I could:
– Vigil/Hunger Strike at the Capital
– Daily: Fax, Call, Email, Letter
– Support/Radicalize nonprofits
• Save Darfur Coalition could:
– Mass Hunger Strike / Vigil
– Rolling Arrests at Capitol
– Direct Action by Faith Leaders
– Camp outside residences of Capitol leaders
– Mass 9/17 Civil Disobedience event at UN


To unleash the average American/Frenchman/ German/Englishman as though it were his family, to help him connect with the pain…
• I could:
– Vigil/Hunger strike
– Civil Disobedience/Arrest
• Save Darfur Coalition could:
– Mass Event / Arrests at UN 9/17
– Mass Hunger Strike / Vigil
– Mass selfsacrifical action by Faith Leaders
– Shut Down China / Russia / Sudan embassies


To unleash the Pope as though it were his major issue…
• I could:
– Hunger Strike at the Vatican
– Hunger Strike at a Cardinal’s home
• Save Darfur Coalition could:
– Vigil / Hunger strike appeal
– Letter signed by leaders of all faiths


To make it a major issue for Russia / China…
• I could:
– Repeated arrests at the embassy
• Save Darfur Coalition could:
– Letter from leaders of Faith Groups
– Mass arrests
– Mass call for boycott
– Mass vigil
– Shut down embassy’s

BUT WE ARE NOT FIGHTING TO WIN. We are fighting, BUT WE ARE NOT FIGHTING TO WIN.

Bashir is fighting for his political life. That is why he is winning.

WE MUST ENTER THE FIGHT, TO WIN. Hmm... how do I help precipitate this?