On the press...and occupy.

[nadinbrzezinski]

"Who are these guys?"

"Occupy San Diego, that's what they do."

This is a paraphrase of a conversation between a bar patron and a San Diego cop in February during one of the many street actions. You might ask, what does this have to do with the press? Well, it's the attitude, that's what they do. It's become routine.

At this point it will take something new to get our press to go, not another occupy story.

I got no idea what that will be. For the record the fuck the cops marches attracted zero newsies as well. And arrests, they are the blotter stories now, like meh, not another. (I got one to follow once I get healthy enough, occupier beat the system and was found not guilty). But you get the picture. Even when occupy is up to it's neck, student walkout, being part of it has lost it's magic.

So bring this to your local ga. I am sure OSD ain't gonna like it, but all those downtown walking tours are now meh! (As far as the press is concerned).

On the bright side social movements soldier on press or no press, but I scratch my head, what will remove the meh factor?

[UnrepentantLiberal]

1. A police riot is always good for that.

Unfortunately the violence will have to be particularly brutal to get the American media's attention. I don't think the cops will let us down in that regard. With the elections looming this year, I predict an extremely violent summer. I intend to be right in the middle of it. They're not scaring me away.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I intend to be there with a zoom

Somebody has to document it.

But I was thinking beyond batons and pepper spray.

[starroute]

3. Street theater has the potential for attracting more attention

It isn't just the media that's going meh. Even people who are interested in Occupy tend to tune out when it's the seventeenth identical story.

That was one thing about the 1960's. There were both the anti-war movement and the hippies, and by 1967 they'd hooked up together and turned into Yippies and were pulling off all sorts of colorful, what-will-they-think-of-next type events.

So as the weather warms, we need more street theater -- and the livelier and more entertaining the better. Grab the Americans by their need to be entertained and the media will follow.