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ways to help make M20 a success
by looking forward to m20 Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004 at 8:59 AM

some suggestions on how to help make sure M20 is effective and a question

some info from pog
Specific ways to help make M20 a success:

1: Consider participating in the sit-in at CMU on March 20th. If you're considering this please contact pog@mutualaid.org, as there are a number of meetings coming up that you can attend. The sit-in is meant to be an inclusive event that hundreds of people can participate in. It will be a non-violent act of traditional civil disobedience. Because we have no idea how long it may end up lasting we’ll be encouraging people to bring guitars, games to play, food and water, books to read and study with. Think of it like a vacation! We hope to have an M20 logistics page up soon on our website.

2: Help the sit-in be a success by doing direct support work:
A: We need everyone who wants to see these actions be effective to march with the direct action contingent assembling 1:00pm at flagstaff around 4 giant flags. If you don't want to (or aren't able to) participate in the sit-in itself then taking part in the DA contingent- making sure it reaches its goal and remains safe from police attack- is the single most important way to be involved.
B: helping do logistical things (bringing things to the rally, helping with set-up and carrying things to and from the sit-in)
C: providing a solidarity presence outside the sit-in location

3: Help distribute flyers, you can come by the Thomas Merton Center during business hours and pick them up or go to our website [http://www.organizepittsburgh.org] and download them. We will also mail them to you (just include how many and what size- email pog@mutualaid.org).

4: Bail Money and other expenses: In order for people to take part in the civil disobedience we need to make sure they won’t languish forever in jail. Therefore, we need generous individuals to step forward with commitments of bail money (you would get the money back- it would be kind of like a short term no interest loan) in case there are arrests. We also, of course, need outright contributions since almost all of the money for M20 is coming from members pockets- donations can be mailed to: POG PO Box 10215 Pittsburgh, PA 15232 or contact us for other ways to donate.
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I like what pog is trying to do, but it does seem possible they will be violently repressed. So I was thinking, what are suggestions of ways people can be prepared to take action if the sit-in is crushed by force. Anyone have ideas? Depending on the idea you may not want to post it here, but it's probably a good idea to start thinking about this stuff.

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