Sacramento organizers, beware!
In fact, organizers all over the country, beware. Williams says he's been "flooded" with requests from Tea Partiers who want to participate in his ruse at protests in Iowa, Massachusetts, Colorado, and elsewhere. As he writes, "Chances are that because I am publishing this they’ll catch wind, but it is worth the chance if you take it upon yourself to act."
Here's Mother Jones' take on the right-wing effort to undermine the union supporters:
Anti-union protesters, led by media mogul Andrew Breitbart, GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain, and "Joe the Plumber," largely fizzled after a rally on Saturday. And the image of union workers that Williams seeks to portray seems to run uphill against the images of the employees' leaders seen thus far. But as labor disputes spread to other states, it remains to be seen whether tactics like those proposed by Williams will be effective in embarassing the public employees...or embarrasing the tea party "plants" themselves.
It sounds like Williams stole his game plan from the Yes Men, who have done awesome work over the years pretending to be corporate goons so they can get media attention and tell the truth about corporations' evil ways. The critical difference, of course, is that the Yes Men carry out their exploits for the good of mankind, while Williams' aim is to undermine hard-working Americans. Like I said, a real class act.
By Lauren Kelley | Sourced from AlterNet
Posted at February 21, 2011, 6:30 am
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More at the link and hat tip to alternet.
Sacramento VIGIL organizers and participants, please take note and spread the word.
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