Monday, November 14, 2005

Pyramid Of 10 In Kathmandu


10*10*10*10*10 = 100,000

Quietly build a pyramid of 10 in Kathmandu, and also in all other towns. Perhaps in other towns it will be only 4 deep, and not 5 deep. The fundraising effort in the US needs to be only 3 deep.

5-4-3.

Do not come out into the streets unless you already have 100,000 people at the ready.

Come out in support of the 3 point program.
  1. Seven party interim government.
  2. Peace talks with the Maoists.
  3. Constituent Assembly.
The committee of 10 at the top of the pyramid will decide when and where to show up. It could be Tundikhel, or New Road or some place else. Decide at around 8 PM if you are going to come out at 8 AM the following morning. See if you can make it the same time, same day nationwide.

After you come out in full force, you are not going to leave unless the country has an interim government. It could be a week, it could be 4 weeks. If it is more than a week, increase the mass size. Keep increasing it week after week. Let it snowball. After about 4 weeks will be the time to unilaterally declare an interim government.

It would be a good idea for people to have replacements, and have shifts. So you do your 12 hours shift, your replacement does the other 12 hours shift.

This is war with communications technology. As many leaders as possible on the team should be carrying mobile phones. Have as many digital cameras and camcorders as possible. Arrange for the cameras to not leave the grounds. There should be "porters" who secretly carry the memory disks from the protest site to undisclosed home locations with broadband internet access where all the uploading takes place and make sure all camerapeople in the field always have plenty of memory disks and batteries. Maximum coverage is the goal. We are trying to sway global opinion.

Upload hundreds of hours of video on Google Video.

Avoid confrontations with the police as much as possible. Stay away from the restricted areas. Do not attempt to cross the police lines. Have a large team of smooth talkers at the front lines. Engage the police officers in small talk. Get to know their names. Become friends with them. Make sure they understand you are not interested in crossing the police line or going over to the restricted areas.

Despite that if there are physical attacks from the police - in the form of tear gas shells, baton charges, unlawful arrests - document each such incident. People giving orders for all such acts will be tracked down and punished by the interim government.

Right to peaceful assembly is a fundamental human right. This or any regime may not take it away. Ordinances can not be passed to counter the human rights charter.

Get creative. There should be mini cultural performances all over the protest site. Come up with a theme song for the movement that the entire crowd sings about every three hours.

Arrange to have maximal media exposure. Have a special team to take care of just that one detail.

This is winter. Have plenty of blankets around.

You can not be singing or sloganeering all the time. Let the leaders organize ice-breaking and team building games inside the groups, and across groups. Hold mini seminars in small groups on different aspects of democracy. Hold corner meetings at the site. Let there be mini speeches.

The original idea is for a 24/7 protest. That is still my preference. But it can be modified to make it a 12 hour thing. As in 8 AM to 8 PM every day. That way we could still have all the protest soldiers in bed each night, and they could have meals at home before and after, and we would only be concerned about one snack during the day, and water all through the day. And we would not have to worry about shifts and replacements. And we need daylight hours for the cameras anyway.

Fundraising Among Nepalis In The US: Pyramid Of 10

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You are going to make a mess in nepal. You people are really not understanding that where will u land nepal after this kind of draconian act. I am not going to support you