Strategy & Tactics

Our centrepiece strategy, which will see masses of people out on the street making our demands loud and clear, is the annual August 6th Occupy Earth rally to be held at the houses of power all around the planet.  That said, successful civil resistance campaigns always employ multiple and changing tactics to achieve their goals. We will continuously study and develop the successful tactics used by nonviolent protesters in the past. World United will deploy and test many of these tactics to build the movement and engage/inform the leaders of the world’s nation-states as to the legitimate demands of the people. Here are some examples of the tactics that we may deploy, test, and monitor for effectiveness.

 

  • Letter-Writing Campaigns: Organizing mass sending of letters to officials to demand action or change (e.g., Amnesty International campaigns)

 

  • Digital Activism: Using social media and online campaigns to spread information and mobilize supporters (e.g., #MeToo movement)

 

  • Marches: Organized walks through public streets to demonstrate solidarity and raise awareness

 

  • Symbolic Clothing: Wearing specific colors or symbols to show support (e.g., pink hats during Women's March)

 

  • Public Speeches: Delivering speeches to inspire, inform, and mobilize supporters (e.g., Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech)

 

  • Petitions: Collecting signatures to demonstrate widespread support and demand action from the nation's leaders

 

  • Civil Disobedience: Deliberately breaking specific laws considered unjust and accepting the consequences (e.g., Gandhi's Salt March)

 

  • Mass Strikes: Workers stop working to demand political change (e.g., Polish Solidarity movement)

 

  • Others Tactics:

Teach-ins: Educational forums where experts and activists discuss issues to inform and mobilize the public (e.g., Vietnam War teach-ins)

Performance Art: Using theater, music, or other art forms to convey messages and engage the public (e.g., Bread and Puppet Theater)

Banner Drops: Displaying large banners in prominent locations to convey messages (e.g., Greenpeace banner drops)

Flash Mobs: Coordinated, sudden gatherings in public places to perform acts of protest (e.g., dancing or singing for a cause)

Silent Protests: Protesting without speaking to convey solemnity or seriousness (e.g., Silent March against racial violence)

Boycotts: Refusing to buy products or engage in services from certain businesses or governments to pressure for change (e.g., Montgomery Bus Boycott)

Vigils: Standing silently, often with candles, to honor victims or show solidarity with a cause (e.g., vigils for Tiananmen Square victims)

Die-ins: Protesters lie down as if dead to symbolize victims of an issue, often used in anti-war and environmental protests

Human Chains: Linking hands to form a chain, symbolizing unity and solidarity.

 

Many of these tactics have been proven effective across various movements and contexts to secure social, political, and environmental changes.