--- Shane Taylor <s-t-t at juno.com> wrote:
> >THE PINK BLOQUE
> http://www.pinkbloque.org/sitemap.html
> >
> >The ladies of the Pink Bloque initially knew each
> > other through involvement in the punk and
> > independent music scene, or through organizing
> > for Ladyfest Midwest Chicago. Some were actively
> > involved in radical politics; others were
> interested
> > in politics but had never been active; all of us
> were
> > looking for a more creative way to enact our
> > political beliefs. We found some of the radical
> left's
> > '60s protest tactics and didactic rhetoric
> alienating
> > - so we decided to make protests more fun and more
> > visually engaging by using the sounds, images and
> > lingo of contemporary corporate popular culture.
> At
> > the time the anarchist black bloc was making news
> > for its direct action tactics, thousands of
> protestors
> > in pink took to the streets for the anti-corporate
> > globalization protest in Prague. Inspired by this
> > spectacle, we chose to adopt pink as our signature
> > color. We thought: "We like pink, it's cute, and
> cute
> > is appealing. . . How about a pink bloc? How about
> a
> > cuter and more uni"que" spelling for branding
> > potential?" - And the Pink Bloque was named.
>
> Wow.
>
> First the Baffler, now this. Is there something in
> Chicago's water? Can
> we bottle it?
>
> -- Shane
>
>
>
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