Boycott sounds easier in principle, but in countries where the media are controlled by the capitalists, how do you maintain momentum once media decides to focus somewhere else? I’ll always remember the example in my homeland of Spain:
CocaCola threatened to close the factory of Casbega, a very big one in Spain, and the workers called for a boycott until CocaCola announces it won’t close it. For some reason they got press coverage, and there was a big enough boycott and backlash that they announced they would keep it open. People cheered, the whole thing fizzled out, and a year later or so they ended up closing it, this time quietly because media didn’t care. Most Spanish people to this day don’t know it ever even closed.
We need to organize in a militant manner so that our own organization doesn’t rely on anyone else but ourselves. And the way to do this (if you ask a Marxist-Leninist like myself) is through communist parties such as the Black Panthers, the Bolsheviks or the Communist Party of Cuba.
Mate thank you for sharing this, that’s a great example, I’ve seen other examples of the power media has in what is or isn’t being shown, but this one is especially poignant.
That’s a key point there about the movement not relying on any external power structures, well said and thanks for saying it 🙌
Boycott sounds easier in principle, but in countries where the media are controlled by the capitalists, how do you maintain momentum once media decides to focus somewhere else? I’ll always remember the example in my homeland of Spain:
CocaCola threatened to close the factory of Casbega, a very big one in Spain, and the workers called for a boycott until CocaCola announces it won’t close it. For some reason they got press coverage, and there was a big enough boycott and backlash that they announced they would keep it open. People cheered, the whole thing fizzled out, and a year later or so they ended up closing it, this time quietly because media didn’t care. Most Spanish people to this day don’t know it ever even closed.
We need to organize in a militant manner so that our own organization doesn’t rely on anyone else but ourselves. And the way to do this (if you ask a Marxist-Leninist like myself) is through communist parties such as the Black Panthers, the Bolsheviks or the Communist Party of Cuba.
Mate thank you for sharing this, that’s a great example, I’ve seen other examples of the power media has in what is or isn’t being shown, but this one is especially poignant.
That’s a key point there about the movement not relying on any external power structures, well said and thanks for saying it 🙌
It’s wonderful to have newcomers to hexbear who are as enthusiastic as you. Welcome aboard, buddy!
Many thanks to you mate 🙌 wish us all the best of luck and communal solidarity in these crazy times :p