Upon a challenge from other DUers

[boston bean]

to make a difference all by myself.....

I went over to twitter, created an account, set up hashtag #WeMarch26. My name there is WeMarch26.

I hope any Duer's who would like to march on Washington on March 26th, 2011, will follow me on twitter and help to make this happen. Our demand will be that We Want Our Jobs Back.

It started on the internet/twitter in Egypt, why can't it start on the internet/twitter in the good ole USA?

[polichick]

1. Well done. I would suggest that you say HOW you want jobs back...

...what exactly you want our "leaders" to do - be specific. Tax for outsourcing? What?

[boston bean]

3. I think a simple message and masses to get our jobs back will work to get people there.

I don't think it should be mucked up by the politics of it all.

Think about it. All the republican ideas have failed. What is the obvious message here.

People can bring whatever signs they want. I am sure NAFTA changes would be huge.

[polichick]

5. If you're not specific, you'll just get platitudes from leaders about how they're...

..."doing all they can."

[boston bean]

6. if there is a huge mass of people, they will get the message loud and clear

that what they have been doing sucks and isn't working.

I am very open to ideas, maybe you are right as others have said the same thing as you.

[polichick]

12. But it IS working for the wealthy and corporations...

...and that's who most U.S. politicians actually work for.

The people in Egypt knew exactly what they wanted and stood firm until the dictator left. imo to be successful Americans would have to be very specific about what they're asking for - can't worry about the politics of it.

[boston bean]

16. What's your idea? If you go an tweet a message, and invite friend, maybe it will grow.

Like I said you might be right, I think it might get bogged down in the weeds and I think it's important to get people there. But your idea is good one.

on edit, we can make it be anything we want. We just need to start.

[CTyankee]

38. I agree with you, boston. It is useful to show there are others, not just the

teabaggers, out there with strong dissent!

Good thing you are doing this...bravo...

[boston bean]

49. Thanks CTyankee! I need all the support I can get! We need to support one another!

[MineralMan]

2. Good job. You've started something. Now, publicize it as widely

as you can.

[boston bean]

4. Why won't you help? go to twitter create an account and help me. nt

[MineralMan]

10. Because I'm busy with other efforts and I don't twitter.

Congratulations on your start. I wish you every success.

[boston bean]

11. OK, then can you leave me to my own work then?

[MineralMan]

15. Of course. I recced your thread, too.

I wish you success.

[Dappleganger]

32. Why don't you stop following her around and telling her what to do?

Do you have any idea how condescending your posts seem? You follow her from one thread to the other and it looks as if you're attacking her. I don't tell you what to do in your activism, why are you so judgmental to her?

[Motown_Johnny]

7. you might want to suggest a means by which we get our jobs back

instead of demanding an end result without any idea what the process would be.

Even something as watered down as "Fair Trade not Free Trade" would be a step in the right direction.




Good luck to you.. I will go to Twitter right now to follow.

[boston bean]

9. That is a good idea. Thanks for following. will you invite your friends? tn

[Motown_Johnny]

20. .

I don't use twitter, just camped my name long ago in case I ever wanted it


but I am now a follower (for all the good that does)

[boston bean]

8. Is there anyone on DU that is good with Facebook? nt

[dionysus]

13. well now you're cooking with gas.

[nashville_brook]

14. i'm following and retweeting.

not that i have that many followers...but i want to help if i can.

[boston bean]

19. Thanks nashville_brook!

[xchrom]

17. recommend

[jp11]

18. Invite the tea party and you might get press.

[boston bean]

21. Aint that the truth. A real issue will probably go by the way side.

[thaddeus_flowe]

22. If you lead I'll follow.

On twitter. : )

[Shagbark Hickory]

23. Because I'll need about $2000 to make that happen.

With gas or airfare, hotel and that's to say nothing of lost work revenue.

It worked in egypt because everyone already doesn't have jobs and the country is a lot smaller.
And the powers that be ingore marches in washington now.

And what.. march for one whole day? The people in egypt camped out there.

IF you could get people to march in cities all over the country, day in and day out, then I think you'd possibly have something.
Even though I can't get to DC, I can go to the nearest urban core and march at least a few different times.

[boston bean]

25. good idea

[Shagbark Hickory]

44. e.g. look at what code pink does. They're nationwide. All they need is more people

[boston bean]

48. will definitely try to contact them. nt

[Luciferous]

50. I'm in the same position. I can't really afford to travel to Washington

but I could march in Chicago or Madison...

[boston bean]

51. i think having nationwide protests often might be the best idea!

[Waiting For Everyman]

24. I'm there, BB. I suggest we revive a hashtag we had, #DemUnd

Some of us were using it a while back but it went dormant. It would help us identify each other, at least until we get started. I think #du is being used as something else. (I was checking with hashtag.org etc. yesterday, looking for some tags to collect around. #corporatocracy and #democracy seem to be pretty good to use right now, except that the first one might be more US oriented.

Baggers are mostly using the tag #liberal, so it's best we don't advertize our plans to them. (At least at first.)

Actually the demand you stated in your OP would be a good one, #WeWantOurJobsBack. I just checked, it isn't being used. I'm already following hashtag.org on twitter, so my searching sort of registers it, or begins awareness with them that it's a search.

http://twitter.com/hashtags (that's the twitter account for http://hashtag.org) There are fakes.

[boston bean]

26. sounds good, can you twitter the hash tag along with mine...

You seem to be pretty good with twitter. I am a bit of a newbie on it.

[Waiting For Everyman]

27. Whenever you post anything, put #DemUnd or #demund at the end.

That way, any of us can put #demund into the search window at the top of the home page, and all tweets with that same tag (that means from all of us) will come up.

You'll catch on. Write any question you have on your page, and me or someone else will answer. There's messaging too. I'm still learning myself, but this Egypt thing really got me more into it.

Hashtag #Egypt and/or #Jan25, #Feb11, #NewEgypt #EgyptCongrats just to look at what happens. Also there is a flow of tweets that come in on your homepage from anyone you are following. As you follow more people, they start rolling in pretty fast.

[Waiting For Everyman]

28. boston bean

On your profile page click "Followers" and follow us back. Then you'll see on your "Home" page what any of us tweet.

[boston bean]

31. Ok, did that! Thanks!

How can I get KO to follow me?

Or how can I tweet KO's followers?

[Waiting For Everyman]

45. I see you found KO

You can search FOK for Friend of Keith - there are a bunch of fan sites.

Look at who a person is following to pick up people you want to follow too. That way, you only have to click the name.

As to getting KO to follow you back, that's unlikely because so many people are following HIM. But who knows. You don't really need that though, you'll get anything he writes on your "Home" feed just by following him. Or you can just go to his page and look - in his case, probably a more efficient thing to do.

You can "Retweet" anything you like that someone tweets. So if he writes something you like, you can do that. Rollover some of the tweets and you'll see the button. Also there is "Reply" if you want to do that.

[MineralMan]

29. OK, so I joined twitter and am following. I'll watch and see what

happens. I can't make it to DC. No money for travel.

[mmonk]

30. Yep. That's how it started and went viral.

[Dappleganger]

33. I'm following you...

I'm Basye on Twitter, will retweet as well.

And don't let anyone get you down!

[boston bean]

34. Thanks Dappledanger! it's getting the word out that's most important!

[Control-Z]

35. Getting some organizations behind you

would be good. You could make a little gif with name/mission and dates so organizations could show support by easily putting it up on their page. You would need a landing page (with the particulars) for the gifs to link to. Just a thought.

[boston bean]

36. good thought. I can put together a web page on wordpress. I am not a graphic artist though.

I need some help..

[mmonk]

37. Wordpress is easy. My blog is wordpress.

[boston bean]

40. It's the graphics, where I am lacking!

Wordpress is great and easy!

[mmonk]

41. I use photobucket to upload pictures and then use image links

in the drafts and/or the widget with picture addresses and links to wherever I want in the sidebar.

[Control-Z]

46. If you do the ground work

I can make it for you. I can't put a lot of time into it so you would need to find a sample of something you like, colors, size, and the words you want on it. I don't know if there's a universal symbol for jobs or work but that could work if there is. Let me know.

[boston bean]

47. That's really nice of you control-z!

i was thinking using a pic like this(you can crop it how you see fit):



The name of the blog is WeMarch26

But I would like the header to say "we want our jobs back".

I'm not fussy on the colors!

The size of the header needs to be 920 × 180 pixels

If you could make a more square pic as well that would be great. If not, that is aok. I know you don't have a lot of time!

Thank you so much for your kind offer and helping with this!

[maryf]

39. Good for you!!

I'll try to make yours, will you try to you make mine?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x407878

[mmonk]

42. Between our blogs, twitter, and facebook not to mention here,

it would seem we could network this.

[boston bean]

43. That's what I think, too, mmonk!

I will work on getting the blog set up quick, then we can all link to one another, link here and get the word out and organize a march.

[OneGrassRoot]

52. Following! :)

:hi:

[boston bean]

55. Thanks OneGrassRoot!

maybe there is a way for you and I to make our two endeavors mesh..

[OneGrassRoot]

58. At your service. :) n/t

[lonestarnot]

53. Good luck!

I don't twitter or tweet or facebook. Only DU.

[boston bean]

56. You don't tweet, but would you tweet?

[Fire1]

54. No reason what so ever. Other than the "I got mine" people

or just plain ole complacency.

[pinboy3niner]

57. Here's info on permit requirements for marches and other special events in D.C.:

Special Events Permits
http://mpdc.dc.gov/mpdc/cwp/view,a,1241,Q,548264,mpdcNav_GID,1523,mpdcNav,%7C,.asp

Special Events FAQs
http://mpdc.dc.gov/mpdc/cwp/view,a,1241,Q,548264,mpdcNav_GID,1523,mpdcNav,%7C,.asp

Be aware also that some areas, like the National Mall, are governed by National Park Service rules.