Ways to protest

FROM ISSUE # 123 (March 2006) | IN THIS ISSUE
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10 ways to protest

Write articles for magazines.
Wear a black arm band.
Start a signature campaign.
Try and get on TV.
Stage street plays.
Organise parties with political themes.
Start a youth fest, even if its just you and your friends.
Hold symbolic demonstrations such as lighting candles in the day to signify the darkness within the country.
Write proactive T-shirt slogans and wear them.
Hold a sports tournament with political themes to get people talking.

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Top 5 wacky ways to protest

10  Mismatch and wear the most outrageous coloured clothes (eg pink pants, parrot-green shirt and orange shoes).
9  Wear funny hats (with horns, bells or mushrooms) to work or school.
8  Stage Eat-all-you-can strikes (but still call it a 'Hunger Strike').
7  Spray perfume at places with stinky walls.
6  Mass meditate under the Peepal tree in New Road.
5  Build whatever was broken down during previous protests such as pedestrian bars .
4  Symbolic demonstration: carry broomsticks and make everybody sweep the streets to signify 'cleaning up whatever needs to be cleaned up'.
3  Go swim in Bagmati, Bishnumati, or Tukucha.
2  Hug, shake hands, and give a candy to all the policemen you meet.
1  Wear a tyre (truck, car, cycle, according to your size) around your waist and do a collective hula dance in Tundikhel.