En breve
Para protestar contra la guerra de Iraq, el Proyecto Lysistrata organizó más de 1000 lectures en 59 países de la comedia griega Lysistrata, que trata sobre cómo las mujeres terminaron la guerra negándose a tener sexo hasta que los hombres dejaran de pelear.
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Táctica clave
Lysistrata Project participants took great comfort and inspiration in knowing that they were part of a global day of action, and that there were people all over the world participating. The fact that the event was a mass distributed action also multiplied the power of what each group was doing, so there was less pressure on local organizers to have the biggest possible event — private living room readings were just as valuable as star-studded extravaganzas. The cumulative power of the collective action also made adding readings easier, because gaps became more obvious, and people living in those gaps were driven to organize a reading. Local, national, and international media outlets were also far more inclined to cover the event because it was happening on such a large scale.
Principio clave
By choosing a comedy about a sex strike as a form of protest, Lysistrata Project organizers made participation fun for their performers and audience members and made the event irresistible to the media.