Em resumo
Para protestar contra a Guerra do Iraque, o Projeto Lysistrata realizou mais de mil leituras em 59 países da antiga comédia grega Lysistrata, que fala sobre como mulheres acabaram com uma guerra recusando sexo até os homens pararem de lutar.
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Tática chave
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.
Princípio chave
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.