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Kind of Blue

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5. Exactly! Inconvenience is the point.

Reply to Recursion (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 26, 2018, 05:48 PM

Jul 2018

And there are factors that will determine whether this protest will succeed that includes if they can sustain it over a long period of time and maintain non-violence.

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Planned protest, shutdown of North Lake Shore Drive aims to 'redistribute the pain in Chicago' [View all] Odoreida Jul 2018 OP

gOOD.. SHUT IT DOWN AND MAKE A SCENE! riversedge Jul 2018 #1

Not sure how effective shutting roads down are at changing minds TheRealNorth Jul 2018 #2

Roads are used by workers. Hits them the hardest. I agree with you about effectiveness of this. tonyt53 Jul 2018 #3

Lake Shore Drive was built to make white lakefront property more valuable Recursion Jul 2018 #4

Exactly! Inconvenience is the point. Kind of Blue Jul 2018 #5

I've been re-reading Gandhi lately Recursion Jul 2018 #6

Yes, indeed. And Dr. King, influenced by Gandhi, created Kind of Blue Jul 2018 #7