- Tactical frivolity
Tactical Frivolity is a form of public
protest employing whimsy. Sometimes associated with 'Pink' and/or 'Silver' blocs orwomanist andgay -themed marches, tactical frivolity blocs usedrum ming,samba ,dance ,radical cheerleading ,clown s and fairies to create an atmosphere of festivity andhumor during street protests. Different Pink and Silver Blocs (at different mobilisations) have differing positions on the question of 'violence' in demonstrations; often there are a range of libertarian activists who fit between the pacifist andBlack Bloc spectrum of direct action. Participants usually wear pink and silver costumes as a way of engaging the "carnivalesque " spectacle, and to differentiate themselves from other blocs that utilise different tactics, such as theWhite Overalls , Black Bloc and NGO marches.The first Pink Bloc was formed in the Pink/Silver line of the World Bank/IMF
anti-globalization movement protest onSeptember 26 ,2000 , inPrague ,Czech Republic . Then it was not whimsy, but people exploring their own vulnerability, being able to be confrontational in the face of police, whilst underlining their own humanity. The Pink & Silver (mainly British, mainly Earth First!) bloc in Prague mixed people in costumes, black bloc, samba, people in gas masks and so on, all working together, in a forceful but calm manner.External links
* [http://www.rhythmsofresistance.co.uk/ Rhythms of Resistance]
* [http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/genova/pinksilver/index.htm Pink Silver Group in Genoa report]
* [http://www.earthfirst.org.uk Earth First! in Britain]
*"Tactical Frivolity + Rhythms of Resistance" [http://www.hamacaonline.net/obra.php?id=593] , video by Nuria Vila and Marcelo Expósito (2007); see also [http://www.archive.org/details/tacticalfrivolity]
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