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Need Help Creating a Pamphlet

Dictyophora Ind...
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Joined: Oct 23 2014

Hello,

I'd like to start distributing single-page zines/pamphlets/etc. that give a concise and comprehensive list of reasons why – statistically, economicaly, legally, ethically, and so on – people should not vote for Harper in the coming elections. The main difficulty with this is trying to create a document that will actually resonate with the people it's targeted towards, rather than preaching to the choir.

I'd like to use this thread as a resource to compile essential points that would be impactful in an Anti-Harper pamphlet. If you're aware of any pdfs that were recently created for this purpose which I could print off and distribute, or if you know of any websites or tumblr posts etc. that demonstrate in detail why the PC Party should not be in power, please posts links to them in the comments. On a broader level, general suggestions or anecdotes on how to effectively challenge conservative ideology, whether in conversation or through fliers or whatever, would be wonderful.

It's much easier to teach a fellow activist Marx than it is to make an indifferent stranger care about social justice issues in the first place, or to compell someone who holds oppresive and reactionary views to reevaluate their behavior and ideology, or to radicalize someone who already finds solace in Conservative culture and capitalist social dynamics. I don't know how to bridge these gaps, and I'd appreciate guidance and advice on how to do so.

 Thanks.


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onlinediscountanvils
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Joined: Jun 7 2012

Here's one place to start: 12 Year Old Girl Tells Off Stephen Harper


Slumberjack
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Dictyophora Indusiata wrote:
Hello, I'd like to start distributing single-page zines/pamphlets/etc. that give a concise and comprehensive list of reasons why – statistically, economicaly, legally, ethically, and so on – people should not vote for Harper in the coming elections.

Why stop there?


had enough
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As it happens I'm privately working on a major project where part of it is trying to understand how people evaluate details with respect to "public governance", or more generally "democracy". I've just got back to it, and that will take most of my time, but I'd also like to discuss your project a bit, if you don't mind.

 

Clearly it's a mortal threat we face under the traitorous harper dictatorship, and discussion is the only way to understand why and what we can do about it.

 

But, I'm not about to be anyone's blind mouthpiece, so may I ask you what your goal is. Are you just opposed to harper or are you also trying to specifically promote another political party?

 

Ibid.


jas
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Joined: Jun 6 2005

A book that supposedly compiles all of his misdeeds in one handy tome:

http://thetyee.ca/Culture/2014/10/30/Party-of-One/


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