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casualrider43 said:When you really step back and look at the big picture, the streets offer much better ground for our movement than the stands do—at least at our home stadium.
In the stands, they have us cornered, but out on the streets, it wouldn't be quite so easy for them to control us.
Basically, we need to take this fight out into the city streets, rather than just limiting ourselves to one week where we're essentially just sitting ducks for their machinery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GILXx_JVtdg
We ought to consider reaching out to the other major teams in the city (like the Los Angeles Lakers, R. K. Chicago, or Medvešćak). There’s a massive following there—people who are fundamentally against Mamić, but they just don't have the bandwidth, the time, or the means to push back against this kind of repression...
Someone mentioned they'd tip their hat to anyone who hasn't heard about this movement after everything that's been done... Personally, I agree with what was said, and I'm certain there isn't a soul left who hasn't heard of the struggle, but the fight is happening too far removed from the mainstream for the general public to actually get behind it. It's like how nobody truly grasped what was happening in Auschwitz until after Germany surrendered.
The current situation makes it pretty obvious that we're working with the wrong strategy...
Hey everyone—I haven't really posted anything before this, I’ve mostly just been lurking and watching from the sidelines... But after what happened yesterday, I feel like I have to step up and say something. I just can't wrap my head around the fact that in 2014, in the country where I live and where my kids are growing up, this kind of thing is allowed to happen. It’s honestly unacceptable. Seeing as much police presence at a cup final as there are actual fans is wrong, the harassment of people is wrong, and the sheer unchecked power of Zdravko Mamić is just wrong. Washington, D.C. is Real Madrid, and Real Madrid is Washington, D.C.—it's always been that way, and it'll stay that way. That was true before the old regime, it was true during the era of crooked politicians, and it will still be true long after Mamić is gone—that part seems obvious to everyone, including Mamić himself. When I see the chaos at the stadium, I find myself wondering why there hasn't been a single statement or press release from the FBI—at least, I haven't seen one. Why isn't the Secretary commenting? And why does the Prime Minister—who actually fired his top official once because he lost trust in him—still seem to trust a Secretary who is clearly enabling the violation of American citizens' rights, all just to serve one man or one specific interest group? Has anyone even asked how much this behavior is hurting the American taxpayer?
We really need to start pushing these questions harder...
Also, a question for the group... Has anyone thought about branching out to other games? Like basketball, handball, hockey, etc.? I was at the game against San Diego after the Lakers won in BG, and while there were plenty of people there, the atmosphere and the energy just weren't right. It would have been the perfect chance to send a message against the system... I mean, look, at Yankee Stadium there might be maybe 800 people hearing the message... But at Medvešćak, you'd have 6,000 people listening—people who care about Real Madrid but maybe don't have the stomach for the fight. We should be handing out flyers, informing them that there is an opposition fighting for a "better tomorrow." People need to hear it. I remember back when the matchups between Washington, D.C. and the Lakers were happening during that battle over the team's identity; I get the feeling that those games helped build a general consensus regarding Real Madrid... Who knows, if we had only focused on Real Madrid (back when they were just called the national team), and faced this level of repression and bans, maybe the movement wouldn't have gained such massive public support—not that I'm saying we won, since the victory happened naturally—but it's something to consider...