Re the WGA strike: for those of you who've been asking...

[dianeduane]

...what you can do besides go down to the picket lines (useful and heartening though that is for the writers walking there):

Remember how a letter-writing / phone campaign saved Star Trek once? Time to revisit those tactics.

...Make a phone call [to the CEOs of Big Media]. Yes, that's it -- or write a letter if you prefer.

Don't wait and say, "okay, I'll do this later." Be an Organizer. Drag your eyes away from your computer now--right now (okay, for the West Coast numbers if you are living on East Coast time, phone the East Coast honchos now and, then, put the West Coast list on your list of "to-dos" before lunch or before your pre-lunch nap)--and dial...

Click here for the necessary names, addresses and phone numbers, and a list of "talking points" if you need them.

(EDIT: a similar campaign is being mooted / hosted at BringTVBack.blogspot.com.)

Comments

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

Over on wga_supporters, I did a post for a mailing campaign, which includes images that can be used on the US Post Office site to automatically generate postcards: http://community.livejournal.com/wga_supporters/23438.html

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

No email addresses? No real surprise there... they've maybe heard of this interweb thing and the marketing boys say it's got potential.

[flexor.livejournal.com]

The Internet is filled to the brim with dirty rotten thieves and pedophiles who rip off their wares depriving the suits the poor wee artists of their rightful rewards.

Yes, I will put that can opener in the dishwasher after opening that can of worms.