Back from a walk downtown and as someone who studies protest camps, the idea of #FreedomConvoyCanada as an #OttawaOccupation is spot on. It has all the hallmarks of a protest camp in that it is a both an act of protest & social reproduction #FluTrucksClan
Urban protest camps can feed off city infrastructure (gas & food) and also supplements it. Scattered downtown are tables full of supplies, socks, granola bars, shovels and stacks of TP. There also appear to be people with sleds pulling supplies around.
It's also interesting to note how clean (for now) the streets are. On my walk through I saw a few small teams actively cleaning the streets and filling garbage bags. Of course, this is key for one's image.
Confederation Park, the site of Occupy Ottawa, now seems to be the site of a working kitchen and some fire pits with healthy supplies of wood. Propane and gas tanks were still stored there as of 8pm. There were other food sites on our walk too.
It wouldn't be a protest camp without tents, would it? These are part of what @fabnomad, @drfigtree & I call re-creation infrastructures which help reproduce everyday life and allow the camp to continue
As a tactic, part of the point of a protest camp is dig yourself in. To find ways to hold ground. Parked trucks do this but taking the wheels off is next level. This not a convoy. It's a blockade. An occupation. A protest camp. #GoHomeTruckers #FreedomConvoyCanada2022
Hard to capture just how loud and jarring the horns were. I really feel for residents close to the #FreedomConvoyCanada2022 and anyone with PTSD. Hell, I even jumped at a few blasts.
I said this a few days ago but having walked around downtown am even more convinced #FluTrucksClan wont leave on their own #GoHomeFluTruxKlan
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