Thirty Years of the Billboard Liberation Front

(((As reported by no less a woman than Regine Debatty.)))

http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007908.html

Link: WorldChanging: Billboard Liberation Front's talk at Vooruit, Ghent.

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"Much effort is deployed to make sure that the members of BLF never get arrested. Very few members of BLF climb onto the billboards themselves. Down there on ground level, other members keep an eye on the street, communicating with walkie talkies and checking if they are not getting too much attention from, say, the police. Ground crews posing as drunks, French TV crew, beautiful babes, couples about to engage in a heated argument to divert attention from the billboard in case anything turns wrong.

"Even before the improvement action takes place there is a careful preparation. The area surrounding the billboard is mapped, looking for the best ways of quick escape, ideal positions for ground crews, etc.