Tactical Frivolity is a form of public protest employing whimsy. Sometimes associated with 'Pink' and/or 'Silver' blocs or womanist and gay-themed marches, tactical frivolity blocs use drumming, samba, dance, radical cheerleading, clowns and fairies to create an atmosphere of festivity and humor during street protests. Different Pink and Silver Blocs (at different mobilisations) have differing positions on the question of 'violence' in demonstrations; oftentimes there are a range of libertarian activists who fit between the pacifist and Black Bloc spectrum of direct action. Participants usually wear pink and silver costumes as a way of engaging the "carnivalesque" spectacle, and to differentiate themselves from other blocs that utilise different tactics, such as the White Overalls, Black Bloc and NGO marches. Demonstrators march in the street while protesting the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on April 16, 2005. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For other uses, see Gay (disambiguation). ... Drum carried by John Unger, Company B, 40th Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Mozart Regiment, December 20, 1863 Several American Indian-style drums for sale at the National Museum of the American Indian. ... Samba is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The Resistin Radicatz, a radical cheerleading group, do a cheer in front of AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington before joining the Million Worker March at the Lincoln Memorial. ... It has been suggested that Circus clown be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Trooping fairies be merged into this article or section. ... Look up Humour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Black Bloc at April 12, 2003 anti-war demonstration in Washington DC. A black bloc is an affinity group of individuals, that come together during some sort of protest, demonstration, or event involving class struggle, anti-capitalism, or anti-globalization, and wear all black. ... This article belongs in one or more categories. ...

The first Pink Bloc was formed in the Pink/Silver line of the World Bank/IMF anti-globalization movement protest on September 26, 2000, in Prague, Czech Republic. Other Tactical Frivolity traditions include Reclaim the Streets and Carnival Against Capitalism. The IMF and World Bank meet each autumn in what is officially known as the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group and each spring in the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group. ... Anti-WEF grafiti in Lausanne. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Prague (Czech: Praha (IPA: ), see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... Reclaim the Streets (RTS) is a group of people with a collective ideal of community ownership of public spaces. ... The Global Carnival against Capital took place on Friday, June 18, 1999. ...

External links

• Rhythms of Resistance
• Pink Silver Group in Genoa report