Occupations How to do a Mini - Occupation Different communities react in different ways to occupations. In some parts of the world an occupation can result in death or imprisonment. In other communities participants can use occupations as a tactic to further their aims. In each situation the occupation challenges fundamental property rights. In Australia the mini occupation is an under utilised tactic.
People seem happier to be involved in vigils, pickets, rallies and demonstrations than occupations.
I've been involved in four mini occupations over the past two months. On each occasion we were able to make our point with a small number of people and more importantly challenged institution's property rights. Surprise is the most important element of any occupation. If the institution who's property you are going to occupy gets a sniff of what's going on, all they have to do is put a few security guards on the door to stop you. As we all know possession is nine tenths of the law.